Art Director - NBC10, Telemundo62, & NBC Sports

Job Description

Responsibilities

We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

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NBCUniversal Local is NBCUniversal's local media division that delivers English and Spanish-speakers and bilingual audiences in 31 US markets and Puerto Rico, the very best in local sports, news, weather, consumer and investigative reporting, and lifestyle entertainment across any platform and screen. NBCUniversal Local is comprised of three individual media groups including the NBC Owned Television Stations, the NBC Sports Regional Networks and the Telemundo Station Group. The division is also home to multicast networks NBCLX, COZI TV and TeleXitos, the regional cable news network NECN, as well as NBC Spot On, an advanced video advertising business designed for local/regional CTV and OTT advertisers and several in-house companies including production company LXTV, marketing and promotions company Skycastle, its out-of-home business NBC Everywhere, and the Arthouse, a graphics design group. With seven regional sports networks and 42 NBC and Telemundo stations serving 38 percent of US homes, NBCUniversal Local is the only network-owned local media division that is home to the largest bilingual local newsrooms within the country's top 10 TV markets. NBCUniversal Local's stations and networks serve diverse audiences and communities across linear, streaming, OTT, digital web, mobile and audio, and cable platforms and work together to keep local audiences informed anytime and anywhere. For more information, visit NBCUniversal.com.

Job Description

NBC10, Telemundo62 and NBC Sports Philadelphia are seeking an experienced Art Director to join our Brand, Strategic Marketing and Creative team. The Art Director will collaborate closely with marketing and creative leadership as well as news, technical operations, live event, studio content, digital, community, and sales stakeholders to manage and expand the stations' brand identity and continuity across linear and non-linear platforms. The Art Director develops and implements all aspects of the visual identity of our brands and is responsible for inspiring, motivating, and leading designers. Also, collaborates closely with creative leaders, producers, photographers and editors. The Art Director is an experienced, individual who must consistently set the highest standards on quality, communication, innovation, and creativity.

Responsibilities:
• Provide design and art direction for our graphic design on broadcast, cable, streaming, digital, social, print, LED, and OOH platforms.
• Develop and maintain brand guidelines for all three station brands.
• Keep the design standards of the creative/content teams at the highest possible level.
• Developing and maintaining a positive and engaging creative culture
• Ability to meet deadlines and to adapt to change in a daily, unpredictable news and live events production environment.
• Exhibits persuasive communication skills to lead the team and present concepts.
• Design news, shows and live event graphics packages (monitors, opens, lower thirds, transitions, bumps, boxes, billboards, and snipes.)
• Deploy NBC designed packages/toolkits.
• Design and deploy sponsored promos, activations, campaigns and on-air elements.
• Manage fulfillment of daily graphics requests including, but not limited to, creative content, sponsor elements, show opens, social media graphics, third party logos, and headshots.
• Work with producers and photographers on promotional campaign needs including design elements, script assistance, shot lists, mockups, greenscreen, shot framing, backplate and needs for camera tracking.
• Design visual assets for digital and streaming broadcasts and special events
• Design and execute visual elements for activations including signage and premiums.
• Work with news producers and NBC Arthouse on news look upgrades
• Drives conceptualization of assigned projects ensuring delivery of innovative design and animation.
• Art directs and produces photoshoots.
• Optimize design workflows, identify redundancies and inefficiencies, and develop various solutions including making sure software current.
• Ability to work nights and weekends and extra hours as needed.

Qualifications
• 8+ years of experience working in design, photography and/or illustration at a network or agency
• Bachelor's degree in graphic design or fine arts
• Complete understanding of the implementation of design elements in network television and live sports environments is a must
• Hands-on ability with strong technical skills (Adobe CS/After Effects)
• Knowledge of Cinema 4D
• Passion for show packaging and knowledge of current trends in graphic design
• Strong concept & storyboard design skills
• Unparalleled design, logo and typography skills
• Strong presentation and communication skills
• Portfolio that demonstrates an eye for storytelling, concept, motion design, composition, color and typography.
• Accustomed to delegating responsibilities to other team members, holding team members accountable for performance benchmarks to ensure on-time and delivery.
• Bilingual in Spanish a plus

Additional Responsibilities:
• Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week.

Additional Information

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