Data Editorial Intern, Yahoo Finance

Yahoo Finance is the world’s #1 finance destination, empowering investors with news, information, and tools to make financial decisions with confidence. Trusted by over 150M visitors globally each month, representing over $20 trillion dollars in investable assets, Yahoo Finance delivers high-quality real-time market data across desktop, mobile, and streaming platforms. With breaking news from thousands of sources, original editorial perspectives, objective analyst ratings and research, analytical charts and technical tools, personalized mobile alerts, and much more, Yahoo Finance equips investors with knowledge and insights to achieve financial freedom and greater prosperity.

A Little About Us

Yahoo is a global media and tech company that connects people to their passions. We reach nearly 900M people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love—from finance and sports, to shopping, gaming and news—with the trusted products, content and tech that fuel their day. For partners, we provide a full-stack platform for businesses to amplify growth and drive more meaningful connections across advertising, search and media.

Yahoo offers a variety of internships to students who want jobs with real responsibility, outstanding training, and the chance to learn from the best through 1:1 mentorship in a small team setting. As an intern, you will gain valuable work experience while developing your skills and establishing a track record to set you up for your future career.

A Lot About You

You demonstrate strong interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and use creative problem solving to find workable solutions. You are an avid problem solver who has the capability to work independently as well as collaborate within a team. As a self starter with excellent project management and analytical skills, you have the ability to drive and implement new ideas in a dynamic environment.

Yahoo Finance is seeking a visually oriented editorial intern to work with our graphics team for 8-12 weeks this summer. 

Responsibilities:

• Collecting, formatting, and maintaining datasets to support editorial/data visualization workflow

• Providing relevant data and ideas to reporters/editors to spur more graphics

• Facilitating automation of updates to datasets via API

• Providing analytical support of data for reporters/editors as needed

• Helping update and maintain Flourish graphics projects

Required Qualifications:

• Active enrollment in Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD program in a relevant field

• Familiarity with data analytics

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to extract data from websites via scraping or API

• Ability to pull and manipulate large datasets and cull into manageable/shareable/updateable Google Sheets

• Proficiency with python coding language a plus

• Experience working in a newsroom environment preferred

The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don’t require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You’ll always get notice to make arrangements. Your recruiter will let you know if a specific job requires regular attendance at a Yahoo office or facility. If you have any questions about how this applies to the role, just ask the recruiter!

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call +1.866.772.3182. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

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The compensation for this position ranges from $24-$52/hr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience.Our comprehensive benefits include a great 401k, company holidays, and wellness programs.

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