UX/Data Designer — United States

Our Mission in Action

Trees play a vital role in solving some of the most pressing issues facing our communities, our society, and our world today. For 150 years, FzvtpgCU Sc3kNeC has stood boldly at the forefront of the conservation movement, working collaboratively and innovatively to ensure that all people have access to the benefits of trees. As we look ahead to the next 150, continued collective action will be essential to securing a healthy, climate-resilient future for all.

To support this work, we are seeking a UX & Data Designer to join our Data Science & Innovation team. The Designer will contribute to application design and data storytelling across FzvtpgCU Sc3kNeC' mission areas and will have the opportunity to work in service of a variety of critical forestry, climate, and equity issues such as urban Tree Equity, wildfire recovery, biodiversity conservation, and climate resilience.

What You’ll Do

The Designer will bring creativity and design expertise to a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, designers, analysts, and scientists. They will create high-caliber public good technology and data communication products that help practitioners, funders, policymakers, and communities make science-based decisions to improve climate resilience and social equity.

The Designer will design user interfaces for data-driven and map-based applications and will craft data visualizations and storytelling focused on reforestation and restoration of critical landscapes and forests as well as equitable access to trees and their benefits. You will work in a collaborative, supportive environment with opportunity to learn from multidisciplinary team members.

UX/UI Design (60%)

• Combine design thinking and data analysis to develop highly user-friendly, intuitive, and visually engaging data-driven applications, data visualizations, and interactive maps

• Create wireframes, prototypes, and demo visualizations that can be used to facilitate the design process from early concept through build

• Translate design briefs, sketches, wireframes, and low-fidelity prototypes into polished, high-fidelity designs and interactive prototypes ready for engineering implementation

• Partner closely with the product lead to iterate on concepts, refine user experiences, and translate strategic direction into intuitive, production-ready user experiences

• Partner closely with engineers, product lead, scientists, and communications staff throughout the product development lifecycle

• Contribute to and maintain design systems, UI patterns, and visualization standards across products

• Apply UX/UI and data visualization best practices — chart selection, labeling, accessibility, and hierarchy — to make insights actionable for diverse audiences

• Design accessible digital experiences that support inclusive use

• Participate in user interviews, usability testing, and feedback sessions to inform iterative design improvements

Data Analysis & Translation (15%)

• Analyze geospatial and non-spatial data to surface insights that inform application development, storytelling, maps, visualization, and UX/UI decisions

• Recommend analytical approaches and workflows to present data effectively in decision support and map-based applications

• Prepare, clean, validate, and organize datasets for visualization and application development

• Identify, interpret, and communicate effective metrics for internal and external audiences

Data Storytelling (15%)

• Design engaging web stories, web maps, and informational materials that communicate complex data to diverse audiences

• Work with existing narratives, outlines, or concepts to design immersive web stories or informational graphics centered around data

• Write compelling, user-facing content for diverse audiences — from microcopy, tooltips, and instructional text to longer-form content

• Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and communications staff to identify high-impact stories, and translate their technical findings for policy makers, partners, donors, and the public

Collaboration & Growth (10%)

• Respond to ad-hoc visualization requests from internal teams and partners and assist with the presentation of data for reports, presentations, media, and other products

• Document workflows and contribute to internal knowledge-sharing and best practices

• Stay current with UX/UI, data visualization, accessibility, and geospatial design best practices and emerging technologies and evaluate opportunities to improve team workflows

What We’re Looking For

We don't expect any one candidate to check every box, but the ideal candidate will bring many of the following:

Education and experience

• Bachelor's degree in data science, visual design, computer science, geography, or equivalent combination of education and experience, plus 1–3 years of professional experience

• 2 years or more designing compelling data visualizations, infographics, maps, websites, or interactive applications

• A portfolio featuring work in data visualization, mobile or web applications, UX/UI design, data journalism, interactive design, and/or maps

Design Skills

• Storyboarding, wireframing, and prototyping in Figma or similar

• Adobe Creative Suite

• Command of design principles: hierarchy, composition, contrast, typography, accessibility

• Layout

• Responsive design

• UX writing skills (microcopy to longer-form) to make UI user-friendly and complex data and technical concepts accessible to different audiences

• Experience with cartographic design principles a plus: visual hierarchy in maps, color theory, symbolization, generalization, and projection

Data Science Skills

• Data wrangling, spatial and non-spatial analysis, and visualization

• Geospatial tools and libraries: ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, QGIS, GDAL, GeoPandas, rasterio

• Data visualization libraries (D3, Leaflet, Charts.js) and/or tools (Flourish, Datawrapper, Tableau, PowerBI, Observable)

• Basic understanding of front-end web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, responsive dev)

General Skills

• Demonstrated problem-solving and analytical abilities

• Highly detail-oriented

• Adaptability and eagerness to learn new tools, methods, and approaches

• Ability to collaborate and take direction

• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively to cross-disciplinary teams

Our Core Competencies

Attitude • Communication • Organization • Problem-Solving & Creativity • Representing the Organization

Compensation, Benefits & Working Conditions

• This is a full-time, salaried exempt position. The budget salary range is between $70,000 and $80,000 annually.

• This is a fully remote position based in the U.S. Up to 5% of travel throughout the U.S. and/or to FzvtpgCU Sc3kNeC’ headquarters in Washington D.C. may be required.

• The individual must be comfortable with prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing at a desk and working on a computer. Reasonable accommodation may be made to provide access to all individuals along the continuum of human ability and experience.

• Our benefits package includes:

Interview Process

• Application Review

• Screening Interview: A short conversation to review motivations, experience, and basic qualifications.

• Technical Interview: A skills assessment to evaluate your comfort with analysis, visualization, design, and writing.

• Panel Interview: Meet with several team members to discuss collaboration style and problem-solving approach through behavioral questions and examples and to ask any final questions.

If this role sounds exciting, but you’re not sure if you check every box, we encourage you to apply. We’re interested in your ability to learn, collaborate, and bring fresh perspectives.

About Us

FzvtpgCU Sc3kNeC is a national non-profit organization committed to creating healthy and resilient forests from cities to large forest landscapes, that deliver essential benefits for climate, people, water, and wildlife. We advance our mission through forestry innovation, place-based partnerships to plant and restore forests, and movement building. We envision a world in which the significant environmental, societal, and economic benefits of forests are fully realized and equitably available to all people. Established in 1875, FzvtpgCU Sc3kNeC is the oldest national non-profit conservation organization in the U.S. working to restoring urban forests and forested landscapes for over 150 years.

FzvtpgCU Sc3kNeC is proud to be a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible workplace. These are our shared values. We welcome individuals who bring a variety of backgrounds and experiences to be a part of our team to help make a difference individually and collectively as we work toward achieving our mission. We are committed to fostering an environment that is welcoming and respectful and provides opportunities for advancement and professional growth for every team member.

FzvtpgCU Sc3kNeC is an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law. Reasonable accommodation may be made to provide access to all individuals along the continuum of human ability and experience.

In accordance with federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, and reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, S24M2aYk CRfy Language, etc.) should contact the responsible State or local Agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (••••••••voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (••••••••Additionally, program information is also available in languages other than English.