Visual Media Designer, Corporate Communications

Job Description

Nexstar Media Group, the largest local television broadcaster in the United States, seeks an exceptional digital media designer to join our Corporate Communications team. This position supports the daily operations of Nexstar's global intranet and external facing corporate digital portfolio, which includes websites, apps, and social media, as well as other brand marketing and promotional collateral. The ideal candidate will have a strong portfolio emphasizing corporate communication and digital engagement.

We are looking for someone with broad artistic range who is capable of creating original graphic designs and developing whole-package style guides for corporate collateral, product branding, and digital user experiences. Day-to-day responsibilities include production and development of high-quality graphics in support of original content promotion, corporate collateral, brand identity and the look and feel of Nexstar's digital portfolio. You will be helping shape the look of things that make other people's jobs easier, keeps our employees and audiences better informed, and facilitates brand engagement.

Strong creative, organizational and communications skills are a must. Creativity, a solid visual design aesthetic and good user experience instincts are critical to success. As a key member of the Corporate Communications team, this role interacts frequently with executives and management teams across the company. Candidates should be comfortable working with and advising leadership at both a creative and technical level.

Responsibilities
• Work with leadership to establish a cohesive and consistent brand experience across Nexstar's portfolio of communication channels and assets
• Design, create and produce outstanding communications graphics, motion graphics, packaging and presentations for a variety of internal and external facing brands and corporate initiatives
• Support the day-to-day design needs of Corporate Communications, including sourcing and/or creating promotional graphics, animations, design elements for websites, social media, apps and other digital communication collateral
• Develop style guides and usage standards in support of corporate branding, engagement and product promotion initiatives to ensure consistency and quality across communication channels
• Create templates and custom packaging for communication collateral, including presentations, press kits, logo treatments and other
• Maintain corporate digital asset catalogs; logos, photography, templates, etc
• Help enforce style guide and usage standards to ensure consistency and quality across corporate communication channels
• Collaborate with content owners and other team members to help elevate overall corporate communications

Salary Range: $50,000 - $65,000

Basic Qualifications
• Strong visual design portfolio
• Demonstrated visual design, typographic, color theory and compositional skills
• Baseline knowledge of experience design, interface design and user research
• Ability to absorb complex processes and ideas then simplify and represent them as engaging visual messages accessible to audiences with varying degrees of experience
• Ability to produce visual assets, graphics and presentations using Adobe and Microsoft products
• Ability to edit video using Adobe products
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently
• Ability to formulate a business case and advocate for the end user

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with website or app design
• Experience managing social media accounts with highly visual content
• Familiarity with content management systems such as WordPress and SharePoint
• Background in Journalism, Media or Tech Communications

Required Education

Bachelor's degree or Certificate in Graphic Design, User Experience Design, Portfolio School training or comparable field experience; will consider non-degreed candidates with demonstratable talent and experience.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rn5x5m-18-116-13-113-42 in your application.