Digital Art Assistant, WIRED

Description

WIRED has an opportunity for a digital art assistant, who will be focused for the most part on creating assets for wired.co.uk.

Applicants will need to be highly capable in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Premiere – experience using other animation tools will be advantageous. They should also have a clear understanding of and enthusiasm for all things WIRED – and have plenty of ideas on where we should be heading.

This role requires a positive attitude, and a willingness to learn and flexibility – the work will cover a wide variety of subjects, formats and departments, and our ideal candidate will be as happy editing a video as they are creating email newsletters.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Creation of bespoke imagery for wired.co.uk and its various channels – sourcing, reformatting, artworking and retouching
• Editing short- to medium-length films, subtitling, creating graphics and captions
• Production for film and photoshoots
• Creating social cuts and animations for social media (galleries, slideshows, motion graphics and animations using still imagery from print, etc)
• Creating digital assets such as banners and holding images
• Creation of assets and designs for WIRED Consulting and Events
• Reformatting and uploading magazine imagery for web CMC reuse
• General day-to-day design and artworking assistance for the Creative and Art directors

Essential Skills & Requirements

• Experience in design for online and print
• Adobe suite – InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere
• Experience with using a CMS – particularly web-focused
• Proficient in animation software
• Highly organised, able to cope with challenging workloads
• Cheerful disposition
• Bursting with creativity, and possessing the skills to realise your ideas
• Familiarity with the WIRED website and brand