Junior Motion Graphic Designer, ITV News

ITN; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Junior Motion Graphic Designer to create compelling graphics for television news. In this dynamic role, you will collaborate with editors and journalists to deliver high-quality visual designs under tight deadlines. Your expertise in After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator will be crucial as you navigate the fast-paced world of news broadcasting. This position offers the opportunity to work on significant events while contributing to innovative journalism. If you have a passion for design and current affairs, this role could be the perfect fit for you.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in broadcast television and live environments.
• Ability to design for multiple platforms and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Design graphics for news programmes and communicate with the Creative Director.
• Contribute ideas for new design techniques and manage live graphics.

Skills

Broadcast Television Experience

Communication Skills

Creativity

Calmness Under Pressure

Typography Knowledge

Education

Degree in Design Discipline

Tools

After Effects

Photoshop

Illustrator

Cinema 4D

Job description

Job Details: Junior Motion Graphic Designer, ITV News

Full details of the job.

Vacancy No: VN566

Applications Close Date: 21 Mar 2025

Department: ITV News

Employment Type: Permanent F/T

Duration: Permanent

Description: To design and produce television news and multimedia graphics of the highest creative standard. To do so within tight deadlines using appropriate technology and software.

The successful candidate will be a graphic designer able to cope with the demands of a very dynamic fast-paced environment, often having to react to developing stories and breaking news. Liaising directly with Programme Editors, Producers and Reporters you will be a fantastic communicator able to deliver arresting visual designs to match the high-quality journalism that is a mainstay of the ITV News brand.

You will be a skilled information graphic designer able to participate in the process of breaking down complex information and visually reinterpreting it in an easily accessible way utilizing strong typographic, illustrative and motion design.

A confident and well organized individual able to take ownership of the design briefs that they are given, seeing them through for conception to delivery, hitting critical milestones that they entail all the time. Be comfortable working on your own and collaboratively across a wide range of projects from daily news graphics through to working on some of the news calendars largest events such as Election Specials as well as short notice specially commissioned News & Current affairs content from ITV.

We will consider part-time working and job sharing for this role. Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process if this is something you would like to explore.

Key Responsibilities:

• To design graphics to an agreed brief for both Evening News and News at Ten programmes
• To communicate and liaise effectively with the Creative Director about the graphics requirements of the day
• To play out live graphics, if required, in a calm and precise way under direction of the gallery
• To be proactive in contributing ideas about new design techniques

These are the main requirements of the role and is not an exhaustive list of duties. It is intended to reflect the nature, range, and context of the work, which will change over time.

Key Requirements:

• Proven experience in broadcast television
• Highly skilled in After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator and Cinema 4D
• Experience of working in a live broadcast and multi-platform environment, and of working to tight deadlines
• An in-depth knowledge of television design, any related technical restrictions and different TV formats
• A passion for news and current affairs as you will be working alongside directors, editors and journalists
• An understanding of typography and all its restrictions on screen
• Ability to design for multi-platforms and print if required
• Excellent communication skills, able to communicate effectively with the gallery via talkback
• Able to push the boundaries and bring innovation, creativity and original ideas to our ground-breaking journalism
• Must demonstrate calmness under pressure
• Awareness of Health and Safety Requirements

Education:

• Degree in a design discipline

Our people are at the heart of everything we do at ITN. It’s vital that our workforce reflects the diversity of both our audience and the wider society in the UK, so we actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds and communities. Reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process will be offered, if required, due to a disability or health condition. We also recognise the importance of a good work life balance, so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including part-time and job shares for all our roles. Please just let us know in your application, or at any stage throughout the process, if this is something you want to explore.