Role Purpose
To ensure the efficient and streamlined delivery of graphical resources for live news programming by coordinating tasks, maintaining workflows, and enabling the Live Area Design team to meet newsroom priorities effectively.
Success Profile
Success Summary
* Optimise allocation of design resources to meet newsroom deadlines and priorities.
* Maintain clear and consistent communication between editors, journalists, designers, and newsroom stakeholders.
* Ensure accurate and timely delivery of graphics in line with established workflows and guidelines.
* Provide clear briefs and required assets to designers to support high-quality creative output.
* Implement strategies to maximise the effective use of templates and available resources.
Key Skills
Task and Workflow Management
Ability to track, distribute, and prioritise daily tasks, ensuring deadlines are met and workflows remain uninterrupted.
Importance: Essential for managing the fast-paced and time-sensitive demands of live broadcasting.
Effective Communication
Proficiency in delivering clear, concise information to stakeholders through both written and verbal communication, supporting seamless collaboration.
Importance: Ensures mutual understanding of priorities and accurate brief dissemination in a dynamic newsroom environment.
Multitasking and Pressure Management
Capability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining focus and composure in high-pressure or breaking news situations.
Importance: Critical for maintaining quality and timeliness during demanding live operations.
Key Competencies
Organisational Proficiency
Expertise in structuring workflows, allocating tasks, and ensuring adherence to established guidelines for efficiency and quality.
Behavioural Indicators:
* Creates comprehensive daily task lists and monitors progress through to completion.
* Continuously improves workflows to enhance team performance.
* Aligns resource allocation with editorial and project priorities.
* Importance: Enables the team to deliver consistent results while adapting to fast-changing newsroom demands.
Collaborative Leadership
Encourages teamwork and open communication among team members and stakeholders.
Behavioural Indicators:
* Participates in meetings to establish project objectives and clarify requirements.
* Provides constructive guidance on task management and resource utilisation.
* Builds strong working relationships with both colleagues and senior stakeholders.
* Importance: Promotes a positive, cohesive, and high-performing team culture.
Experience Attributes
Direct Industry Experience (2–3 years in Editorial / Graphics)
Experience working in live news production or a related broadcast environment.
Examples:
* Involvement in producing on-air graphic design elements.
* Collaboration with designers and editorial teams to deliver live content.
* Effective management of design resources to meet tight broadcast deadlines.
* Rationale: Demonstrates familiarity with the pace, pressures, and operational requirements of a live newsroom environment.
Professional Attributes
Strong organisational, multitasking, and communication skills.
Examples:
* Maintained workflows and schedules for concurrent design projects.
* Acted as liaison between editorial and design teams under time pressure.
* Streamlined task allocation and delivery during busy news cycles.
* Rationale: Ensures the capability to perform effectively within the core operational demands of the role.
Core Responsibilities
* Attend newsroom briefings to understand editorial priorities for the day.
* Manage the allocation and scheduling of daily design commissions and ongoing projects.
* Liaise with editors, journalists, and designers to scope and define design briefs.
* Create and maintain daily task lists and track projects through to completion.
* Ensure designers receive all necessary assets, references, and supporting information.
* Support editorial teams with commissioning and workflow processes.
* Provide realistic and practical guidance on project feasibility within tight timeframes.
* Advise on optimal use of templates and resources for efficient production.
* Suggest effective visual approaches to enhance storytelling.
* Schedule and coordinate all formal and informal commissioning meetings.
* Communicate priorities and progress to senior newsroom stakeholders.
* Ensure compliance with established workflows, design standards, and editorial guidelines.
What You’ll Bring
* A strong interest in news and current affairs.
* A proactive, solution-focused mindset.
* The ability to think clearly and act decisively in a live or breaking news environment.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* High levels of organisation and proven multitasking ability.
* A collaborative, approachable, and flexible working style.
* The ability to remain calm and effective under pressure.
* A commitment to teamwork and the delivery of creative excellence in a fast-paced setting.