AR/VR News Designer

This is a Full Time Job

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CBS Stations is looking for an AR/VR News Designer who is a hands-on creative focused on one thing: making news stories clearer, sharper, and more engaging through ARVR. This role is about building visual tools that help explain what’s happening, whether it’s breaking news, developing coverage, or everyday segments. Not spectacle. Not gimmicks. Real storytelling support. You’ll take complex or fast-moving information and turn it into visuals that make sense instantly on air.

Role Overview
The ARVR News Designer works directly with producers and editorial teams to design and build real-time AR/VR elements that support news coverage. From breaking news to explainers, this role is in charge of creating environments, graphics, and visual moments that help viewers understand the story.
You’ll concept it, build it, and refine it. Working in Unreal Engine, Cinema 4D, and Adobe tools to deliver clean, intentional visuals under tight deadlines. You’ll work across creative, editorial, and technical teams to build AR/VR environments that make stories clearer, sharper, and more engaging on air.

We are open to considering the office location for this position as any one of our CBS O&O stations.

Key Responsibilities

Build for the Story:
• Design and execute ARVR elements that support breaking news and daily coverage
• Create explainers, timelines, maps, and visualizations that make complex stories easier to understand
• Quickly translate editorial ideas into clear, real-time visuals
• Build scenes that feel grounded, readable, and focused

Work at News Speed:
• Respond to breaking news with fast-turn ARVR solutions
• Develop flexible templates and systems that can be reused across stories
• Balance speed with quality, knowing what matters in the moment
• Adapt visuals as stories evolve throughout the day

Collaborate with Editorial:
• Work directly with producers to understand the story before designing the visual
• Help shape how a story is told visually, not just execute requests
• Stay aligned with newsroom priorities and deadlines

Execute in Real Time:
• Build and refine ARVR scenes in Unreal Engine and Cinema 4D
• Design lighting, materials, motion, and camera moves that feel natural on air
• Ensure all elements perform consistently in real-time broadcast environments
• Optimize assets for speed, clarity, and consistency

Keep It Clean, Keep It Useful:
• Avoid unnecessary complexity – every element should serve the story
• Maintain a modern, editorial-first design approach
• Contribute to a growing library of reusable ARVR tools for news coverage
• Help define what effective ARVR storytelling looks like across stations

Qualifications & Skills:
• Strong background in motion design, 3D, or broadcast graphics
• Experience with Unreal Engine (real-time design is core to the role)
• Proficiency in Cinema 4D and Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Strong sense of composition, structure, typography, and motion
• Ability to simplify complex information into clear visuals
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments
• Strong communication skills, especially with editorial teams

What Sets You Apart:
• You think like a storyteller, not just a designer
• You can take a messy, complex story and make it visually obvious
• You progress fast without losing preference
• You care about helping the viewer understand what’s happening—

Why CBS News & Stations
You’ll help shape the visual language of modern broadcast news while working alongside industry-leading creative and technical team.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Hiring Salary Range: $100,000.00 - 125,000.00.

The hiring salary range for this position applies to New York, California, Colorado, Washington state, and most other geographies. Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program and PTO or, if applicable, as otherwise dictated by the appropriate Collective Bargaining Agreement.

What We Offer:
• Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages.
• Generous paid time off.
• An exciting and fulfilling opportunity to be part of one of Paramount’s most dynamic teams.
• Opportunities for both on-site and virtual engagement events.
• Unique opportunities to make meaningful connections and build a vibrant community, both inside and outside the workplace.
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