BCCL - Graphic Designer (5-7 yrs)
About Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd:
We are India's Most Diversified Media Company in World's Fastest Growing Media Market. The Company has a strong Heritage of 176 Years. We have strong presence in Newspapers, Magazines, Radio, Television and Internet domains. Our brands like Radio Mirchi, Femina, and Filmfare are market leaders in their respective segments. Our flagship brand, The Times of India, is the world's largest selling English daily, and The Economic Times is the world's 2 nd largest English Daily after wall Street Journal. The Company has more than 7,000 employees across all major cities in India.
We are:
A Powerhouse of successful Brands - We believe in shaping market trends and building a portfolio of solid, innovative brands which keep us ahead of competition. Our flagship brand, The Times of India, is the world's largest circulating English daily and The Economic Times is the world's second largest circulating English Business daily. We have continuously grown, driven by the indomitable spirit to question the conventional wisdom and change rules of the game. Learning and Innovative We are regarded as one of the most consistently innovative publishing companies.
Our unique & Brand Capital model - which invests media capital, in turn for a stake in the prospective advertiser - is considered amongst the most innovative ideas in publishing. Previous innovations of the Group include such ideas as Invitation Pricing, Combos, Space Drawing Rights and Advertorial Supplements. Click on the link below to catch a glimpse of how Innovation has shaped our Growth! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP1RWXlipuA
Great People - - Finest minds who inspire, strive and drive innovative initiatives, build trust and encourage employees to achieve optimal performance- is the Hallmark of our leadership team. We are one internally cohesive and disciplined team of people from diverse backgrounds, who collaborate to write our success story. We invest in our people and our policies are designed for their long-term happiness, ensuring work life balance simultaneously. We look for ways to keep our employees healthy, whether physically, emotionally, financially or socially. Our policies and benefits are one of the best in industry, and this shows in our employee referral rate of more than 60%.
About the Position :
Position Summary
- Ideate, conceptualize and plan the relevant visual selection that includes info-graphics, graphics graphic illustrations, page layout with the objective of enhancing the visual appeal and aesthetics of the page.
Areas of Responsibility
- Ideate and Plan: Ideate, conceptualize and plan various illustrations, graphic illustrations, imaging, info-graphics and assist in picture enhancement and color correction in order to create differentiated quality of the paper.
- Actual Layout: Place photos with relevant stories, add the illustrations with graphics, information boxes and complete page layout, design, monitor packages and coordinate with the desk team in order to make it reader friendly and to bring out desired results.
- Enrichment and Knowledge updation: Keep abreast with the developments around design / art in global newspapers by daily tracking through all the sources in order to prepare for future assignments and aesthetically enhance the look of the product.
- Story Placement: Decide story placement and visibility of visuals for the special pages in order to bring out the optimum look and feel of the paper.
Key skills/competencies:
- Time management
- Designing info-graphics using Photoshop, Quark Express, in-design, Illustrator software (CS)
Candidate :
Educational Qualifications Required : Graduate in any discipline (preferably in Design degree), computer graphic software, Knowledge of illustrations
Relevant Experience :
Minimum 5-7 years of experience with adequate exposure design
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