Digital Art Director / UI Design

16 Nov 2024

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Job Description

Your new opportunity at Nine.

The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age are looking for a Digital Art Director to help tell visual stories that matter.

This is a chance to join an award-winning team of designers and coders embedded in one of Australia's most influential news organisations. As a member of the Presentation team, you will be designing dynamic visual stories, data visualisations, and new tools for presenting the news and current affairs.

The role offers variety and challenge, working within a supportive environment with an emphasis on learning and experimentation. There is real potential to define this role in line with your passions, interests and skills.

Requirements:

  • Experience or interest in working in a newsroom, helping Australia's best-read journalists cover stories of national importance through design.

  • Experience with working in a multidisciplinary team alongside developers and content creators to produce visual stories.

  • Minimum 5 years experience as a digital designer. This is not a graduate role.

  • Advanced digital design skill set, working with tools such as Figma/Sketch, illustrator and Photoshop.

  • Ability to think in terms of HTML/CSS. Ideally with hands-onpractical skills.

  • The ability to be innovative and bring a visual perspective to problem-solving.

Those are the essentials, but there are a huge number of ways this role could be shaped to fit the right candidate. If you're experienced or interested in one or more of the following, we want to hear about it:

  • Experience with HTML/CSS.

  • Some familiarity with JavaScript.

  • Data journalism is definitely part of what we do, so having no fear of a spreadsheet is a huge advantage.

  • Familiarity with mapping software

  • News junkies very favourably looked upon

We are excited to welcome a new member to the team and keen to hear from you. Please provide a brief cover letter with your application.

Only candidates currently within Australia should apply.

The role can be Melbourne or Sydney based.

About Nine

The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age are part of Nine, Australia’s largest locally owned media company and the home of Australia’s most trusted and loved brands spanning News, Sport, Lifestyle, and Entertainment.

Nine’s assets include the Nine Network, major mastheads such as The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review, Nine Radio, digital properties such as nine.com.au, 9Now, 9Honey, Pedestrian.TV, subscription video platform Stan and majority investments in Domain Group and Drive.

Additional Information

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

At Nine, we are committed to fostering a workforce that embraces all aspects of diversity and inclusion and where practices are equitable to ensure our people experience a sense of belonging. From day one, you'll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work and will be supported to perform at your best. Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process in order to equitably participate, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

Disclaimer:We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes

  • ID: #22881386
  • State: South Dakota Northsydney 00000 Northsydney USA
  • City: Northsydney
  • Salary: USD TBD TBD
  • Job type: Full-time
  • Showed: 2021-11-16
  • Deadline: 2022-01-15
  • Category: Et cetera