Graphics Coordinator

Job Description

Graphics Coordinator (DBT)

Disney Branded Television (DBT) oversees the development, production, & marketing for kids & family content under the iconic Disney brand. Our content is found on Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, & Disney XD. The creative marketing motion design team is responsible for motion graphic design, branding, custom animation, & visual effects, for DBT's marketing & short form content. We are a team of creative professionals with a passion for visual storytelling.

In this role you will support the Creative Managers & Art Directors on a variety of projects. You will also be responsible for coordinating daily graphics requests from Writer Producers and interfacing with internal Motion Graphic Artists. Conducting quality control, managing graphics deliveries & maintaining a vast motion graphics library are key responsibilities.

The ideal candidate is well organized, proactive, & good at notes, & has a strong passion for motion design & kids marketing.

Responsibilities:
• Assist the Motion Design Managers with daily graphics workflow, projects, and priorities
• Book internal Graphic Artist and edit bay time for the motion design team
• Execute the creation of custom on-boarding packets and ensure vendors are equipped with needed assets and accesses
• Acquire, research, and provide assets from our series and franchises for use in projects
• Creates written requests for daily graphics projects and tracks progress
• Distribute the weekly agenda items for the motion design creative meeting, engagement team meeting, and design team meeting to the appropriate stakeholders
• Act as a point person for vendor/designer relationships, e.g.:
• Provide spec, style guide, and process support
• Field questions as needed
• Responsible for full final quality control approval on package graphics and technical quality control for new designs
• Handle distribution of final assets to post houses and necessary parties
• Creates one-sheets (reference guides) for graphics packages
• Supports in the creation of After Effects project templates for graphic versioning
• Enforce the naming convention, uniform organization, and intuitive accessibility of assets at the post facility, across internal servers and hard drives
• Track and collect all final projects and renders, confirm they are to spec and upload to our internal archive
• Handle delivery of final assets to international and provide any information needed for global use
• File management of our archive, e.g.:
• Supporting file cleanup and future optimizations including asset migrations
• Provide detailed metadata tagging
• Routine deep archival
• Provides internal departments with support for existing graphic assets fielding questions to the motion design team as needed

Basic Qualification:
• 2+ years coordinating experience in television production or entertainment marketing/promotions
• Familiarity with asset libraries and prepared and willing to provide heavy asset library support
• Familiarity and strong interest in motion design and post production with some prior experience
• Highly collaborative with effective communication skills, both written and verbal
• Proficiency in taking and compiling detailed notes
• Displays excellent organizational skills
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize their workflow in a fast-paced environment
• Adaptable with the ability to shift with daily priorities and business needs
• Strong initiative taking and follow through
• Working familiarity and knowledge of After Effects, Photoshop, & Illustrator programs.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Strong interest in working in kids television and familiarity with the demographic
• Some familiarity with Maya, & Cinema 4D and associated file types
• Mac proficient
• Working familiarity with FRAME io, Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Keynote

Required Education:
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Preferred Education:
• BA/BS in marketing, communications, business, art, design, or similar degree program

The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $51,100 to $63,900 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

About National Geographic:

National Geographic Partners LLC (NGP), a joint venture between Disney and the National Geographic Society, is committed to bringing the world premium science, adventure and exploration content across an unrivaled portfolio of media assets. NGP combines the global National Geographic television channels (National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Nat Geo MUNDO, Nat Geo PEOPLE) with National Geographic's media and consumer-oriented assets, including National Geographic magazines; National Geographic studios; related digital and social media platforms; books; maps; children's media; and ancillary activities that include travel, global experiences and events, archival sales, licensing and e-commerce businesses. Furthering knowledge and understanding of our world has been the core purpose of National Geographic for 131 years, and now we are committed to going deeper, pushing boundaries, going further for our consumers … and reaching millions of people around the world in 172 countries and 43 languages every month as we do it. NGP returns 27 percent of our proceeds to the nonprofit National Geographic Society to fund work in the areas of science, exploration, conservation and education.

This position is with ABC Cable Networks Group, which is part of a business we call National Geographic.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g66439-18-118-212-165-42 in your application.