Graphics Coordinator (Disney Branded Television)

Job Summary:

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.  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:

Motion Design Production & Delivery

• 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
• Creates written requests for daily graphics projects and tracks progress
• Acquire, research, and provide assets from our series and franchises for use in projects
• A point person for vendor/designer relations
  • 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 design
• Supports in the creation of After Effects project templates for graphic versioning 
• Communicate on a daily basis with our internal Writer/Producers.
• Helps get clear direction on their graphic needs to produce/finish their spots
• Deliver all final graphics produced to our external staging area for Editors to access.
• Helps all Editors pull in the final graphics created per spot for their Edit timeline.
• Final graphics packages will need a one sheet overview created to share with Writer/Producers and additional Disney Teams (Social, Paid Media, Synergy…etc).
• Reach out to all internal and external designers to have final collect builds organized and compressed for internal backups.
• Helps us pull back all assets for future needs on refreshes, reissues or modifications for additional spots being created to repurpose assets.

Library Management and Organization

• Enforce the naming convention, uniform organization, and intuitive accessibility of assets at our 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
• Handles delivery of final assets to international and provide any information needed for global use
• File management of our archive
  • 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 Qualifications:

• Minimum of 1 year 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 strong 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
• Steady demeanor in the face of shifting daily priorities and business climate
• Positive can-do attitude with strong initiative and follow through
• Working familiarity & knowledgeable of After Effects, Photoshop, & Illustrator Programs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong interest in working in kids television and familiarity with the demographic
• Minor familiarity with Maya, & Cinema 4D and associated file types
• Mac Proficient
• Working familiarity with FRAMEio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Keynote

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree

The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $52,400 to $70,200 per year based on a 40 hour work week. The amount of hours scheduled per week may vary based on business needs. 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.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

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

ABC Cable Networks Group is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.