Work At Graphicacy

About the Role:

• Lead by example by consistently pushing innovative solutions for a team of engineers; ensuring excellent and beautiful work that brings client visions to life.
• Maintain a pulse on cutting-edge data visualization and engineering trends.
• Take ownership of technical and development solutions to ensure delivery of superior products and solutions from technical discovery to production.
• Help manage a wide range of overlapping projects, including setting budgets, schedules and milestones to meet client timelines and deliverables.
• Recruit and retain a strong, diverse, entrepreneurial, and mission-driven team.
• Work with Graphicacy’s leadership -team (Creative Director, Director of Operations and Head of Strategy) to build and maintain working relationships with existing clients and strive to expand the universe of Graphicacy’s business and client base.

About You:

• Passion for, and experience and interest in data visualization, information graphics and familiarity with a range of full-stack technologies. Graphicacy manages a range of projects built on Angular, Vue, and React.
• 5-7 years of relevant data visualization experience, including but not limited to experience with visualizations and web-based interactives, geospatial, and/or visual story-telling.
• Ability to weigh the pros and cons of technical solutions based on resource and time constraints to help clients understand what solutions are possible.
• Thorough understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle and experience in Agile, DevOps, or iterative SDLCs.
• Experience managing and growing fast moving teams of full stack developers.
• Experience working with AWS/Azure/Google Cloud.
• Experience communicating with designers and handling designer assets.
• Experience using AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, and other services to implement serverless and microservice architecture.
• Bonus: Strong experience building web services
• Experience in developing scripts and scripting languages.
• A proven track record of innovating with an entrepreneurial business acumen.
• A knack for partnering and collaboration with colleagues and team leaders to improve business processes, systems and overall business operationalization.
• Strong strategic thinking, planning, organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Bonus: Strong experience building web services.
• Bonus: You have experience with managing or leading teams in the federal government contracting space pertaining to data visualizations or analytics products and services.

We are looking for a smart, passionate person, and do not expect that every applicant has experience in everything we listed above. If you are interested in the role, but worried you don’t meet all our criteria, apply anyway. Demonstrate your creative thinking, problem solving skills, and ability to learn on the job, with projects in your portfolio, and in your cover letter.

About Us:

Graphicacy is a mission-driven data visualization and design studio in Washington, DC, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles.

Graphicacy partners with clients to tell engaging stories with data. Graphicacy’s team combines storytelling, thoughtful human-centered design and deep technical capabilities to build and deploy strategic, data-rich digital projects. Graphicacy’s team has created data visualizations and websites for top-tier organizations and companies, domestically and internationally, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, the World Bank, the Center for American Progress, the Anti-Defamation League, and many others.

Graphicacy is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity of ideas, experiences, and cultures, and we strongly encourage applicants from a wide array of backgrounds and communities to apply. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or medical condition.

Graphicacy Benefits:

This is a full-time position with a competitive salary commensurate with experience. Generous benefits include medical, dental, vision and life insurance, retirement matching, and equity in the company. We also offer our team flexible and liberal leave policies to ensure a healthy work-life balance.

About the Role:

• Craft innovative and performant engineering solutions: 
  • Work with Graphicacy’s clients to build beautiful and informative interactive and static data visualizations, online applications and information graphics.
  • Play a key role in helping to turn client ideas into executable solutions considering their needs, design opportunities and limitations, and technical options.
  • Collaborate with Graphicacy’s internal team of developers and designers to create feasible solutions to client visions and constraints.
• Be an empathic technology guide: 
  • Help clients understand what’s possible and what’s best given their resources, technical skills and capacity, and long-term maintenance needs.
  • Translate user and technical requirements into interactively designed interfaces for applications and /products.
  • Facilitate and provide technical documentation or summary guides outlining various approaches to engineering solutions.
• Help make Graphicacy better: 
  • Provide ongoing input on Graphicacy’s technology toolkit and approaches, helping us to build better things and to build things better.
  • Efficiently troubleshoot and triage issues toward resolution on projects and software.
  • Support existing software with quick troubleshooting and issue resolution.

