ABC News
Designer, ABC News
ABC News, New York, NY, United States
ABC News is looking for a graphic designer for a long standing, one hour broadcast show. This individual would contribute their strong, creative design skills to the forward-thinking graphics team. They should be a designer who can work independently and with the graphics team as well as broadcast director, associate directors, producers, and crew.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build keyable segment stills and montages - transfer to Xpression operator for playback
- Field and address legal & editorial Photoshop edits of stills - transfer to Xpression operator for playback
- Build fullscreen and keyable elements for show open/teases - deliver to editors
- Build full screen quote animations and subtitles – deliver to editors
- Build 3D book cover animations for teases and segments – deliver to edit/Xpression playback
- Work on upcoming segment graphics for set and fullscreen (animations, lower thirds, bugs, backgrounds)
- Provide files to set design team for printing
- Build last minute segment producer requests (segment titles, game graphics, etc.)
- Build elements for sales segments and digital/social media team
- Send evening tease checklist items and keyable credits to edit
- Manage graphics templates for the department throughout the season
- Archive old projects
Qualifications:
- Proficiency in Photoshop, After Effects, and Illustrator
- motion graphic design; modeling/animating/rendering in 3D and 2D environments
- Cinema 4D (or comparable 3D software) experience is a plus
- Previous experience creating for tv, and online productions is a plus
- Understanding of television control room workflow and operations is a plus
- Ability to multitask and perform professionally at the highest levels under stress and tight deadlines