{"id":1235,"date":"2009-02-07T01:49:18","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T21:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2009\/02\/07\/job-fwd-fulltime-freelance-interaction-designer\/"},"modified":"2009-02-07T01:49:18","modified_gmt":"2009-02-06T21:49:18","slug":"job-fwd-fulltime-freelance-interaction-designer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2009\/02\/07\/job-fwd-fulltime-freelance-interaction-designer\/","title":{"rendered":"[JOB] Fwd: Fulltime Freelance Interaction Designer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From my friend Lori.&nbsp; I worked with her pre-ITP, she&#39;s pretty grea=<br \/>\nt.<\/p>\n<p>~s<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Hi All,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I just started work as the Executive<br \/>\nProducer of BBCAmerica.com and we&#39;re looking for a fulltime <u>freelanc=<br \/>\ne<\/u><br \/>\nSenior Designer (please see job description attached and below). &nbsp;If y=<br \/>\nou<br \/>\nknow anybody who fits the bill, I would so appreciate you sending them my<br \/>\nway.&nbsp; &nbsp;I&#39;m looking for someone with an upbeat, can-do attitud=<br \/>\ne<br \/>\nwho will be excited about designing challenges.&nbsp; Thanks a million.&amp;nbs=<br \/>\np;<br \/>\nLori<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>JOB<br \/>\nTITLE:<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&amp;nbsp=<br \/>\n;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&amp;nb=<br \/>\nsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Senior<br \/>\nInteraction Designer Online, BBCAmerica.com<\/p>\n<p><b>REPORTS<br \/>\nTO:<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&amp;n=<br \/>\nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Online<br \/>\nDirector<\/p>\n<p><b>DATE:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&amp;nb=<br \/>\nsp; <\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&amp;n=<br \/>\nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; January<br \/>\n27, 2009<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>JOB<br \/>\nDESCRIPTION<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The Senior Designer is responsible for planning,<br \/>\nconceptualizing, creating and coding innovative web designs and Flash piece=<br \/>\ns<br \/>\nthat <\/span>support the channel programming, <span>drive e-commerce and advertising revenues, <\/span>and enhance=<br \/>\n the<br \/>\nexperience that BBC America viewers have with the BBC America brand.<span> <\/span>The position works in collaboration with the =<br \/>\nOnline<br \/>\nDirector, Web producers, and Web Developer on a daily basis. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It<br \/>\nis the Senior Designer&#39;s responsibility to keep in constant communicati=<br \/>\non<br \/>\nwith the Online Director, Web Team and other departments in regards to stat=<br \/>\nus<br \/>\nof current and future design projects and work collaboratively with those<br \/>\nindividuals to put forth the best possible product, sometimes on very tight<br \/>\ndeadlines and with minimal budget.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>PRINCIPAL<br \/>\nRESPONSIBILITIES<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span>&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Develop and=<br \/>\n code creative and<br \/>\ninnovative traffic-driving designs, flash pieces, and sponsorable content<br \/>\nofferings to increase online revenue, all in an effort to create an engagin=<br \/>\ng<br \/>\nweb experience and destination at BBCAmerica.com.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>Work closel=<br \/>\ny and collaboratively<br \/>\nwith the Online Director, producers, and others to create the best web<br \/>\nexperience for each site while working within budgetary and timeline<br \/>\nconstraints.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Liaise with=<br \/>\n London design teams and<br \/>\nprovide appropriate design direction and support for U.S. facing sites as t=<br \/>\nhey<br \/>\nare developed e.g. bbc.com=<br \/>\n, loveearth.com, topgear.com.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>When applic=<br \/>\nable, work with internal<br \/>\nand external partners to provide original art files or oversee design proje=<br \/>\ncts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>REQUIREMENTS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span><span>=B7<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>A<br \/>\nbachelors degree in Applied Art and Design or related field of study<\/span>=\n<\/p>\n<p><span><span>=B7<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>Solid<br \/>\nWeb design and coding background with a minimum of five years experience<\/p>\n<p><span><span>=B7<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>Experience<br \/>\nwith corporate branding <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>=B7<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>Deep<br \/>\nexperience with HTML, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash,<br \/>\nActionScript&nbsp; and other Web development tools as well as content<br \/>\nmanagement systems<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>=B7<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>Must<br \/>\nbe knowledgeable in organizing information and creating navigational struct=<br \/>\nures<br \/>\nthat are user-intuitive<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>=B7<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>Strong<br \/>\ncommunication skills and detail oriented<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>=B7<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>Ability<br \/>\nto sketch out ideas clearly and create GUI boards, color comps and wire fra=<br \/>\nmes <\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>=B7<span>&amp;=<br \/>\nnbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Must be self-motivated, comfortable following<br \/>\ndirection, and able to meet short deadlines<\/p>\n<p><span><span>=B7<span>&amp;=<br \/>\nnbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>An unders=<br \/>\ntanding <\/span><span>of<br \/>\nBBC and BBC America television programs, a plus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span>Lori Greene<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span>Executive Producer<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span>BBCAmerica.com<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span>747 Third Avenue<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span>New York, NY 10017<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span>212.339.1733<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span>646.662.8903<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span>lori.greene@bbc.com<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<font>This e-mail (and any att=<br \/>\nachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the v=<br \/>\niews of the BBC unless specifically stated. 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Further communication will s=<br \/>\nignify your consent to this<\/font>\n<\/div>\n<p><font><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<font><br \/>\n<\/font>\n<\/div>\n<p><font><br \/>\n<\/font>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\n2be296b3d9de53741@lists.nyu.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From my friend Lori.&nbsp; I worked with her pre-ITP, she&#39;s pretty grea= t. ~s Hi All, &nbsp; I just started work as the Executive Producer&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job","category-listserv","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}