Disney is hiring: Part Time Graphic Designer in Chicago

The ABC7 Chicago Design Department has an opportunity for a part-time Graphic Designer to join our collaborative team. Our ideal candidate is a solution-oriented, motivated self-starter who is able to manage a diverse workload in a fast-paced environment.

Top candidates will demonstrate high-level design and motion graphic expertise, excellent branding skills, and experience creating dynamic presentation solutions for 2D and 3D environments. This position will require a balance of daily design production and higher profile, long-term creative solutions. Designers able to conceptualize and execute a wide range of visual solutions for storytelling will be highly considered.

This role requires working flexible hours and days as production assignments dictate, including weekends, nights, and holidays. We are a 24/7 content operation and schedule staff accordingly.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize and execute visual content solutions for multi-platform purposes with respect to brand guidelines.
• Develop and balance design solutions for daily and longer-term projects.
• Design and animate 2D and 3D solutions.
• Train and onboard content creators on design solutions as needed.
• Catalog and maintain asset libraries.
• Work flexible hours and days as production assignments dictate, including weekends, nights, and holidays.

Basic Qualifications

• 3 plus years of professional experience in a graphic design or animation role.
• High-level proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (primarily Photoshop, Illustrator & After Effects) with a desire to stay up to date with new techniques and best practices.
• Demonstrate a solid creative problem-solving and technical acumen.
• Ability to function at a high level both individually and as part of a collaborative team.
• Excellent written, verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Capable of maintaining a solution-based approach in an ever-changing content production environment.
• Strong organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Ability to successfully manage own deadlines and assignments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in animation technique for brand-based work.
• Experience building/using infographics as a storytelling aid.
• Able to utilize both technological and creative approaches for problem-solving.
• 3D modeling/texturing experience for broadcast, gaming, or augmented reality.
• Experience using logic-based graphic engine systems, such as Vizrt or Ross XPression, to build graphic behaviors.
• Cinema 4D proficiency is a plus.
• Proficiency using Ross XPression, or similar logic-based system, from template conception/construction to final deployment, implementation, and maintenance is a plus.

Preferred Education

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in graphic design, motion graphics, or similar area of focus.

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