Data Storytelling Motion Designer

Job Description

Hearst Television (HTV) seeks an experienced Motion Designer with exceptional design, organizational and communication skills to join HTV Design, our centralized graphics team located in Winter Park, FL. This position is in-person and responsible for creating custom video explainers, infographics, and storytelling elements featured in local or group stories across all platforms including broadcast, web, app and social. Candidates should be motivated and able to manage multiple design projects simultaneously. You will report to the News Operations Manager.

Job Responsibilities:
• Work with HTV Design, Hearst Television newsrooms and Data Journalists to create impactful motion designs focused on storytelling, explainers, and infographics with a focus on organizing and distilling data sets into easy-to-understand visuals
• Emphasis on motion design and storytelling
• Work in a collaborative, hands on, and results-driven environment
• Build professional relationships with editorial team leads, journalists and designers at Hearst Television

Experience Requirements:
• Previous journalism and editorial judgement a plus
• Proficient in motion design with Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere along with supporting design tools like Photoshop and Illustrator
• Experience designing storytelling motion graphics, video explainers and data driven infographics
• Experience working with small and large data sets and mapping a plus
Qualifications Requirements:
• Extraordinary visualization, conceptualization, and graphic design skills with strong background in typography, color theory, animation and layout
• Reel and portfolio should demonstrate knowledge of current industry trends and techniques related to storytelling, infographics, and data focused motion graphics
• Strong communication and organizational skills, to include presentation skills, both in person and remotely via Teams
• Must be able to design, animate and deliver same day story elements as well as longer term motion projects
• Related military experience and a strong portfolio strongly considered
Diversity Statement
At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach, ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate, and more representative of the communities we serve.
Benefits
Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.
• Medical | Dental | Vision
• 401(k) matching
• Emotional Wellness Support
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• LGBTQ+ Health Services
• Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-o1wz5p-18-97-9-169-42 in your application.