Data Designer
Product Management & Design
Permanent - Full Time
Location: London, GB, W1A 1AA
Job Closing Date: 06.10.24
THE ROLE
Job Reference: 18361
Band: C
Salary: £32,250 - £42,500 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
Contract type: Permanent role - Hybrid
We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
Job Introduction
The News Design team is a multi-platform, multi-disciplinary team within BBC News. We are responsible for the design and visualisation of a story end to end, across all platforms from our website and app to our flagship news broadcasts and social accounts.
As one of the team’s dedicated data designers / reporters, the successful candidate will handle datasets and develop and deliver content such as data visualisations, interactive data applications, diagrams and maps, ensuring that this achieves the highest creative and editorial standards with adherence to BBC guidelines.
Main Responsibilities
- Create best-in-class static and interactive data visualisations, and mapping across platforms.
- Be comfortable working in an exciting, fast-paced news environment, usually within tight timeframes managing competing demands.
- Have strong communication skills, able to communicate ideas and design decisions to others.
- Possess sound problem-solving techniques and the ability to explore creative solutions to design and storytelling problems.
- Work within relevant BBC design frameworks and collaborate with others to continue the development of this framework.
- Follow a human-centred approach, constantly interrogating user data to understand how people experience our content and how we can continue to improve this experience.
- Collaborate effectively with others ensuring you maintain excellent relationships throughout, whilst advocating for the user and design frameworks.
- Be as much a journalist as a designer – drive the creation of visual investigations.
- Be able to manage your own time and workload.
- Support a positive working environment that considers the needs of a diverse team.
- Keeping up to date with current and emerging industry trends.
- Be accountable for the quality of your work and ensure it meets intended purposes.
- Ensure usability and accessibility of design deliveries for the broadest possible cross-section of users.
Are you the right person?
- An outstanding portfolio clearly demonstrating your ability to work effectively in the role.
- Excellent data visualisation design skills.
- Experience working in a newsroom or other relevant setting.
- Excellent map design skills.
- Visual Design skills, showing core abilities in type, colour, layout.
- Proven ability to design for scale and re-use.
- Expert in using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
- A passion for Data Design, News and storytelling.
- Basic UX design skills and ability to use software such as Figma or XD.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Understanding of the importance of the BBC's values in accuracy and impartiality.
About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
DISCLAIMER
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance.
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