Financial Graphics Journalist

Location Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Category Technology Careers Job Id JREQ191658 Job Type Full time Hybrid

**Financial Graphics Journalist**:
Reuters Graphics is looking for a Financial Graphics Reporter to create clear and compelling visual stories related to business, finance and economics. You will be part of a global team of creative and collaborative financial graphics journalists.

Reuters Graphics is an award-winning team of journalists spread across the world, of which the Financial Graphics Team is one part. We are a diverse team of journalists who are also designers, coders, illustrators, cartographers and editors. We prize innovation, creativity and collaboration above speed and we believe that people do their best work when treated with flexibility and empathy.

The role is to be based in Bengaluru, India though will be covering stories from around the world.

**About the Role**

As **Financial Graphics Reporter** you will:

- Pitch and work on data-rich and visually compelling stories related to economics, business or finance.
- Work closely with writers, editors and other graphics journalists around the globe.
- Contribute to breaking news coverage across business, economics and financial beats.
- Be a kind and thoughtful colleague who contributes positively to team culture and initiatives.

**About You**

You’re a fit for the role of **Financial Graphics Reporter** if you:

- Have an interest in finance, economics, business and their intersections with other coverage areas (politics, the environment, technology, etc.).
- 3-5 Years of experience
- Are comfortable working in Excel or Google Sheets
- Have a proficiency in creating graphics without the use of off-the-shelf charting tools (eg making graphics in Adobe Illustrator and/or with HTML and Javascript and/or other methods).
- Have a demonstrated understanding of basic information design principles.
- Have a demonstrated ability to exercise judgement when it comes to displaying datasets and understanding their limitations.
- Experience/ability with Adobe Illustrator.
- Front end web development skills
- Experience/ability with mapmaking software such as QGIS
- Experience/ability with programmatic data manipulation and charting skills in languages such as R or Python
- A journalism degree or past newsroom experience, especially in financial or business journalism
- Illustration skills
- A background in data science or statistics

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**What’s in it For You?**
- **Hybrid Work Model**:We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
- **Flexibility & Work-Life Balance**: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
- **Career Development and Growth**: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
- **Industry Competitive Benefits**: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
- **Culture**: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
- **Social Impact**: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
- **Making a Real-World Impact**: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

**About Us**

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly speciali