Maori Television Looking for Junior/Intermediate News Graphic Designer at East Tamaki, Auckland Full Time

Whakaata Māori is New Zealand’s national indigenous multi-platform broadcaster. We are committed to contributing to the protection and promotion of te reo Māori me ona tikanga by providing a wide range of programs that inform, educate and entertain audiences around Aotearoa and the world.

Kaupapa | The Opportunity
Our Graphics Department is looking for a competent Junior / Intermediate creative. This is a part-time (24 hours per week) position beginning in January 2023 up until the beginning of June providing maternity leave cover. There is however potential of longer term work at the end of this contract.

He aha te mahi | What will you be doing?
Joining our tight-knit supportive Graphics Team you will be responsible for developing graphics for our Te Ao Māori News department and their daily bulletins. The Graphic content you create will be used in the studio, in edit and online. Additionally, you will:

• Creatively design, considering quality, Tikanga Māori, composition, audience, and industry standards.
• Produce graphics for producers, reporters, and online team on request.
• Collaborate and liaise effectively with multiple of our talented teams to achieve the most desired outcomes on time.
• Work primarily within Inews, Stratus, Adobe Creative Cloud and Xpression.
• Alongside your team members support the Graphics ranga as required.

K‍ei te rapu mātou i ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | We’re looking for someone with:

• Experience in broadcast, print, film, other media, or a related creative field. 
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud suite with skills in Photoshop, After Effects (need to be competent in animation), Illustrator and InDesign. 
• Ability to execute a variety of creative and complex, pre/production and postproduction work. 
• Ability to execute a variety of creative and complex, pre/production and postproduction work. 
• A willingness to understand tikanga and te reo Māori would be an advantage for this role too. 

Please note we will be screening applicants as they come through, so get your interest in quick and not miss out on a fantastic opportunity!

He kōrero mō Whakaata Māori
He wāhi motuhake tō Whakaata Māori hei tautoko i te whakarauoratanga o te reo me ngā tikanga Māori. I rewa i te tau 2004, he hua nō te whakaū a te Karauna i ōna haepapa hei tautoko i te rāngai pāpāho Māori hei whakatairanga i te reo me ngā tikanga Māori, he mārama ngā mahi a Whakaata Māori hei tautoko i ngā mahi whakarauora a te motu, e whakatinanatia ana i tēnei wā i raro i te Maihi Karauna (te rautaki whakarauora reo a te Karauna). Ka orua mai ko ngā mahi a Whakaata Māori i ngā hapori hei whakarauora i te reo Māori hei reo ora e kōrerotia ana e ngā whānau, ngā iwi, ngā hapū, ngā hapori reo Māori, ngā āpiti hoki puta noa i te motu. Ko ngā mahi ā-hapori nei ka whakatinanatia i raro i te Maihi Māori (te rautaki reo Māori a ngāi Māori, ngā iwi me ngā hapū).

About Whakaata Māori 
Whakaata Māori plays a unique role in supporting the revitalisation of te reo me ngā tikanga Māori. Launched in 2004, as a result of the Crown recognising its responsibility to support Māori broadcasting to promote te reo me ngā tikanga Māori, Whakaata Māori plays a clear founding role in supporting national efforts in revitalisation, which today is captured in the Maihi Karauna (Crown strategy for te reo revitalisation). At the same time, Whakaata Māori plays an important role supporting community-level efforts to revitalise te reo Māori as a thriving language used by whānau, iwi, hapū and te reo speaker communities and stakeholders across the country. These community-level efforts are expressed in the Maihi Māori (the Māori, iwi and hapū strategy for te reo revitalisation).