Associate, Elections Data & Analytics

Arlington, United States

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The Cook Political Report is seeking an Associate, Election Data & Analytics to join our editorial team. This role sits at the intersection of data and journalism — maintaining and analyzing the candidate, race, and election data that underpins our nonpartisan ratings and analysis, and turning that data into clear visualizations for our readers. In addition to a keen eye for data, this role requires someone with excellent writing and communication skills. This position reports to the Managing Editor, Carrie Dann, offering a unique opportunity at a trusted nonpartisan outlet for someone early in their career who seeks hands-on experience in political data, analytics, and visualization and mentoring by highly-respected experts in the field. Note: this is *not* a remote role. This job is based in the DMV. If you are not based in the Washington, D.C. area, please include your location status and plans in your cover letter. Responsibilities
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The Cook Political Report is seeking an Associate, Election Data & Analytics to join our editorial team.

Build charts, maps, and interactive graphics in Datawrapper for our newsletter, website, and social media, including on tight turnarounds around election nights and primaries;
Write brief campaign summaries for race pages as requested;
Collaborate with editors and analysts across our House, Senate, Governor, and Presidential teams to support their data & research needs;

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The Cook Political Report is seeking an Associate, Election Data & Analytics to join our editorial team. This role sits at the intersection of data and journalism — maintaining and analyzing the candidate, race, and election data that underpins our nonpartisan ratings and analysis, and turning that data into clear visualizations for our readers. In addition to a keen eye for data, this role requires someone with excellent writing and communication skills. This position reports to the Managing Editor, Carrie Dann, offering a unique opportunity at a trusted nonpartisan outlet for someone early in their career who seeks hands-on experience in political data, analytics, and visualization and mentoring by highly-respected experts in the field.

Maintain and update candidate profiles, polling, and election data across House, Senate, Gubernatorial, and Presidential contests, exercising sound judgment when reconciling ambiguous or conflicting information; Build charts, maps, and interactive graphics in Datawrapper for our newsletter, website, and social media, including on tight turnarounds around election nights and primaries; Enter and QA new data as it becomes available (FEC filings, election results, candidate announcements), flagging discrepancies to editors as needed;

Use R and spreadsheets to clean, organize, and analyze data to support editorial research and trend analysis; Write brief campaign summaries for race pages as requested; Collaborate with editors and analysts across our House, Senate, Governor, and Presidential teams to support their data & research needs;

Write brief campaign summaries for race pages as requested; Collaborate with editors and analysts across our House, Senate, Governor, and Presidential teams to support their data & research needs; Maintain data integrity and consistency across our CMS (Drupal) and related spreadsheets/databases;

What you’ll bring

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Core experience

1-2 years of relevant experience (internships included) in data analysis, research, journalism, or a related field
Proficiency with R and advanced spreadsheet skills (Excel/Google Sheets)
Experience working with election or campaign finance datasets (FEC, Census, voter file data, etc.)
Prior experience in a newsroom or research environment
Experience with Datawrapper or similar data visualization tools
Familiarity with CMS platforms

Preferred experience

Drupal experience a plus

Qualification wording

1-2 years of relevant experience (internships included) in data analysis, research, journalism, or a related field

Proficiency with R and advanced spreadsheet skills (Excel/Google Sheets)

Experience working with election or campaign finance datasets (FEC, Census, voter file data, etc.)

Prior experience in a newsroom or research environment

Experience with Datawrapper or similar data visualization tools

Familiarity with CMS platforms (Drupal experience a plus)

Education & alternatives

- Interest in U.S. politics and elections, with a demonstrated commitment to nonpartisan, accuracy-first analysis - Bachelor's degree in political science, data science, statistics, journalism, or a related field (or equivalent experience) Nice to Have

Benefits in the posting

Full benefits wording

This full-time position is eligible for a generous benefits package including options for medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) with company match, and bonuses. From flexible PTO to promoting wellness, we believe in the value of relationships and working as hard as you play.

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About the Role

The Cook Political Report is seeking an Associate, Election Data & Analytics to join our editorial team. This role sits at the intersection of data and journalism — maintaining and analyzing the candidate, race, and election data that underpins our nonpartisan ratings and analysis, and turning that data into clear visualizations for our readers. In addition to a keen eye for data, this role requires someone with excellent writing and communication skills. This position reports to the Managing Editor, Carrie Dann, offering a unique opportunity at a trusted nonpartisan outlet for someone early in their career who seeks hands-on experience in political data, analytics, and visualization and mentoring by highly-respected experts in the field.

Note: this is *not* a remote role. This job is based in the DMV. If you are not based in the Washington, D.C. area, please include your location status and plans in your cover letter.

Responsibilities

Maintain and update candidate profiles, polling, and election data across House, Senate, Gubernatorial, and Presidential contests, exercising sound judgment when reconciling ambiguous or conflicting information; 
Build charts, maps, and interactive graphics in Datawrapper for our newsletter, website, and social media, including on tight turnarounds around election nights and primaries; 
Enter and QA new data as it becomes available (FEC filings, election results, candidate announcements), flagging discrepancies to editors as needed; 
Use R and spreadsheets to clean, organize, and analyze data to support editorial research and trend analysis; 
Write brief campaign summaries for race pages as requested; 
Collaborate with editors and analysts across our House, Senate, Governor, and Presidential teams to support their data & research needs; 
Maintain data integrity and consistency across our CMS (Drupal) and related spreadsheets/databases; 
Explore and pilot AI tools to improve data workflows, and stay current on emerging AI/data tools relevant to political data journalism; 
Provide support to Cook Political Report newsletter and content publishing as needed.

Requirements

1-2 years of relevant experience (internships included) in data analysis, research, journalism, or a related field 
Strong writing and communication skills 
Proficiency with R and advanced spreadsheet skills (Excel/Google Sheets) 
Experience with Datawrapper or similar data visualization tools 
Familiarity with CMS platforms (Drupal experience a plus) 
Strong attention to detail and comfort making judgment calls on data classification and updates 
Interest in emerging AI tools and how they can improve data and editorial workflows
Interest in U.S. politics and elections, with a demonstrated commitment to nonpartisan, accuracy-first analysis 
Bachelor's degree in political science, data science, statistics, journalism, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

Nice to Have

Experience working with election or campaign finance datasets (FEC, Census, voter file data, etc.)
Basic familiarity with mapping/GIS tools
Prior experience in a newsroom or research environment

Benefits

This full-time position is eligible for a generous benefits package including options for medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) with company match, and bonuses. From flexible PTO to promoting wellness, we believe in the value of relationships and working as hard as you play.

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