Brittany Mayes
Data Visualization Engineer (Ads)
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolBrittany Mayes is a data visualization engineer at Netflix with 11 years of experience building newsroom-grade interactive graphics and front-end products. She rose through journalism and engineering ranks at The Washington Post—moving from graphics reporter to engineering lead for election features—where she managed a cross-functional team and shipped live, data-driven election experiences. Previously she built news apps at NPR, taught data visualization as an adjunct at the University of Maryland, and brings deep expertise in end-to-end visualization: data collection, design, tooling and production infrastructure. Known for thinking about hiring, organizational processes, and collaboration, she blends newsroom storytelling sensibilities with production engineering rigor. A proud Tar Heel, she combines design-minded visual storytelling with pragmatic leadership in high-stakes, time-sensitive environments.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Media and Journalism, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Media and Journalism at UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media
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Github Skills (22)
visuals10
npr9
graphic9
python9
iframe9
kubernetes8
javascript7
react7
transcription6
sentiment-analysis6
scraper6
typescript6
google-docs6
google-apps-script5
jekyll4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
brmayes/jour352
Aug 2019 - Sep 2021
Contributions:2 PRs, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
brmayes/what-i-learned-today
Sep 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:15 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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