The Athletic Media Company - Graphics Producer (Los Angeles, Ca)
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Requirements
• 5+ Years in Live Broadcast Graphics: Direct experience producing or operating graphics for live sports, news, or high-frequency studio talk shows. • Graphics Platform Expertise: Deep technical proficiency with industry-standard broadcast graphics engines (e.g., Ross Xpression, Vizrt, Chyron) or modern cloud-based live graphics systems (e.g., Singular.live, native vMix/OBS workflows). • Design Suite Mastery: Advanced skills in Adobe Creative Suite, specifically Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects (for making quick changes to motion templates). • The Athletic-Level Sports Fluency: You must deeply understand sports culture and advanced metrics. You should instantly know the visual difference between a standard box score and a next-gen analytics chart. • Hawk-Eyed Attention to Detail: An absolute zero-tolerance policy for typos, misspelled player names, or incorrect logos. You check your work twice before it ever hits a screen. • Calm Under Fire: The ability to take a producer's frantic direction via headset during a live show and turn around a clean graphic in under 60 seconds. • The annual base salary range for this role is $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 USD. The total compensation offered for this position may vary based on factors such as education, experience, skills, and location. • For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs. • For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process. • We are excited to learn more about you and your experience. To keep our hiring process as fair and authentic as possible, we ask that you submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process. If you are a candidate for a technical role, we will let you know what specific tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment.
Responsibilities
• Visual Data Storytelling: Translate advanced sports analytics (e.g., EPA per play, expected goals, trade value charts) into clean, intuitive, and visually compelling on-screen graphics. • Daily Rundown Preparation: Review the daily show rundown and collaborate with producers to build out all necessary visual assets (insert graphics, quote boards, player comparisons, standings, and brackets) prior to air. • Live Control Room Execution: Act as the primary graphics operator (or coordinate directly with the technical director) during the live broadcast, triggering elements in real-time with flawless timing. • Breaking News Agility: Build custom graphics on the fly during live breaking news scenarios (e.g., major trades, manager firings, injury updates) under tight time constraints. • Brand Management: Ensure strict adherence to The Athletic and The New York Times visual brand guidelines, maintaining typography, color theory, and asset consistency across every episode. • System Workflow Optimization: Manage and organize the graphics playout system library. Streamline workflows between design templates (Adobe Creative Suite) and the live broadcast graphics engine.
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