BBC Graphics Designer - BBC Africa TV Jobs in Kenya
BBC Graphics Designer - BBC Africa TV Jobs in Kenya
Job purposeThe Designer will develop and deliver content, ensuring that it achieves the highest creative and
editorial standards with adherence to BBC guidelines.
Working in collaboration with marketing or editorial colleagues across platforms & languages.
Key Responsibilities and Account-abilities
To produce distinctive content on a variety of platforms
To work effectively with other departments ensuring the you maintain excellent
relationships throughout
To ensure content reflects our diverse audiences
To keep up to date with emerging industry trends
Share design expertise and creative solutions for the benefit of the audience
Be accountable for the quality of your work and ensure it meets intended purposes
Be accountable for the usability and accessibility of design deliveries for the broadest possible cross-section of users
Additional job specific responsibilities and account-abilities
To contribute design expertise to the Visual & Data Journalism team.
To communicate ideas and design decisions to project teams.
To create distinctive content graphics such as data visualisations, diagrams and maps on a
variety of platforms.
To create storyboards and motion graphics.
Advocate accurate data representation and accessible design solutions.
To understand our users and get to the heart of what they need, creating sketches,
concepts, user journeys, wireframes and prototypes.
To employ relevant design and research methods and techniques to ensure a compelling design.
Help organise informal user research and proactively try out ideas and designs with people
to make sure we’re meeting real user needs.
To deliver finished design solutions, including assets and functional specifications to ensure the design comes to life.
To work effectively with other departments ensuring that you maintain excellent
relationships throughout.
To initiate your own ideas and and prioritise own workload.
To deliver content graphics and user experiences that can be re-worked to accommodate
multiple languages.
Work with external agencies and freelancers to learn new things, see new perspectives
and create new ideas
Support a positive working environment that considers the needs of a diverse team
To ensure content reflects our diverse audiences.
To keep up to date with current and emerging industry trends.
Share design expertise and creative solutions for the benefit of the audience.
Be accountable for the quality of your work and ensure it meets intended purposes.
Be accountable for the usability and accessibility of design deliveries for the broadest possible cross-section of users
To operate in a fast-paced news environment, usually within tight timeframes.
Essential
Evidence of a
portfolio of relevant work across different screens/devices.
Visual Design skills and experience.
Motion graphics skills – comfortable using Adobe After Effects.
Data visualisation skills and experience.
Expert in using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
User Experience Design skills and experience.
Comfortable using Sketch or other User Experience Design software.
A passion for Design, News and storytelling.
Ability to be creative, delivering different approaches, solutions and visual styles.
Ability to effectively communicate design reasoning and decisions to others.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Evidence of successfully collaborating and sharing your ideas with others.
Knowledge of current and future trends in design, technology and media.
A knowledge of BBC editorial guidelines and other compliance policies.
Understanding of the importance of the BBC's values in accuracy and impartiality.
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Essential
A thorough knowledge of BBC editorial guidelines and other compliance policies
Understanding of the importance of the BBC's values in accuracy and impartiality.
A passion for and a great understanding of the area in which the role operates
An experienced Adobe Creative Suite User and / or VizRt
Portfolio evidence of excellent design work demonstrating creative flair
Able to deliver different approaches and design styles
Able to talking through your design decisions with a diverse range of people, evidence of successfully collaborating and sharing your ideas with absolutely anyone
Keep pace with latest design trends and technology developments
Relevant Degree or equivalent experience
Reports to a Senior Designer or Creative Head
Takes assignments from design lead (Senior Designer or Creative Head)
Keep track of own workload and makes effective use of time
Keep appropriate people well informed of plans and progress
Chooses best method of initiating, communicating and developing design idea
Desirable
Illustration skills.
Experience with GIS or other mapping software.
Coding skills: HTML, CSS and Javascript
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply online by 22nd November 2019
For more information and job application details, see; BBC Graphics Designer - BBC Africa TV Jobs in Kenya
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