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Senior Interactive Designer
at WGBH in Boston, MA
JOB REQ#: P-0712
DATE POSTED: 11/07/11
TITLE: Sr Interactive Designer
DEPARTMENT: Interactive
TYPE OF POSITION: AEEF, Full-Time, Project Contract
Department Overview:
WGBH Interactive works with the WGBH National Production units to produce a multitude of media-rich websites and transmedia products supporting our national prime-time and children's television series. You would be joining the kids’ team of dedicated designers, technologists and producers to create high quality educational websites and mobile apps for kids. We’re about serious fun, with benefits (ie. This job comes with a full benefits package).
Position Overview:
We are looking for a Senior Interactive Designer to lead the visual, structural and interaction design across multiple platforms—from desktop to mobile to emerging platforms. This is a great opportunity to work with a multidisciplinary, collaborative team on some of WGBH’s best-known brands, including Curious George, ARTHUR, Fetch with Ruff Ruffman and Martha Speaks, and major new projects. Our sites get 15 million visits per month, so if you are looking for somewhere to get your work in front of a massive international audience, this is the right place. It's a collaborative, fun work environment focused on games and engaging interactive experiences for kids and families. And it's engagement with a strong educational backbone. WGBH has been a leader in TV for forty years and this interactive team of designers, producers and developers is leading WGBH into the 21st century. Will you join us?
Skills Required:
You should show strength in interaction and game design for kids, preschool through teen. You should have a strong sense of games design, animation; a command of formal design, typography, interface and information design; and be up to date with web and multimedia design tools and technologies including mobile and touch screen interfaces. Facility with Flash, Photoshop, and Illustrator are essential, as well as responsive design, HTML5 and CSS coding skills. You should have strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively, quickly and creatively under deadline. In order to be considered, you must provide an online portfolio or samples of work which include mobile projects. The ideal candidate: • lives and breathes kids culture, from books to movies to games, and this informs the approach to design • is a trend-spotter and thought leader, able to push the team in new directions • knows how to view things from the perspective of a child, making the work both appealing and understandable by kids • can deliver great and playful work at the crossroads of education and fun • values the importance of gaming and it’s ability to engage and teach simultaneously • is familiar with, and willing to discuss, design decisions in WGBH’s kids’ work (can be seen at: interactive.wgbh.org/kids)
Educational Requirements:
You should possess a BFA/BA degree in graphic design.
Please apply online via the WGBH Careers Page at http://www.wgbh.org/about/employmentOpportunities.cfm
DATE POSTED: 11/07/11
TITLE: Sr Interactive Designer
DEPARTMENT: Interactive
TYPE OF POSITION: AEEF, Full-Time, Project Contract
Department Overview:
WGBH Interactive works with the WGBH National Production units to produce a multitude of media-rich websites and transmedia products supporting our national prime-time and children's television series. You would be joining the kids’ team of dedicated designers, technologists and producers to create high quality educational websites and mobile apps for kids. We’re about serious fun, with benefits (ie. This job comes with a full benefits package).
Position Overview:
We are looking for a Senior Interactive Designer to lead the visual, structural and interaction design across multiple platforms—from desktop to mobile to emerging platforms. This is a great opportunity to work with a multidisciplinary, collaborative team on some of WGBH’s best-known brands, including Curious George, ARTHUR, Fetch with Ruff Ruffman and Martha Speaks, and major new projects. Our sites get 15 million visits per month, so if you are looking for somewhere to get your work in front of a massive international audience, this is the right place. It's a collaborative, fun work environment focused on games and engaging interactive experiences for kids and families. And it's engagement with a strong educational backbone. WGBH has been a leader in TV for forty years and this interactive team of designers, producers and developers is leading WGBH into the 21st century. Will you join us?
Skills Required:
You should show strength in interaction and game design for kids, preschool through teen. You should have a strong sense of games design, animation; a command of formal design, typography, interface and information design; and be up to date with web and multimedia design tools and technologies including mobile and touch screen interfaces. Facility with Flash, Photoshop, and Illustrator are essential, as well as responsive design, HTML5 and CSS coding skills. You should have strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively, quickly and creatively under deadline. In order to be considered, you must provide an online portfolio or samples of work which include mobile projects. The ideal candidate: • lives and breathes kids culture, from books to movies to games, and this informs the approach to design • is a trend-spotter and thought leader, able to push the team in new directions • knows how to view things from the perspective of a child, making the work both appealing and understandable by kids • can deliver great and playful work at the crossroads of education and fun • values the importance of gaming and it’s ability to engage and teach simultaneously • is familiar with, and willing to discuss, design decisions in WGBH’s kids’ work (can be seen at: interactive.wgbh.org/kids)
Educational Requirements:
You should possess a BFA/BA degree in graphic design.
Please apply online via the WGBH Careers Page at http://www.wgbh.org/about/employmentOpportunities.cfm
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