Automation Designer

What's the role?
As an Automation Designer, you will focus on the technical implementation of broadcast graphics, designing and developing solutions that integrate seamlessly with our newsroom systems. Rather than a purely creative role, this position emphasises building graphics templates, automating workflows, and ensuring smooth integration with our on-air platforms.

You will collaborate closely with Editorial, Creative, Operations, and Engineering teams to ensure graphics are properly integrated with our broadcast systems. Additionally, you will troubleshoot technical issues, refine automation processes, provide training, and maintain documentation to ensure efficiency and consistency across all platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop broadcast graphics templates for video wall, full frame, lower third, tickers, and touchscreen graphics, and managing their integration with broadcast automation systems.
• Support the creation of newsroom rundowns, working with our Editorial and Operational teams to ensure their requirements are met.
• Reviewing and responding to automation help desk tickets and troubleshooting technical issues.
• Maintaining backups of broadcast graphics databases and regularly purging outdated database items.
• Support the training of staff on automation and newsroom graphics systems and providing troubleshooting advice.

Who are you?

• Experience with any motion graphic software, this can include self-taught experience. Specific experience with Vizrt is preferrable but not required.
• A sound understanding of 2D graphic animation and what is suitable for live TV news.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and will leverage all the latest tools and repositories of information to get the job done.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines.
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced live news environment and adapt to changing production requirements.
• The ability to communicate and collaborate with your colleagues.

News Benefits
News Benefits is our way of saying thank you to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities. Thanking them for the great things they do daily, for the greater good of Australia. Our benefits include:

• Exclusively ours - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
• Health & wellbeing - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)
• Time off - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.
• Helping you grow - Development opportunities (including diversity and inclusion - focused education series) and recognition
• Financial wellbeing - Support on making the most of your money
• Perks & discounts - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services
• Giving back - Make a difference to our communities.
• Workplace Inclusion and facilities – Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents' rooms

Who are we?
Sky News is Australia's leading 24-hour multi-channel and multi-platform news service provider.

Operated by Australian News Channel Pty Ltd (ANC), a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, its channels include Sky News Live, Sky News Weather, Sky News Extra, Sky News UK, FOX SPORTS News and Australia Channel for international audiences.

Sky News Australia also operates a national digital network reaching millions of Australians each month across digital platforms including , YouTube, Facebook and News Corp Australia websites.

Sky News Australia's unrivalled broadcast and digital news content features award-winning journalists, exclusive insights from the biggest names in politics, ground-breaking special investigations, and live breaking news, sport and weather.

What's next?
Apply now or for more information on careers at Sky News Australia

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We know that diversity strengthens our teams and newsrooms as we seek to tell stories that represent the diverse communities of Australia that we serve. Our people make us unique and we all have a story. We encourage people of all ages, backgrounds, races, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, abilities and gender identities to apply. Inclusion is important to us and we want everyone at News to bring their whole-selves to work. If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, or would like to outline which pronouns you prefer, please feel free to let us know.
If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please feel free to let us know. For more information regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at NewsCorp Australia please visit

under the DEI section.
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