Summary of Position
The STARZ Creative team is a creative and production resource for STARZ properties and divisions. We work closely with our partners to conceptualize and develop brand and series marketing materials that meet business goals and push creative boundaries. The Interactive Design team develops digital-first creative and translates campaign concepts into a digital world.
The Senior Designer, Digital Production in the Starz Interactive team is a master of lower-funnel design production. You roll with the changes and challenge yourself to lift revisions beyond what is expected. You thrive in designing for small spaces, with big design excellence. You sweat the small details of correct color, balance, and editorial. You can take the lead on partner placement, socials, and animations. You have experience with production documentation and standards. You don’t just design to grab attention, you design for a refined brand and understand what it means to tell a visual story.
You are not only a master of production art and template ownership, you thrive in independent roles and can communicate with your senior leaders in an informative and precise way. You instill trust by executing working on-time, communicating to your stakeholders proactively, and think beyond your daily tasks. You are a proven innovator who is passionate about digital and social design. You are hastened by excellent time-management and learned short-cuts and best practices of the design production process.
Responsibilities
- Partners with the Interactive Design Director to translate series and brand campaigns for interactive and digital creative.
- Partners with the Art Director to execute new templates flawlessly and partnering to police the visual excellence of our assets across all digital placements.
- Participate in the day-to-day production of creative marketing assets (ex. platform images, digital banners, social, websites, newsletters and emails, etc.), be it through hands-on design or production direction.
- Interpret and translate strategic needs into best in class creative and design solutions.
- Shepard the brand throughout all creative executions.
- Review work and provide feedback to the creative team.
- Produce to Brand, designing formats and appropriately maturing executions over time.
- Work effectively and efficiently in a fast-paced environment, balancing a heavy production workload alongside creative development.
- Stay on top of industry trends, in design and execution.
- Responds to analytical data to create or pivot the creation of targeted marketing materials.
Qualifications & Skills
- 5+ years of Digital Design or Production Management experience in a studio, network, or creative agency.
- 2-3 years of experience managing creative execution.
- Strong portfolio of digital design examples and samples of production documentation.
- Strong time-management, collaboration, and communication skills.
- Expert knowledge of Interactive design systems and software.
- Expert understanding of Social creative best practices.
- Expert understanding on animation software and best practices.
- An amazing attention to detail.
- Expert understanding of Direct Response creative best practices.
- Experience with Workfront and Airtable are pluses.
- Experience with HTML, CSS, UI,and UX design is a major plus.
About the Company
STARZ (www.starz.com), a Lionsgate company, is a leading global media streaming platform committed to delivering premium content that amplifies narratives by, about and for women and underrepresented audiences. STARZ is home to the highly rated and first-of-its-kind STARZ app that offers the ability to stream or download STARZ premium content, as well as the flagship domestic STARZ® service, including STARZ ENCORE, 17 premium pay TV channels, and the associated on-demand and online services. In 2018, STARZ launched its international premium streaming platform STARZPLAY, now LIONSGATE+, to provide subscribers access to bold, curated storytelling. LIONSGATE+, coupled with the STARZPLAY ARABIA joint venture in MENA and Lionsgate Play in South and Southeast Asia, has a footprint that extends across the globe. STARZ and LIONSGATE+ are available across digital OTT platforms and multichannel video distributors, including cable operators, satellite television providers, and telecommunications companies around the world. In February 2021, STARZ launched #TakeTheLead, a multi-faceted and innovative inclusion initiative expanding its existing efforts to improve representation on screen, behind the camera and throughout the company.
Business Unit Overview
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With the Company aligning its studio operations behind the growth of its streaming business, STARZ has become one of the pre-eminent modern premium global streaming platforms. Offering subscribers more than 7.500 television episodes, including STARZ original series and provocative documentaries, along with a broad catalogue of first-run movies, STARZ is taking the lead in delivering relatable premium content that makes it the platform of choice among a wide spectrum of female, African-American and other historically underrepresented audiences. Its focused brand, premium content and freedom from legacy relationships position STARZ at the forefront of the new bundles emerging throughout the media ecosystem, a compelling value proposition to complement virtually every kind of subscription platform.
Distinguished by its successful and focused content strategy, top programming, exceptional curation and speed to market, STARZ has quickly scaled its platform to become one of the most widely distributed and fastest-growing OTT services in the world, with OTT subscribers making up more than half of its global subscriber base. The company’s international premium subscription service, LIONSGATE+, offers subscribers access to bold, curated storytelling around the world. LIONGATE+ has a footprint that extends across the globe and continues to expand its network of distribution partners. In addition to its LIONSGATE+ markets, it reaches audiences in the Middle East and North African region through STARZPLAY ARABIA and in South and Southeast Asia with Lionsgate Play. The proprietary and highly-rated STARZ app, a proven hit with U.S. audiences, continues to roll out internationally.
Our Benefits
- Full Coverage – Medical, Vision, and Dental
- Work/Life Balance – generous sick days, vacation days, holidays, and Impact Day
- 401(k) company matching
- Tuition Reimbursement (up to graduate degree)
Compensation
$80,000 – $95,000
EEO Statement
Lionsgate is an equal employment opportunity employer. All employees and applicants are evaluated on the basis of their qualifications, consistent with applicable state and federal laws. In addition, Lionsgate will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Lionsgate will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and federal law.
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