Motion Designer, Video London, UK

The New York Times Company; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The New York Times Company seeks a digital designer for its London Video team, responsible for creating compelling video storytelling through original designs and animations. This hybrid role involves collaboration with reporters and visual journalists to produce engaging content for various platforms. Ideal candidates will have expertise in After Effects and a strong portfolio showcasing their design work, particularly in motion graphics and typography.

Qualifications

• Expertise in motion design and animation is essential.
• Strong portfolio showcasing design work.
• Experience creating content for digital-first and social media audiences.

Responsibilities

• Create compelling video storytelling through original designs and animations.
• Collaborate with video journalists and visual journalists to produce engaging videos.
• Innovate visual storytelling techniques while ensuring accuracy and clarity.

Skills

Motion design

Animation

Typography

Storytelling

UX sensibility

Education

Portfolio of design work

Tools

After Effects

Figma

Photoshop

Illustrator

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

The Video team at The New York Times seeks a strong digital designer to work on reporter-led videos that feature the expertise of our world-class journalists, news videos and video enterprise projects.

You’ll join our growing Video team in the London newsroom and work with reporters, editors and producers as well as art director, designers and visual journalists to craft digital assets and visual experiences for our videos.

You’ll cover a wide range of subjects, including contributions to cover breaking news, explanatory pieces, investigative projects and features, with a strong emphasis on storytelling for social media platforms and audiences.

The range of your responsibilities will include the needs and possibilities for typography, video, photography, audio, maps, information graphics and animations. In consultation with editors and other newsroom leaders, you’ll exercise journalistic judgment and visual creativity to innovate and ensure accuracy, clarity, and validity of the content presented. Design team members are expected not only to make exceptional contributions to our journalism, but also to engage with others to foster an environment of learning and constructive dialogue.

This is a hybrid position based in London and includes regular attendance in the office each week per your departmental guidance.

Responsibilities:

• Make original designs and animations into compelling video storytelling.
• Work collaboratively with video journalists, reporters and visual journalists in the newsroom to create tight, informative and engaging short-form videos.
• Work regularly and directly with colleagues in the Graphics department — particularly the maps team – to ensure visuals meet the standards of the newsroom.
• Convey visual story ideas and complex information in engaging video sequences and animation.
• Be a pragmatic innovator whose solutions elicit responses that justify the effort and investment.
• Demonstrate support and understanding of ourvalue of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
• You will report to the Senior Producer, Video in London and have deep connections with the Reporter Video team, including colleagues across the videodepartment as well as the Digital News Design teams in New York.
• Keep up with industry updates and trends in the video world of motion graphics, alongside design colleagues in New York.

Basic Qualifications:

• Expertise with After Effects, designing for motion and animation is essential
• Expertise with Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator and Adobe Creative Suite
• Strong portfolio of design work
• Solid understanding of layout, typography, and storytelling techniques
• Ability to create visual presentations that intelligently incorporate audio, video, still images and text
• Experience animating maps and creating information graphics
• Smart UX sensibility
• Experience creating content for a digital-first and social media audience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Enthusiasm for designing and making great animations for storytelling to cover current events for The New York Times
• Able to make quick decisions under deadlines and a high-pressure newsroom environment
• Experience working collaboratively with members of a multidisciplinary team
• A self-starter who brings ideas for stories to the table, with an eye for innovation
• Ability to meet deadlines and to adapt to change in a daily, unpredictable news and production environment
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule

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