Irene de la Torre Arenas
Data visualization Specialist
Munich, GermanyI am a data designer specialized in visualizing information in understandable and meaningful ways. Currently, I am a Visualization Lead at the pharmaceutical company UCB. Previously, I worked as a Data Visualization & UX designer for the Visual Journalism team at BBC News, and as a data visualization specialist at the MIT SENSEable City Lab.
My project for my master-thesis, a data visualization about swimming world records, won a Silver Award at the Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards in 2017.
I am a mix of storyteller, designer and coder. I like explaining complex data in a visual way. And making dots move in the screen.
My project for my master-thesis, a data visualization about swimming world records, won a Silver Award at the Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards in 2017.
I am a mix of storyteller, designer and coder. I like explaining complex data in a visual way. And making dots move in the screen.
Work Experience
Freelance
Graphic designer and infographist (Freelance)
Collaborations doing creative concepting, design development and production of infographics, graphic elements and web designs
Clients: Hotwire PR, Lewis PR, Ipsos, Peidro Comunicación, Weblogs, Prelum, Quid
Clients: Hotwire PR, Lewis PR, Ipsos, Peidro Comunicación, Weblogs, Prelum, Quid
March 2013
- Present
Spain
MIT Senseable City Lab
Data visualization specialist
June 2017
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Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Philips Lighting
Information designer (intern)
As a designer in the Research Department, I worked creating posters, presentations and videos to help communicate the teams their projects to different stakeholders. Although I worked with many teams, I worked mainly with the Pedestrian Safety Team
May 2016
- August 2016
Massachusetts, United States
Sin Guías
Infographist
One of the three administrators and infographists of the website.
February 2012
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Madrid, Spain
Cinco Días
Infographist - Collaborator
Collaborator of the newspaper doing substitutions in the Infographics section during the summer.
Sketching, development, implementation and production of infographics for the printed newspaper and interactive graphics for the web. Responsible of the section during the month of August, and responsible of the 'closing' of the graphics in the first half of July and September.
Sketching, development, implementation and production of infographics for the printed newspaper and interactive graphics for the web. Responsible of the section during the month of August, and responsible of the 'closing' of the graphics in the first half of July and September.
July 2013
- September 2014
Spain
Jobs & Sons
Content Editor and Graphic Designer
(Freelance)
Social media manager and editor of the blogs of the company and its clients
Graphic designer: design of websites, infographics, icons... and all needed for the different communications of the clients
Social media manager and editor of the blogs of the company and its clients
Graphic designer: design of websites, infographics, icons... and all needed for the different communications of the clients
July 2013
- July 2015
Spain
Creanto
Content Editor
(Freelancer) Writing and publishing content for the blog of Creanto. Monitoring of social networks
June 2013
- March 2014
Madrid, Spain
National Institute Of Educational Technology And Teacher Training. Spanish Ministry Of Education, Culture And Sports
Intern in the Educative Television and Audiovisual Aids Department
Administrator of the department's website (done with Joomla!)
Development of content for the website "50 años de Televisión En España": layout of newspapers from 1971 to 2006
Production tasks
Participation in the institutional video recording for the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports and portals such as Leer.es or TodoFP.es
Recording of official events sponsored by the Ministry
Preparation of reports about the educational program "La Aventura del Saber", RTVE and Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports coproduction.
Development of content for the website "50 años de Televisión En España": layout of newspapers from 1971 to 2006
Production tasks
Participation in the institutional video recording for the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports and portals such as Leer.es or TodoFP.es
Recording of official events sponsored by the Ministry
Preparation of reports about the educational program "La Aventura del Saber", RTVE and Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports coproduction.
January 2011
- July 2013
Spain
El Mundo
Freelancer in the Infographics Department
Creation of infographis for the printed version of El Mundo and interactive graphics for the online version
July 2010
- September 2011
Madrid, Spain
El Mundo
Intern in the Infographics Department
Creation of infographis for the printed version of El Mundo and interactive graphics for the online version
July 2009
- June 2010
Madrid, Spain
Education
Northeastern University
MFA Information Design and Visualization
September 2015
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Massachusetts, United States
CICE Escuela Profesional De Nuevas Tecnologías
Professional Master in 3d Animation, Digital Postproduction and no lineal Edition (MAD)
October 2010
- October 2011
Madrid, Spain
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Advertising and Public Relations Degree
September 2009
- May 2011
Madrid, Spain
Södertons Hogskola
Journalism
Erasmus exchange student during the first semester of the course 2007-2008
August 2007
- February 2008
Stockholm, Sweden
Languages
Spanish (Native),
English (Fluent),
German (Beginner),
Awards
The Society Of News Design SND
Information graphics/Porfolios. Planned news/ Extended coverage (staff)
2009
Skills
3D StudioMax,
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Indesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Premiere,
After Effects,
CSS,
D3.js,
Data Visualization,
HTML,
Infographics,
JavaScript,
Layout,
MapBox,
Nuke,
Photography,
QuarkXpress,