Designer, BBC News Design

BBC; London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The BBC News Design team seeks a Digital Designer to enhance global news content with innovative visual storytelling. This role requires creativity, collaboration, and expertise in design tools to produce impactful content for a trusted platform.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Figma and Creative Cloud apps including Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Strong interest in new design tools and methodologies, including AI applications in design.

Responsibilities

• Create high-impact visual storytelling for broadcast and digital news platforms.
• Collaborate with motion designers, editors, and journalists to meet design requirements.

Skills

Knowledge of Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Communication skills

Adaptability

Job description

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: C

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent

DEPARTMENT: BBC News Design

LOCATION: Office Base is London Broadcasting House

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £32,500 - £42,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Job Purpose

We are looking for a Digital Designer to join our dynamic and fast paced News Design team, this role would place you at the creative forefront of global news events for both broadcast and digital in a rapidly changing world, this unique position would enable you to use your talent and skills to enhance and augment global news content through fantastic, high-impact visual storytelling.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

Our team is one of the core creative hubs of news, our working environment is both highly creative and collaborative and being part of our team will enable you to expand your abilities into developing new skills to further help grow yourself and our team from within. The work you produce will make a difference to how News is presented and received across one of the most globally recognised and trusted news platforms.

Key Responsabilities & Impact

• Creative thinker – Be a great creative thinker as well as a great designer who can work within a framework but isn’t afraid of taking risks.
• Driven – Have a passion to pursue and explore creative concepts autonomously as well as collaboratively.
• Adaptable – Creative concepts will need to work across a multitude of different formats from broadcast to social.
• Collaborative – Work directly with our motion designers to create and deploy digital designs across broadcast. Work directly with editors and journalists to gain a full understanding of requirements.
• Accountable – Regularly check in and work with the Creative Director on developing and delivering concepts primarily across digital platforms but also across broadcast.
• Deadlines – Ability to work against some occasional tight deadlines without compromising quality
  
  

Your Skills & Expereince

• Excellent knowledge of Figma
• Excellent knowledge of Creative cloud apps including Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong interest in exploring the use of new and emerging design tools.
• Good understanding of the use of AI within design methodologies and tools and how it can be applied
  
  

Desired But Not Required

• Experience with Adobe After Effects/Premiere
• Experience with light digital animation tools such as Lottie and/or Rive
• Experience with Canva
• Experience with Adobe Firefly, Runway, Midjourney
  
  

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

For any general queries, please contact: [e-mail]