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Front-End Development Intern

Job type
Internship
Location
Singapore
Job duration
3 to 6 months

The Frontend Development Intern is responsible for providing support for the development team in producing data stories and general tasks as required. The Frontend Development Intern will report to the Frontend Lead for the duration of the internship (3 to 6 months).

About Kontinentalist

Kontinentalist is a data storytelling studio and web publication committed to growing Asia’s voice in global conversations. Our award-winning digital stories blend data visualisation, narrative, design, and code, helping our clients and non-profit partners communicate data in engaging and memorable ways. Passionate about empowering Asia’s data storytellers and helping them find belonging with one another, we create educational content (workshops, talks, social media) as well as opportunities and supportive communities for data storytelling professionals and enthusiasts in the region.

Responsibilities

  • Assist development team with coding bespoke, long form data stories for kontinentalist.com: 
    • Translating web designs from Figma into code
    • Migrating story text to code 
    • Communicating with design team for story assets
    • Creating reusable components that can potentially be used for data stories in the pipeline
    • See the data story through from concept to publication
  • Assist development team with coding embedded data visualisations for smaller stories
  • Learn to use tools for storytelling like Mapbox, Flourish, scrollytelling where applicable
  • Collaborate with designers and writers in data analysis and data visualisation
  • Other projects as assigned
  • Interns may plan and pitch a story idea for the Kontinentalist platform before the end of their internship. If the story is approved, the intern may conceptualise, plan, research, and write an article for our publication.

What we look out for

  • Strong understanding of HTML, CSS and Javascript. Experience with frameworks like Vue is an added advantage
  • Experience with using D3 JS or similar javascript libraries for data visualization
  • Understand the importance of responsive and adaptive design across different screen sizes / devices
  • Initiative and ability to test, debug and monitor your own code
  • Excellent communication skills needed to work with writers and designers to bring the data story to from concept to production
  • Deep desire for learning and a can-do attitude, coupled with open-mindedness and a  willingness to offer and receive criticism
  • Basic design skills and competency at data wrangling and data visualisation, or storytelling will be an appreciated bonus
  • People who get excited about the possibilities of what you can make in a data story

Shortlisted candidates will be given a small take home assignment to demonstrate their coding proficiency.

Application closes on 30 June 2022

How to apply

Interested applicants are encouraged to apply by sending in their resume, portfolio and cover letter to

aishah@kontinentalist.com