Senior Editor, Data and Visual Journalism- CNBC Job at Versant Media in Englewoo

Company Description
VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant's sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass.

Company Description
VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant's sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass.

Job Description
CNBC is seeking a Senior Editor of Data Visualization to lead the next evolution of visual storytelling for CNBC.com. This role will shape how we use data to explain the most important stories in business, markets, technology, economics, and policy- turning complexity into clarity for a global audience.

You’ll lead a team of visual journalists who create high-impact charts, graphics, and interactive experiences that elevate our journalism and deepen audience understanding.

In addition to setting strategy and guiding the team, you’ll actively design and produce ambitious data visualizations- ranging from rapid-turn charts embedded in breaking news to immersive visual explainers and interactive features.

You’ll collaborate closely with reporters and editors to identify data-driven opportunities, ensuring visual storytelling is embedded across daily coverage and marquee projects. The ideal candidate combines journalistic instincts, strong design sensibility, and technical fluency in current visualization tools and web technologies.

Responsibilities

Identify opportunities to elevate CNBC journalism through visual storytelling by collaborating closely with reporters, editors, product and engineering teams

Build and manage a team of data visualization journalists

Translate complex datasets into clear, engaging visuals for a broad audience

Lead efforts for real-time or dynamic visualizations (markets, policy, economic data)

Work with the digital managers to establish standards for chart design and editorial integrity

Establish workflows for quick-turn charts and graphics in daily coverageBuild a library of reusable visual templates and components

Build interactive visual explainers using scroll-based storytelling, animations, and multimedia elements

Develop dynamic visualizations for breaking news, enterprise stories, and special projects

At CNBC Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, you’ll have access to great perks and amenities:

Sweat it out-- Free onsite fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment, plus daily group classes

Eat up-- Gourmet cafeteria with daily specials plus soup and salad bars

Extras-- Dry cleaning

Don’t have a car? No problem! We offer free shuttle transportation to and from multiple locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Hoboken and Jersey City

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, and a variety of other discounts and perks.

Salary range: $130,000-$160,000. Bonus eligible

Additional Requirements

Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV through careers.versantmedia.com to be considered.

Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.

Qualifications
Required Qualifications:

7+years creating data visualization, information graphics or visual journalism for a news publication, including 1+ years of experience leading a team

A strong portfolio of visual storytelling and interactive projects

Mastery in tools such as Datawrapper, Flourish, Tableau, Illustrator, Figma or D3-based tools.

Proven experience building interactive graphics or web experiences using HTML, CSS and JavaScript, including visualization frameworks such as Svelte and D3.js.

Deep understanding of data analysis and storytelling with data

Strong news judgment and storytelling instincts

Ability to translate complex topics into accessible visual explanations

Interest in business, economics, markets, technology or policy reporting

Desired Characteristics

Deep interest in business news and financial markets

Experience covering breaking news in competitive environments

Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet deadlines

Additional Information
As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to candidateaccessibility@versantmedia.com.

VERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We include a good faith pay range for each position to comply with applicable state and local pay transparency laws and to promote equity across our organization. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location and may include additional forms of compensation and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, etc.

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