Nexstar Media Group is hiring: Graphic Artist in City of Rochester

With the credibility and strength of our 75-year trusted brand, WROC/RochesterFirst is Rochester, NY's universal local source for news, weather, and information across all platforms.Rochester, NY, ranked as the nation's second most affordable housing market, offers an exceptional quality of life-with outstanding dining, lively entertainment, scenic parks and golf courses, and a friendly, welcoming community.WROC-8 (CBS) in Rochester is seeking a Graphic Artist who will help conceptualize and create graphics for our News, Sales, and Creative Services departments. This role will be responsible for the execution of creative visual graphics from concept boards to final animation. An ideal candidate will have proven experience managing multiple projects and the ability to work collaboratively and independently while producing best in class creative in a fast-paced television broadcast, digital and streaming environment.Essential Duties/Responsibilities:Design/create graphics for daily newscasts, programming specials, commercial and promotional spots, and digital graphics for web and social mediaDesign and build graphics including full screen monitor graphics, set graphics, information graphics, special opens, and custom-designed elements web banners and digital ads.Create and produce animated graphic opens and elements for local programming including newscasts, sports, political, website and promotions.Maintain and advance the graphic look of the station, while creating, managing and organizing all graphic needs and related files for multiple projects.Work cross-functionally with internal departments and throughout Nexstar Media to fulfill the station's graphic needs as needed.Contribute to special projects such as digital ads, print work, signage, animation and set design as assigned.Policing and enforcing brand consistency across all projects you helped design.Assist the Creative team with shooting and editing of promotional and commercial related projectsPerform other duties as assigned.Skills & Requirements:Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud including After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop and Illustrator and Ross Xpression graphics systemOperation of Ross Xpression and integration of ENPS newsroom solutions software is recommendedAble to shoot on production video cameras and/or DSLRClear communicator with ability to communicate seamlessly with newscast director and flexibility to work in rapidly changing situationsStrong design, illustration and typographic skillsAbility to work on various projects simultaneously and to deliver finished projects on deadlineMust be able to work independentlyHighly effective communications and organizational skillsSend your demo reel today!Compensation $17.50 - 18.27/hour commensurate with applicant's experience and skill level.WROC/RochesterFirst, Nexstar Media Inc. offers excellent benefits including paid vacations, holidays, sick leave, and personal days, health insurance plans, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, 401K Retirement Plan, paid parental leave, dental, vision, Teladoc, behavioral health services, prescription drug coverage, life insurance plans, paid short term disability, and many more benefit options. Nexstar's national television properties include The CW, America's fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, our national news network providing "News for All America," popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network. The Company's portfolio of digital assets, including its local TV station websites, The Hill and NewsNationNow.com, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property.