Job Description:
DATA VISUALIZATION SPECIALIST, Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP)-SENSEable City Laboratory, to assume a position involving the graphic visualization of datasets provided by various industries and public entities, including telecommunications, healthcare, transportation, and urban or municipal planning. Responsibilities include working with lab researchers, collaborators, and sponsors to interpret and produce unique data visualizations for a variety of research projects; preparing visualizations for publication in online and print media (academic and popular) and at exhibitions; and creating and maintaining a basic archival management system for storage, access, and retrieval of data and project files.

The SENSEable City Laboratory conducts research involving the use and visualization of real-time data sets generated by urban networks and systems. Additional information about the laboratory and its projects is available at http://senseable.mit.edu.

Job Requirements:
REQUIRED: bachelor's degree; a minimum of two years of related work experience; proficiency with web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and/or programming languages such as Java; familiarity with design software such as Adobe Creative Suite; some training in graphic or multimedia design; skills relevant for interpreting, analyzing, and preprocessing data; and basic knowledge of GIS or the mapping and use of geographic point and polygon location information. Master's degree in computation design, computer and information sciences, media arts and sciences, or related area preferred. A combination of some or all of the following skills is also preferred: proficiency with programming visualization packages and data processing; proficiency with HTML5; knowledge of statistics and statistical software packages such as R or MATLAB; advanced knowledge of GIS; and demonstrated experience with collaborative research methods. Job #10038

MIT is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, ancestry, or national or ethnic origin.



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