Graphic Designer (EastEnders) Elstree, England
Job description
Do you have experience as a Graphic Designer? Passionate about Drama? Then this is the role for you!
It's an exciting time to be part of our team with all of our award-winning Continuing Dramas that brings audiences together week after week. From EastEnders, Doctors and Casualty to River City and Pobol y Cwm, our programmes remain a constant source of gripping entertainment, featuring cliff-hanger storylines and much-loved characters with whom our viewers have grown up.
EastEnders is the multi award winning soap broadcast four times a week on BBC ONE. It currently ranks as one of the most watched TV dramas in the UK tackling many controversial and taboo issues previously unseen on television in the UK. Through great writing and attention to detail the show manages to successfully balance gritty realism with high drama and entertainment to keep its millions of dedicated viewers coming back for more, on-screen and on-line, every week.
Main ResponsibilitiesYou will report to the Series Designer.
Our Graphic Designer will develop and deliver all graphic content required by the design department, ensuring that it achieves the highest creative and editorial standards with adherence to BBC guidelines, whilst working in collaboration with production and editorial colleagues across platforms and languages.
You will be required to work effectively with other departments ensuring you maintain excellent relationships throughout and produce distinctive content on a variety of platforms, whilst ensuring that our content reflects our diverse audiences and be accountable for the usability and accessibility of design deliveries for the broadest possible cross-section of users.
The requirement to keep up to date with emerging industry trends is essential, all the while sharing your design expertise and creative solutions for the benefit of the audience and be accountable for the quality of your work, ensuring it meets intended purposes.
Are you the right candidate?To be successful, you will need to demonstrate the following criteria –
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience
- Experience in Continuing Series Drama
- Portfolio evidence of excellent design work demonstrating creative flair
- An experienced Adobe Creative Suite User – Photoshop, Illustrator and In Design
- A passion for and a great understanding of the area in which the role operates
- Able to deliver different approaches and design styles
- Able to communicate design decisions with a diverse range of people; evidence of successfully collaborating and sharing your ideas
- Keep pace with latest design trends and technology developments
- Proven experience of working to tight deadlines
- Understand clearance and how it is used for Graphic Design content
- Understanding of the importance of the BBC's values in accuracy and impartiality
- Knowledge and passion for Continuing Dramas, especially with EastEnders
We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
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. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here
Package DescriptionContract: 12 Month FTC / Attachment
Band: C
Location: BBC Elstree
PLEASE NOTE: The interviews for this role will be taking place on Friday the 17th of March 2023 at BBC Elstree
*Please note that this is a standard Studios Production contract and potentially can involve up to 55 hours per week*
We are really proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and so if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please do contact us on [email protected] with ref: BBC/TP/224227/66633 in the subject.
We advertise all our roles on Evenbreak, the specialist job board for disabled candidates.
- Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
- Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
