Job Purpose
The Designer will develop and deliver content, ensuring that it achieves the highest creative and editorial standards with adherence to BBC guidelines.
Working in collaboration with marketing or editorial colleagues across platforms and languages.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
- To produce distinctive content on a variety of platforms.
- To work effectively with other departments ensuring you maintain excellent relationships throughout. – Proactively working with wider teams, catching up with development teams etc.
- 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
Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience
Essential
- 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
- Experience or knowledge of using Figma
- Experience designing for web and social platforms
- Motion design skills or After Effects knowledge
- 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.
- Producing design rationales to aid with client presentation
- Keep pace with latest design trends and technology developments.
- Relevant graphic design or digital design degree/ equivalent experience.
Job Impact
Decision making
- Reports to a Senior Designer or Design Director
- Takes assignments from design lead (Senior Designer or Design Director).
- Keep track of own workload and makes effective use of time.
- Keep appropriate people well informed of plans and progress.
- Chooses best method of initiating, communicating and developing design idea.
Scope
Finance: No budget responsibility beyond adherence to the BBC expenses policy.
Line management: No line management responsibility – may mentor trainees.
Actively shares ideas and technical expertise across the team.
