EY GDS - Assistant Manager - Data Storyteller

Job Summary:

- As part of the EY Research Institute, you will have the opportunity to showcase your data storytelling expertise to help us create compelling narratives and engaging visualizations for thought leadership.

- You will work directly with senior EY business leaders to support 10-15 high impact research projects a year on a mix of cross-cutting and sector-specific business topics.

- You will leverage exploratory data analysis, information design theory, UI/UX design principles, and data visualization best practices to create visualizations for thought leadership on EY.com and business intelligence dashboards for EY clients and practitioners.

- You will work with a mix of data types (e.g., numeric, categorical, unstructured text) and leverage a range of static and interactive visualizations from the simple (e.g., bar charts, scatterplots) to the complex (e.g., flow diagrams, network diagrams, scrolling stories).

- All your work will be in collaboration with a cross-functional team including EY Knowledge analysts, data and analytics experts, editorial teams, internal/external activation networks and external institutions (e.g., academics, think tanks).

- You will be responsible for designing and delivering compelling story-driven data visualizations for each project.

You will:

- Collaborate with researchers and data scientists to understand the research topic, methodology, and data

- Conduct exploratory data analysis to identify insights, narrative hooks, and opportunities for visualization

- Work with the research team to integrate insights and visualizations into the narrative

- Design and publish data visualizations on EY.com using Flourish and custom coding (e.g., D3.js, Bokeh, Plotly)

- Design and publish business intelligence dashboards for EY colleagues and clients using PowerBI

- Collaborate with our research team to create compelling, data-driven client decks in PowerPoint

- Experiment with new formats and visualizations for more immersive storytelling

- Advise and educate our analyst and marketing teams on data storytelling and data visualization best practices

Key Requirements:

- You are a data storyteller who can demonstrate a track record of creative, innovative, and compelling visual stories.

- You are at your best when collaborating and iterating to achieve optimal results. You thrive in a commercial environment using your business acumen to develop and communicate compelling stories to senior audiences.

- You are excited to explore data, experiment with new formats and visualizations, and share your expertise with others.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

- Experience: At least 5 years of experience outside of an academic setting in data storytelling, data journalism, or data visualization. Ideally, this experience is in a business setting or involves work on business-relevant topics

- Theoretical understanding of information design, UI/UX design, and data visualization

- Ability to code custom data visualizations using appropriate tools such as D3.js, Plotly, and Bokeh

- Experience developing business intelligence platforms in PowerBI or Tableau

- Experience with exploratory data analysis using appropriate tools (e.g., excel, python, R, Alteryx)

- Intellectual curiosity and a demonstrated ability to rapidly develop an understanding of new content

- Strong communication, presentation, and storytelling skills

- Ability to work asynchronously across time zones as part of a global team

Ideally, you'll also have:

Education:

- MBA/Master's degree or postgraduate qualification preferable

- Bachelor's degree

- Experience using the data visualization software Flourish

- Experience developing diagrams, infographics or static data visualizations using appropriate tools (e.g., Illustrator, PPT)

- Experience with SQL or similar data management tools for manipulating large datasets