Part Time Graphic Designer

Job Description 

The ABC7 Chicago Design Department has an opportunity for a part-time Graphic Designer to join our collaborative team. Our ideal candidate is a solution-oriented, motivated self-starter who is able to manage a diverse workload in a fast-paced environment. 

Top candidates will demonstrate high-level design and motion graphic expertise, excellent branding skills, and experience creating dynamic presentation solutions for 2D and 3D environments. This position will require a balance of daily design production and higher profile, long-term creative solutions.  Designers able to conceptualize and execute a wide range of visual solutions for storytelling will be highly considered.  

This role requires working flexible hours and days as production assignments dictate, including weekends, nights and holidays. We are a 24/7 content operation and schedule staff accordingly. 

Responsibilities 

• Conceptualize and execute visual content solutions for multi-platform purposes with respect to brand guidelines. 
• Develop and balance design solutions for daily and longer-term projects. 
• Design and animate 2D and 3D solutions. 
• Train and onboard content creators on design solutions as needed. 
• Catalog and maintain asset libraries. 
• Required to work flexible hours and days as production assignments dictate, including weekends, nights and holidays. We are a 24/7 content operation and schedule staff accordingly. 

Basic Qualifications 

• 3 plus years of professional experience in a graphic design or animation role. 
• High-level proficiency in Adobe Creative suite (primarily Photoshop, Illustrator & After Effects) with a desire to stay up to date with new techniques and best practices.
• Demonstrate a solid creative problem-solving and technical acumen. 
• Ability to function at a high level both individually and as part of a collaborative team. 
• Excellent written, verbal communication and interpersonal skills. 
• Capable of maintaining a solution-based approach in an ever-changing content production environment. 
• Strong organizational, verbal and written communication skills. 
• Ability to successfully manage own deadlines and assignments. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Demonstrated expertise in animation technique for brand-based work. 
• Experience building/using infographics as a storytelling aid. 
• Able to utilize both technological and creative approaches for problem-solving. 
• 3D modeling/texturing experience for broadcast, gaming or augmented reality. 
• Experience using logic-based graphic engine systems, such as Vizrt or Ross XPression, to build graphic behaviors. 
• Cinema 4D proficiency is a plus. 
• Proficiency using Ross XPression, or similar logic-based system, from template conception/construction to final deployment, implementation and maintenance is a plus.

Preferred Education 

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in graphic design, motion graphics or similar area of focus.