Career Paths in Data Visualization

Data visualization is an interdisciplinary practice and brings together people from varying educational and professional backgrounds. In this meetup, we will hear from a panel of data visualization practitioners about where they’re coming from and how they got here. We’ll explore opportunities for newcomers and career changers to enter this field. We’ll discuss similarities and differences between careers in research, education, corporations, agencies, and media. But most importantly, we hope to shine a light on the diverse possibilities to find a place in the field of data visualization independent of your background.

Speakers
We’ll bring together a mixed panel with people from our local and global community with a wide spread of experience.

• Kennedy Elliott: Director of Interactive Storytelling at National Geographic. Previously Graphics Editor at Washington Post
• Valentina D’Efilippo: Freelance Designer, Illustrator, and Creative Director. Previously Creative Director at Signal Noise
• Marina Bräm: Founder and Director at viz., Lecturer at HSLU, SFGZ, GBSSG, SFGBB. Previously Design Director at Tamedia
• Rebecca Conroy: Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Beyond Words Studio. Previously Partner at Information is Beautiful Studio

Format
This event will be online. We will be using Zoom and the chat will be open for your questions.

Agenda
17:00 Welcome!
17:00–17:40 Discussion with Kennedy, Valentina, Marina, and Rebecca
17-40-18:00 Questions & Answers
18:00 Goodbye!

Language
To include a multitude of perspectives, the spoken language of this meetup will be English.