Media Experience Designer

Position Purpose:

At The Home Depot, we help doers get more done. In order to do this, our Learning Design & Development team creates simple, relevant, and effective learning experiences for learners, and in this role- specifically for our external customers. We have a strong team of Instructional Designers and Media Experience Designers who are focused on the goal of development and education through customer workshops and we're looking to add to the team.

That's where you come in! This Media Experience Designer will partner with Instructional Designers to create the overall look and feel of a wide range of interactive media assets for cutting-edge workshop programs that build competence and confidence in our associates and customers. You will be part of a dynamic, collaborative team that creates learning solutions to build knowledge, skills, and abilities.

When you join The Home Depot, you join a team that takes care of our people. The Media Experience Designer will take care of our associates and external customers and ensure they are equipped with the skills they need to confidently tackle and plan for home improvement projects.

Interested? Here's what we're looking for:

• You are passionate about media design and have a strong background with using industry-standard graphics and multimedia software packages to design and develop multimedia-based layouts, graphics, animation, video, sound, and/or content.

• You have a track record of using innovative approaches to create media assets.

• You have experience supporting the media creation for mobile and social learning projects, including interactive learning games.

• You are self-driven, collaborative, resourceful, and excellent at project management.

• You are comfortable taking risks, communicating new ideas to a variety of audiences, being a trusted consultant and partner, and propelling current thinking about media design to the next level.

• You have strong communication skills and you're comfortable communicating through technology (Adobe Connect, Microsoft Teams, etc.) because this position works remotely part of the time.

Is this you? If so, we want to talk to you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Use industry-standard graphics and multimedia software packages to design and develop multimedia-based layouts, graphics, animation, video, sound and/or content for social, mobile and game-based learning courses.

• Ensures consistency, accuracy and compliance with required standards; conducts cross- platform testing with supported devices.

• Creates illustrations.

• Works with Learning team to review and recommend design options, functionality, and programming needs.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• Position Reports to Sr Manager Learning.

• Number of Direct Reports: 0

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.

• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in related field preferred

• Relevant work experience or expertise in a learning-related field

• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, Acrobat Pro, Audition, Media Encoder)

• Experience in the conceptualization, design, and production of animation, graphics, and mobile-optimized materials

• Experience in social media content creation

• Experience with DSLR (photography and video recording)

• Experience in a non-linear video and audio editing/production environment

• Advanced video streaming and animation techniques

• Knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, CSS, color theory, layout and graphic design principles, and typography

• Production of motion graphics and animation

• Knowledge of UX/UI design

• Knowledge of video editing software and ability to edit video and post-production

• Ability to create illustrations

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a high school diploma and/or GED.

Preferred Education:

• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 2

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• None

Certifications:

• None

Competencies:

• None