Project Description

Need to Know is a news and current affairs media project from WNET.ORG, the leading provider of news, current affairs and documentary content for public television.  Premiering in the spring of 2010, it will combine a major 24/7 online platform and a weekly, one-hour primetime television broadcast, in magazine format, each Friday evening.

We are seeking an experienced web designer, with strong photo-editing skills and experience working in a news & current affairs environment. Qualified applicants should have 4+ years working as a designer for the Web, and be comfortable in a high-paced production setting. The ideal candidate will have solid understanding of Information Architecture, usability and overall user interface issues, and documentation of design concept in detailed UI specs

Responsibilities will include:

• Concept development for websites, and ability to build simple HTML prototypes
• Photo editing for daily news stories
• Working with interactive programmer to produce interactive news applications
• Designing info-graphics to accompany news stories
• Designing banner ads
• Creating promotional graphics
• Web page layout and design
• Integrating new features into an extensible site
• Keeping current with the latest interaction design trends and tools
• Working with consumer research to recommend concepts for testing and interpret consumer feedback/ results.

The applicant should have advanced working knowledge of:

• Adobe Photoshop CS
• Adobe Illustrator CS

The applicant should have working knowledge of:

• Flash CS
• streaming video protocols
• HTML/CSS layout

Flash AS2/3 coding capacity, Final Cut Pro, After Effects experience, a plus.

Contact

To apply, candidates should submit resume, cover letter and salary history via email. Responses should list the title of the position for which you are applying in the subject line of your email.  Please do not send links to online resumes.

WNET.ORG

Recruiting Manager
450 West 33rd Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10001-2605
Fax: 212-560-1350
E-mail: jobs@wnet.org
Qualified candidates only; no phone calls please.  Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

WNET.ORG IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.