Senior Associate Data Visualization Specialist -- Gies College of Business at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
IT Partners Gies Business — full-time
Senior Associate Data Visualization Specialist -- Gies College of Business
Information Technology Partners
IT Partners at Gies works with Gies College of Business faculty and staff to provide a high-value, connected experience for our students, enable impactful research by our faculty, and facilitate effective and efficient program development and delivery.
Job Summary
The Senior Associate Data Visualization Specialist will serve as part of the IT Partners Data Strategy, Analytics and Reporting (DSAR) group and is responsible for bringing data to the forefront of the Gies College of Business mission through clear, effective, and compelling data visualizations.
Duties & Responsibilities
Data-Visualization:
• Imagine, design, build, and manage data visualizations in Microsoft Power BI that communicate and provide exploration of relevant administrative and academic data
• Work with college clients to understand their strategic objectives and data needs and provide visualizations and reports that meet those needs
• Understand the breadth of available administrative and academic data in the context of unit needs
• Ensure consistency, accessibility, quality, and performance in Gies Data Dashboard products and services
• Ensure efficiency, integration, and scalability in the design and organization of Gies Data Dashboard products
• Define best practices for data dashboards and reports include design standards, data documentation, and security
• Train data end-users how to consume, explore, and extract data in the Power BI platform
• Serve as the subject matter expert and escalated support for Power BI for the college and IT Partners.
Project Management and Collaboration:
• Work with IT Partners leadership and project managers to coordinate and prioritize data-related projects generated by IT Partners and other College units, working with other DSAR employees to ensure projects are completed within deadlines
• Manage workflow and project tracking in approved project management applications.
Campus Collaboration:
• Represent college in campus communities of practice and working groups focused on data and data visualization
• Collaborate with data specialists in other colleges as required through IT Partners agreements
• Contribute to the development of campus strategy and operational best practices for data visualization
Minimum Qualifications
High school diploma or equivalent.
Two (2) years of work experience in IT‐related functions such as hardware/software support, programming, network design, network engineering, IT systems integration, or closely related field. College coursework which includes Informatio