Motion Designer, Video
Motion Designer, Video
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The Video team at The New York Times seeks a strong digital designer to work on reporter-led videos that feature the expertise of our world-class journalists news videos and video enterprise projects.
Youll join our growing Video team in the London newsroom and work with reporters editors and producers as well as art director designers and visual journalists to craft digital assets and visual experiences for our videos.
Youll cover a wide range of subjects including contributions to cover breaking news explanatory pieces investigative projects and features with a strong emphasis on storytelling for social media platforms and audiences.
The range of your responsibilities will include the needs and possibilities for typography video photography audio maps information graphics and animations. In consultation with editors and other newsroom leaders youll exercise journalistic judgment and visual creativity to innovate and ensure accuracy clarity and validity of the content presented. Design team members are expected not only to make exceptional contributions to our journalism but also to engage with others to foster an environment of learning and constructive dialogue.
This is a hybrid position based in London and includes regular attendance in the office each week per your departmental guidance.
Responsibilities:
- Make original designs and animations into compelling video storytelling.
- Work collaboratively with video journalists reporters and visual journalists in the newsroom to create tight informative and engaging short-form videos.
- Work regularly and directly with colleagues in the Graphics department particularly the maps team to ensure visuals meet the standards of the newsroom.
- Convey visual story ideas and complex information in engaging video sequences and animation.
- Be a pragmatic innovator whose solutions elicit responses that justify the effort and investment.
- Demonstrate support and understanding of ourvalue of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
- You will report to the Senior Producer Video in London and have deep connections with the Reporter Video team including colleagues across the video department as well as the Digital News Design teams in New York.
- Keep up with industry updates and trends in the video world of motion graphics alongside design colleagues in New York.
Basic Qualifications:
- Solid digital design experience
- Expertise with After Effects designing for motion and animation is essential
- Expertise with Figma Photoshop Illustrator and Adobe Creative Suite
- Strong portfolio of design work
- Solid understanding of layout typography and storytelling techniques
- Ability to create visual presentations that intelligently incorporate audio video still images and text
- Experience animating maps and creating information graphics
- Smart UX sensibility
- Experience creating content for a digital-first and social media audience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Enthusiasm for designing and making great animations for storytelling to cover current events for The New York Times
- Able to make quick decisions under deadlines and a high-pressure newsroom environment
- Experience working collaboratively with members of a multidisciplinary team
- A self-starter who brings ideas for stories to the table with an eye for innovation
- Ability to meet deadlines and to adapt to change in a daily unpredictable news and production environment
- Willingness to work a flexible schedule
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Employment Type
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