GFX Editor & Designer

News UK; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media company is seeking a Graphics Editor to create engaging video content for their sports and entertainment sections. You will work closely with a talented team, bringing creative ideas to life using industry-standard software. Ideal candidates are fast, agile, and have a strong narrative storytelling ability. This is a unique opportunity to redefine storytelling in the fast-paced digital world.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in major design software including Adobe suite.
• Experience in a fast-paced television or digital media environment.
• Strong understanding of the digital landscape and audience engagement.

Responsibilities

• Craft compelling video content for various strands.
• Develop original graphic identities and design for multi-format outputs.
• Collaborate with editors and producers to align with editorial goals.
• Work efficiently on quick turnaround graphics in a dynamic newsroom environment.

Skills

Adobe After Effects

Illustrator

Premiere Pro

Cinema 4D

Blender

Photoshop

Final Cut Pro

Storytelling

Social Media Engagement

Multi-format Design

Job description

Your Role: As a Graphics Editor in Sun Originals, you will be a key player in crafting compelling proactive video content for our sport, showbiz and Fabulous content strands that drive views and engagement across digital platforms. You will work closely with commissioning editors, producers, and the social team, ensuring that the longer-format stories we create captivate and engage our growing digital audience. This is an opportunity for a passionate and talented graphics editor who can work quickly and bring creative flair to our content. Day to day you will:

• Branding: You can quickly understand the requirements of a design brief, and develop original and compelling identities for individual formats while being mindful of the master brand and sub-brands. You have an excellent eye for detail and understand how to create a kit of parts that can be rolled out across multiple formats.
• Motion: As well as design the identity for our formats, you can expertly bring them to life across a suite of on-screen graphics.
• Software Expertise: Proficiency in industry‑standard software like Adobe After Effects, illustrator, Premiere Pro, Cinema 4D, Blender, and Photoshop, as well as a broad knowledge of plugins e.g Trapcode/Newton/Motion Bro. Familiarity with tools like Final Cut Pro can be advantageous.
• Collaboration: Work closely with commissioning editors and video producers to understand the editorial direction and ensure video content supports our team goals.
  Experienced GFX editor: You have hands‑on experience editing in a large, fast‑paced television or digital media environment. You understand how to balance speed with quality and are an expert narrative teller.
• Digital Native: You’re immersed in the digital landscape, with a strong understanding of YouTube, social media platforms, and how audiences engage with video content online.
• Platform‑Savvy: Proficient in designing for multi‑format outputs with efficiency in repurposing content across digital channels.
• Fast & Agile: You’re capable of working quickly and efficiently in a fast‑paced newsroom, juggling multiple tasks without compromising on quality. You will be required to work a rolling shift pattern of days and evenings across seven days.
  The Sun is an iconic, dynamic storyteller with a rich heritage and a global audience in the millions; The Sun is now focusing on an exciting, video‑focussed strategy to engage new audiences, putting video at the heart of The Sun’s journalism.

This is your chance to join a talented team at a pivotal moment, contributing to fast‑paced, agenda‑setting video output that drives traffic and revenue, as we redefine how a historic brand tells stories in the fast‑paced digital world. News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our news brands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market‑leading local stations across Ireland. Our world‑famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi‑format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.