Contract Interactive Designer

Description

Discovery Agency is seeking a highly skilled contract, temporary Interactive Designerfor the opportunity of a lifetime. Our ideal match is a highly motivated, outstanding creative mind with a hunger for innovation who can write their own code. How is this different from your current job? Do your current projects have multi-million dollar media plans? How about page traffic in the millions per month? From creating interactive platforms for Virtual Reality content, to designing an immersive interactive boat tour for Deadliest Catch, our dedicated group works on new and interesting projects every day. What else can you expect at Discovery? 

• Open workspace / collaborative environment.
• Fun, talented colleagues.
• Work on award-winning campaigns for exciting educational programming such as Gold Rush, Deadliest Catch, Shark Week, Puppy Bowl, River Monsters, Mythbusters, Through the Wormhole, and many more.
• Dabble in new technologies such as Virtual Reality.
• Opportunity to work with numerous departments across many campaigns/initiatives.

 Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) is the world's #1 nonfiction media company reaching more than 1.8 billion cumulative subscribers in 209 countries and territories. Discovery is dedicated to satisfying curiosity through 149 worldwide television networks, led by Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Science and Investigation Discovery, as well as US joint venture networks OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, The Hub and 3net, the first 24-hour 3D network. Discovery also is a leading provider of educational products and services to schools and owns and operates a diversified portfolio of digital media services, including Revision3. Discovery Agency is the in-house creative agency for Discovery Communications. We produce advertising and marketing solutions in digital, broadcast, print and out of home for Discovery Communications networks and corporate initiatives.  

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience designing user interactions for complex, interactive desktop/tablet/mobile/social applications.
• Ability to lead design and usability aspects of projects.
• Exceptional creativity and willingness to push the boundaries of interaction design.
• Fluency in standard design/development tools (Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, Atom/Sublime Text or similar, JQuery).
• Proven proficiency with emerging web standards including HTML5 and CSS3.
• Working knowledge in best practices for web/mobile information architecture and design.
• Excellent communication, relationship management, analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Passion for design, interactivity and television.
• Experience using analytics and data to inform design decisions and improve products iteratively.
• Experience working in television or entertainment industry preferred.
• Familiarity with Node, React, Sass/Stylus, Gulp/Grunt, Version Control Systems (Git, Mercurial) is a plus.
• Must have legal right to work in the United States

This is a contract, temporary position. This individual will not be employed by Discovery during the duration of this contract.

Info for the application
Please email us with your portfolio and resume. Subject your email with Discovery CW Interactive Designer.

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