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News Verticals Visual Editor
NBC Universal
New York, NY, United States
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News Verticals Visual Editor - NBC News Digital
About Us
NBCUniversal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBCUniversal’s policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Responsibilities
Are you someone who obsesses over how news can better engage audience with meaningful visuals? NBC News Digital is seeking a talented visual editor to bring our news verticals to life across all digital platforms from web to mobile and social.
This is a job at the forefront of journalism’s digital future and the ideal candidate is creative, innovative and agile, with a passion for the intersection of visual journalism and technology.
Job Duties
Working with a team of editors, reporters and visual journalists, you will program and manage the look and feel of NBC’s three News Verticals: MACH, Better and Think. MACH focuses on science and technology. Better focuses on health and personal finance. Think focuses on news and politics opinion.
The ideal candidate will coordinate, plan and edit across formats to combine text, photos, video, interactives and audio to ensure the verticals’ top stories are visually rich. When necessary, you will create unique photo illustrations and infographics.
The candidate must be able to handle projects from start to finish from breaking news to long-term packages. They should have superior design and technical skills, expertise working as a web designer and a track record of conceptualizing and implementing creative digital projects. Other responsibilities include templates and training.
Qualifications/Requirements
Basic Qualifications
2+ years UI/UX experiences in digital media
2+ years designing and art direction web and mobile sites
Experience in digital design theories including but not limited to typography, responsive web design and color theory
Experience in modern Web design technologies (HTML & CSS)
Experience in Adobe Creative Suite
Ability to execute creative plans, wireframes, navigation flows, and style guides.
Additional Job Requirements
Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through www.nbcunicareers.com to be considered.
Must be willing to work in New York
Willingness to work on weekends and through breaking news events
Desired Qualifications
Degree or equivalent experience
Audio and video editing skills a plus
Familiar in modern web technologies (Javascript, JQuery & d3)
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Project management skills
Team player with excellent collaborative skills
Ability to work on deadline and under pressure on multiple projects