About the You:

• • You have 5-7 year’s experience as a software or data visualization engineer.
  • Advanced knowledge or experience with modern SPA (Single Page Application) JS frameworks such as React, Angular, and/or Vue.
  • Experience with D3, canvas, or other visualization libraries and tools.
  • Passion for, and experience and interest in data visualization information graphics. 
  • Familiarity with a range of full-stack development technologies such as Python, NodeJS, and AWS/Google Cloud/Azure.
  • Experience building map-based visualizations using Mapbox, Leaflet, OpenLayers, or comparable geospatial packages or applications.
  • Ability to lead scoping and development conversations for technical and non-technical participants alike.
  • Fluency in approaches to a wide variety of interactive products (data explorers, data dashboards, scrollytelling microsites, etc.), and the ability to rapidly learn and adapt to new ones.
  • Experience in creating the most suitable front-end engineering methods and data models in alignment with designs. 
  • Fluent in both Javascript and Typescript.
  • Experience participating and/or leading discovery processes to develop a deep understanding of client needs and goals and match those with technical solutions.
  • Skilled at planning and implementing custom technical solutions from scratch.
  • Strive to develop accessible code with comprehensive tests and thorough documentation.
  • Experience mentoring and guiding other engineers to arrive at technical solutions.
  • Bonus: 
    • Experience with holistic engineering planning and strategy for client consultations and project builds that integrate and economize on back-end and front-end requirements such as data storage and ingestion, data processing, content management systems, and user authentications. 
    • Experience using static site generators such as Gatsby and Next.js. 
    • Experience with Three.js, React Three Fiber, or other WebGL libraries.
    • Knowledge of statistical analysis (SQL, R, Python or other statistical packages)
    • Experience with front-end animation libraries such as react-spring or GreenSock Animation Platform (GSAP)

We are looking for a smart, passionate person, and do not expect that every applicant has experience in everything we listed above. If you are interested in the role, but worried you don’t meet all our criteria, apply anyway. Demonstrate your creative thinking, problem-solving skills, and ability to learn on the job, with projects in your portfolio, and in your cover letter.

About Us:

Graphicacy is a mission-driven data visualization and design studio in Washington, DC, with Brooklyn, and Los Angeles. This opportunity is a remote position.

Graphicacy partners with clients to tell engaging stories with data. Graphicacy’s team combines storytelling, thoughtful human-centered design and deep technical capabilities to build and deploy strategic, data-rich digital projects. Graphicacy’s team has created data visualizations and websites for top-tier organizations and companies, domestically and internationally, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, the World Bank, the Center for American Progress, the Anti-Defamation League, and many others.

Graphicacy Benefits:

This is a full-time, fully remote position with a competitive salary commensurate with experience. Generous benefits include medical, dental, vision and life insurance and retirement matching. We also offer our team flexible and liberal leave policies to ensure a healthy work-life balance.

Graphicacy is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity of ideas, experiences, and cultures, and we strongly encourage applicants from a wide array of backgrounds and communities to apply. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or medical condition.

About the Role:
You’ll report to the Graphicacy’s Chief Strategy Officer and Managing Director and lead Graphicacy’s business development efforts end-to-end, from prospecting and pipeline strategy to proposal development and close. This isn’t a support role. You’ll own a revenue target, manage a book of business, and work directly with leadership to shape how we grow.

Business Development & Sales

• Own and drive the full sales cycle: prospecting, outreach, discovery, proposal, negotiation, and close.
• Develop and execute targeted outreach strategies to win new clients across mission-aligned sectors.
• Build and maintain a robust pipeline, with consistent visibility into deal stages, forecast, and revenue potential.
• Lead re-engagement efforts with past clients and identify expansion opportunities within existing accounts.
• Collaborate with leadership to set revenue goals and refine go-to-market strategy.

Account Management & Client Partnerships

• In partnership with the Graphicacy leadership, anticipate client needs and proactively surface new engagement opportunities.Ensure a seamless handoff between sales and project delivery, staying in close coordination with Graphicacy’s director of project management and agency operations.

Sales Operations & Strategy

• Maintain CRM hygiene and pipeline accuracy to support reliable forecasting.
• Develop and iterate on proposals, scopes of work, and sales collateral.
• Contribute to pricing strategy and deal structuring in partnership with leadership.
• Report weekly on pipeline health, key metrics, and strategic priorities.

About You:

• 5+ years in sales, business development, or account management at a creative agency, digital studio, or strategic communications firm.
• Demonstrated track record of hitting or exceeding revenue targets.
• Strong instincts for qualifying opportunities and moving deals forward without hand-holding.
• Skilled at navigating complex organizations and building relationships across levels.
• Deep interest in data visualization, digital storytelling, or design, ideally with experience selling creative or technical services.
• Comfortable working in a lean, remote environment where you operate with autonomy and accountability.
• Experience with CRM tools and pipeline management is required; familiarity with proposal development and contract negotiation is a plus.

About Us:
Graphicacy is a mission-driven data visualization and design studio in Washington, DC, with team members in Brooklyn and Los Angeles. This opportunity is a remote position.

