Company Description

VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant's sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass.

CNBC INTERNATIONAL

CNBC is the world's number one business and financial news network. Its mission is to help the influential and aspirational make astute decisions to get ahead by providing live market updates, breaking news, in-depth analysis and exclusive interviews.

CNBC's vast portfolio includes CNBC.com, the online destination for global business; CNBC PRO, the network's premium subscription service that provides real-time global market data and market analysis, as well as a growing slate of live and virtual events where consumers can experience CNBC's award-winning journalism, live.

With headquarters in New Jersey, London, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi, CNBC provides a truly global 24-hour business briefing for senior business leaders, the financial community and those with assets to invest or protect. Today the channel is available in more than 392 million homes worldwide. CNBC also boasts a growing audience across its social media and digital video platforms.

Visit www.cnbc.com for more information.

Overview

Job Description

The Graphics Intern will be a part of the CNBC International Graphics team in APAC that contributes to the output of daily live TV news programs watched by millions of viewers worldwide. You will be trained and guided by experienced Graphic Designers to develop and generate a range of visuals for live TV broadcast. Using your design skills, you will develop and create high quality, visually captivating and accurate Artwork to inform our audience across news stories.

Working closely with the team, you will develop an understanding and learn to manage multiple incoming requests/briefs for varying Artwork and Graphics needed for live programming, as well as for Marketing needs. Whilst in this role, you will also have an opportunity to gain a further understanding of several aspects of a live TV production environment and learn how the various departments such as Control rooms, Newsroom, and Studios carry out their daily functions, all contributing to the channel's output.

Key Responsibilities

Your responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

Produce Artwork/graphics to support the shows (to include Maps, info/data graphics, pictures, logos, text etc) for live TV news programs
Build and update live Artwork for shows during programming, with guidance from senior Designers
Process updates for Show Artwork/graphics, paying close attention to CNBC brand style and guidelines
Assist other business teams – Marketing, Digital, News Editorial, with eDMs, social media banners, Print Ads and show promotional material where needed, under the guidance from team members
Opportunity to learn and develop advanced graphic design and motion design skillsets for use across TV broadcast and Social Media content

Qualifications

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

Polytechnic students pursuing diplomas in media, communications, digital media, visual communication, motion design, immersive media, or related fields.
Must have the legal right to work in Singapore. Only candidates with existing eligibility to work in Singapore will be considered. 
Available for a full time internship from March to August.
Proficient in Adobe Creative suite, Photoshop, Illustrator, After effects, Media encoder
Keen eye for design and attention to detail, willing to learn and interested in developing new design skills
Ability to work efficiently and calmly, with accuracy, in a fast-paced live TV broadcast environment
Team player, able to work independently and or collaborate with colleagues from different teams
Flexibility and willingness in working shifts, as well as early mornings during live programming
Ability to follow and adhere to CNBC brand guidelines, take on feedback where necessary and an openness to learn new skills in a friendly team environment
A passion for creating artwork and designing for broadcasting and media platforms

The responsibilities associated with this position are not limited to the above description and may be modified at any time by the Company.

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [HIDDEN TEXT].

VERSANT Media is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at VERSANT via-email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from VERSANT's Talent Acquisition team will be deemed the sole property of VERSANT. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by VERSANT as a result of the referral or through other means.

Graphics Intern, CNBC International