BBC JOBS

Creative Director of UX & Design for Sport

Ref 12081609
Region London
Contract Type Attachment/Fixed Term
Job Category Journalism
Closing date for applications 18 June 2009

Job Title: Creative Director of UX & Design for Sport
Department: BBC Future Media & Technology, Journalism

Based: London

AIMS OF THE JOB To provide knowledge, expertise, line management and leadership to the Sport UX & Design team, delivering world-class audience facing products and services across multi-platforms. Inspiring best-in-class user experience design talent and stimulating creativity through positive leadership.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

* Lead the design and creative direction of large projects as well as daily workflow, working directly with producers, technical teams, product and project managers and designers to create new design work and revise existing.

* Line manages senior designers/designers as required.

* To work with the senior designers to commit resources to projects as and when needed.

* To ensure that the daily production expectations of the journalists are met and investigate automation opportunities to maximise the efficiency and productivity of the Sports UX & Design team.

* To set and manage expectations of all editorial staff in the production of short and long term work, encouraging the use of set templates and adherence to style guides. In the same way to be looking at revisions to style guides and working practices in accordance with the relevant inclusion of technical and editorial teams.

* To lead the way in innovating new ways of communicating sport and information on digital platforms.

* To evangelise the need for accessibility thinking across design, editorial and tech teams.

* To co-ordinate and share resources with as appropriate the TV News Graphics teams.

* To employ usability and accessibility expertise to all projects and to guide and direct the design team in the above.

* Ensure that the Sport UX & Design team is well informed about the latest technologies, techniques and ideas in design for the digital realm, keeping abreast of industry developments in new platforms and technology and be able to interpret how these would impact BBC services from an information architecture perspective.

* To determine any freelance work required on a project, identify, negotiate and write commissioning briefs for external freelance designers and where necessary, monitor the quality of work completed.

* To develop and drive the strategy for the Sport UX & Design team including overall direction, new tools and techniques and the operational management of the team.

* To evangelise user centred design and general design principles, ensure that there is a coherent user interface that supports the business purpose and constantly improve and refine this as user preferences and technologies evolve.

* To represent BBC externally and to ensure that the BBC’s interactive output is viewed as best practice and a leading innovator by the creative industry and audiences.

* To play a role in the management of the UX&D team as a whole, contributing to its strategy and ensuring a strategic profile is created and maintained in the department.

* To be aware of personal financial authority limits and to ensure that this authority is exercised in accordance with BBC financial arrangements.


REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

· Bachelor's degree in design or equivalent experience as a designer.
· Experience providing creative direction and leading designers.
· Experience working within an editorial lead environment and a strong interest in journalism especially Sport.
· Knowledge of and experience in usability, interaction design, information architecture and visual design, for web and mobile.
· Knowledge of and experience in editorial design including database journalism and information graphics.
· The ability to think creatively; generate innovative ideas, prioritise complex tasks, and work well under pressure.
· Excellent presentation, communication and interpersonal skills and proven ability to communicate complex processes at all levels.
· Excellent project management skills, showing the ability to prioritise and plan activities taking all factors such as deadlines and resource requirements into account.
· Excellent organising and administrative skills.
· Ability to work in partnership and actively collaborates with colleagues across the organisation.
· Ability to look at existing situations in alternative ways and come up with creative solutions.
· Ability to simplify complex problems or projects into component parts and evaluate them systematically.
· Proven ability to build relationships across a wide range of disciplines and levels of management, both internally and externally.
· Proven ability to lead and manage people. Experience of motivating people, fostering a collaborative environment and addressing people issues promptly.
· Demonstrate skills and experience in UX Development (CSS/HTML) and User Research.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

First Class interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate clearly and confidently at all levels; the ability to use your own initiative; a flexible and positive attitude; ability to present compelling arguments.

Excellent organisational skills and the ability to plan work effectively to meet critical Sporting event deadlines.

Drive, determination, commitment, confidence, calm under pressure.

Ability to inspire and lead and get the best out of everyone in the team.

Ability to generate new concepts and product ideas.

Able to stand back and place local issues, projects and activities within the broader context.

Able to maintain personal effectiveness by managing own emotions in the face of pressure, set backs or when dealing with difficult or confronting situations.


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