Are you a data wizard and digital storyteller who is passionate about protecting public lands? Apply to be a GIS intern.
About the position
The Grand Canyon Trust uses data and visual stories to help our supporters grasp the vastness and the vulnerability of the Grand Canyon and the Colorado Plateau.
We are looking for a GIS intern with substantial ArcGIS experience to help us migrate existing story products to new platforms and better visualize field data. Before our field staff can go and collect field data, the GIS team has to curate and prepare these data for offline maps and reporting dashboards. If you can apply your creativity to design data dashboards and customize field maps, this is the internship for you. Your work during this internship will result in advocacy tools and data that help protect wild animals, plants, and threatened landscapes of Colorado Plateau’s public lands.
What does this position entail?
- Transform the following products into modern stories using Esri’s StoryMaps:
- Build attractive and user-friendly data dashboards that allow field staff to easily examine, summarize, and export data collected with Esri’s Field Maps and Survey123 applications.
- Assist in building customized field maps with ArcGIS Online interactive web map builder and Field Maps application.
What might you learn along the way?
- How to build customized and professionally designed story maps using Esri’s StoryMaps and ArcGIS Online platforms.
- Data structuring to build informative data dashboards and interactive visualizations.
- Inner workings of ArcGIS Online and how to use data across various applications including, ESRI Field Maps, Web Viewer, Dashboards, and Experience Builder.
Do you have what it takes?
- Extensive experience with Esri’s GIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online.
- Demonstrated competence with ArcGIS Online, Esri StoryMaps, and ArcGIS Online interactive web map builder.
- Experience with Esri’s online applications such as Dashboard, Experience Builder, or Field Maps.
- Substantial GIS coursework at a college or university.
- Ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple projects at once.
- Strong attention to detail and highly organized.
- Willingness to work independently on assignments.
- Ability to give and receive feedback and ask for help when needed.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to communicate complex information effectively and succinctly in written and visual materials.
- Ability to communicate scientific data effectively through written reports and graphs.
- Interest in and commitment to communicating with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Note that experience includes lived experience, traditional knowledge, volunteer experience, school or coursework, work experience, and other related qualifications, skills, and experience.
No candidate will meet every requirement. If you’re excited about the position and think you may be a good candidate, we encourage you to apply.