Designer

Package Description

Job Reference: 18630

Band: C

Salary: £32,250 - £42,500 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Contract type: A mixture of permanent & contracts

Location: London News Broadcasting House

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack
  
  

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Job Introduction

The News Design team is a multi-platform, multidisciplinary team within BBC News.

We are responsible for the design and visualisation of a story end to end, across all platforms from our website and app to our flagship news broadcasts and social accounts. The team brings together digital designers, broadcast designers, and developers to provide compelling visual coverage of the biggest and most significant stories.

We are a fast-moving, digital-first news organisation at the forefront of delivering visually compelling and data-driven stories to our huge audiences. As Designer - News

Design, you will develop and deliver content, ensuring that it achieves the highest creative and editorial standards with adherence to BBC guidelines.

This position requires a strong background in motion design with experience of design and storytelling in a digital and broadcast news environment.

Portfolio or show-reel (and password link) needs to accompany the application.

Main Responsibilities

• To produce distinctive content on a variety of platforms.
• To work effectively with other departments ensuring 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.
  
  

Are you the right person?

• 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.
• Portfolio evidence of excellent design work demonstrating creative flair.
• Able to deliver different approaches and design styles.
• Able to talk through your design decisions with a diverse range of people; evidence of successfully collaborating and sharing your ideas.
• Keep pace with latest design trends and technology developments.
• Relevant degree or equivalent experience.
  
  

About The BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours here .

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here .