Graphicacy partners with clients to tell engaging stories with data. Graphicacy’s team combines storytelling, thoughtful human-centered design and deep technical capabilities to build and deploy strategic, data-rich digital projects. Graphicacy’s team has created data visualizations and websites for top-tier organizations and companies, domestically and internationally, including the Gates Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, the World Resources Institute, Everytown for Gun Safety, the World Bank, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and many others.

Graphicacy Benefits
This is a full-time, fully remote position with a salary in the range of $85,000 – $110,000 base salary and on-target earnings of $110,000 – $125,000.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Retirement plan with employer matching
• Generous paid time off and sick leave
• Flexible, people-first policies to support your personal well-being and work-life balance
• A collaborative and values-driven team committed to helping you grow professionally across departments, whether you’re curious about project strategy, design, or engineering.

Graphicacy is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity of ideas, experiences, and cultures, and we strongly encourage applicants from a wide array of backgrounds and communities to apply. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or medical condition.

About the Role:
You’ll focus on supporting and actively monitoring Graphicacy’s accounts and business development efforts, helping to identify opportunities, nurture client relationships, and contribute to a strong and organized sales pipeline. Success in this role means consistently maintaining a clean and actionable pipeline, generating qualified opportunities and prospects, and contributing insights that improve how we approach outreach, partnerships and growth.

This is a client-facing role that blends sales support, account coordination, and relationship management. You’ll work closely with leadership to help grow our client base and strengthen existing partnerships

Accounts & Business Development

• Collaborate with leadership to identify, track, and pursue new business opportunities,
• Execute and iterate on outbound outreach efforts, including drafting emails, coordinating meetings, and preparing follow-ups.
• Support re-engagement campaigns targeting past clients and dormant leads
• Assist in developing proposals, scopes of work, and sales materials tailored to client needs.
• Maintain and update CRM systems to track leads, opportunities, and client interactions.
• Help manage and organize the sales pipeline to ensure timely follow-up and movement of opportunities.

Client Relationship Support

• Support ongoing communication with current and prospective clients
• Prepare materials for client presentations, pitches, and check-ins
• Prepare background briefs and key context for client conversations to support more informed and strategic engagement
• Assist in coordinating and scheduling client meetings
• Help ensure a smooth and professional client experience throughout the sales process

Sales Operations & Coordination

• Maintain and update the Weekly Business Development Tracker, ensuring accurate reporting of outreach activity, pipeline progression, and key metrics
• Organize internal documentation related to accounts, proposals, and contracts
• Coordinate across internal teams to gather inputs for proposals and presentations
• Contribute to refining sales processes and improving efficiency across the accounts function
• Prepare and contribute weekly Business Development updates by summarizing pipeline updates and supporting team alignment on next steps

About You:

• You’re excited by the opportunity to grow within a dynamic and mission-driven company, and you’re curious to learn about all areas of the business—from design to data engineering to client strategy.
• You are comfortable not just executing tasks, but identifying patterns, suggesting improvements, and curious about what drives successful client relationships and business development outcomes.
• 2–3 years of experience in sales, business development, or account coordination at a creative agency or similar environment.
• Strong interest in creative services, digital products, or data-driven storytelling
  Excellent communication skills, with confidence engaging clients and internal teams.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple opportunities at once.
• Proactive and self-motivated, with a strong sense of ownership over your work, and Graphicacy’s systems and processes.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative, and remote environment
• Experience using CRM tools and supporting sales pipelines is a plus
  You’re eager to build your skills and take on new challenges, whether that means diving deeper into project coordination, client management, or exploring opportunities in data visualization design or engineering.
• You’re adaptable, ask smart questions, and aren’t afraid to try new ideas.
• You’re experienced working remotely and know how to stay connected and productive in a distributed team environment.

About Us:
Graphicacy is a mission-driven data visualization and design studio in Washington, DC, with team members in Brooklyn and Los Angeles. This opportunity is a remote position.

Graphicacy partners with clients to tell engaging stories with data. Graphicacy’s team combines storytelling, thoughtful human-centered design and deep technical capabilities to build and deploy strategic, data-rich digital projects. Graphicacy’s team has created data visualizations and websites for top-tier organizations and companies, domestically and internationally, including the Gates Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, the World Resources Institute, Everytown for Gun Safety, the World Bank, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and many others.

Graphicacy Benefits:
This is a full-time, fully remote position with a competitive salary in the range of $55,000–$75,000, commensurate with experience.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Retirement plan with employer matching
• Generous paid time off and sick leave
• Flexible, people-first policies to support your personal well-being and work-life balance
• A collaborative and values-driven team committed to helping you grow professionally across departments, whether you’re curious about project strategy, design, or engineering.

Graphicacy is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity of ideas, experiences, and cultures, and we strongly encourage applicants from a wide array of backgrounds and communities to apply. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or medical condition.