What are the responsibilities and job description for the Graphic Artist position at Nexstar Broadcasting?
WDAF-TV/Fox4 Kansas City is seeking a Graphic Artist. The Graphic Artist will help conceptualize and create graphics for our News, Sales, and Creative Services departments. Candidates must have a background in graphic design, a good sense of graphic layout, accuracy, consistency, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment.
Responsibilities:
- Design/create graphics for daily newscasts, specials, commercial and promotional spots
- Design and build graphics including full screen monitor graphics, set graphics, information graphics, special opens, and custom designed elements.
- Create and produce animated graphic opens and elements for newscasts, website and promotions
- Maintain and advance the graphic look of the station, while creating, managing and organizing all graphic needs and related files for multiple projects
- Work cross-functionally with internal departments to fulfill station’s graphic needs as needed
- Contribute to special projects such as digital ads, print work, signage, animation and set design as assigned
- Policing and enforcing brand consistency across all projects you helped design
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree preferred; equivalent experience required
- 1-2 years previous broadcast design experience
- Strong design, illustration and typographic skills required
- Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud including After Effects, Premier, Photoshop and Illustrator
- Ability to work on various projects simultaneously and to deliver finished projects on deadline
- Must be able to work independently
- Ability to work on various projects simultaneously and to deliver finished projects on deadline
- Highly effective communications and organizational skills
- Suggested- Knowledge and/or Operation of Ross Xpression graphics system and ENPS software
- Send your demo reel today!