Senior Motion Graphic Designer

OVERVIEW

We are looking for an experienced Senior Motion Graphic designer to join our creative team. This candidate must be highly motivated and able to create a range of high quality still and motion graphics content for use in a live fast paced TV news digital and commercial sales environment.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about all things design able to design both still and animated elements with a penchant for strong conceptual thinking and a careful understanding of realistic production requirements.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Be a leader within the team with technical proficiency and a positive work attitude.
• Help oversee creative production of a variety of content including style frames motion/animatics brand and marketing materials presentations storyboards templates and special campaigns.
• Have a thorough understanding of the Channels Brand identity file structure practices and systems.
• Ability to employ best practise in graphic/motion design and usage.
• To conceive and design graphics elements appropriate to the Channels corporate image and standards.
• Deputise for Snr Creative Director and Senior/Lead Designer Creative when needed.
• Work in close collaboration with senior leadership in all areas of production from concept through execution and delivery to problem solve and find creative graphic solutions in the short time scales of a busy news production and sales environment.
• Keep up to date with the latest software technologies and methods of design and graphics production.
• Establish and maintain relationships with internal departments in support of their production efforts. Manage projects from concept to completion. Maintain a fresh source of creativity rather than repetitive design.
• Provide creative direction feedback and guidance to colleagues as needed including onthejob training to all new members of the department and inhouse training.

Qualifications :

REQUIREMENTS

• Demonstrate experience in creating high quality still and motion graphics for use in the live news and commercial sales environment via show reel/online portfolio of work.
• Significant relevant experience in a broadcastcreative design production environment.
• Very creative passionate about design with an eye for detail and a selfstarter attitude.
• Excellent organizational and decisionmaking skills able to communicate clearly with the local team and perform assignments across locations.
• High proficiency in design layout and animation nuance with attention to typography.
• Team player who is comfortable working autonomously and able to deliver under pressure
• Keen enthusiastic and interested in maximising the contributions of the design department to various business units.
• Proactive in generating new fresh and relevant ideas and concepts often in short timescales and implement lastminute feedback.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple projects with varied deadlines in a fastpaced production design environment.
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative suite After Effects/Premiere Essential Graphics workflows and creation of. mogrt files for use in Premiere and expressions Experience with various plugins (i.e. Trapcode Boris etc.)
• Indepth After Effects 3D compositing techniques needed. Knowledge of Cinema 4D advantageous.
• Knowledge of Realtime broadcast graphics systems Viz/Chyron advantageous. Knowledge of VFX/Greenscreen/camera tracking a plus.
• Degree level formal design qualification (desirable)
   

The responsibilities associated with this position are not limited to the above description and may be modified at any time by the Company.

Additional Information :

As part of our selection process external candidates may be required to attend an inperson interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversals policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race color religion creed gender gender identity or expression age national origin or ancestry citizenship disability sexual orientation marital status pregnancy veteran status membership in the uniformed services genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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