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Multimedia designer — The Deseret News is looking for an ONLINE Multimedia Designer (FLASH, FIREWORKS, ILLUSTRATOR, ETC) to help design and develop all manner of interactive advertising, web sites, animations, and other complex visual communication products.

Requirements: — Bachelors degree in graphic design and/or multimedia design. Applicant must have experience in Macromedia Flash and authoring/programming with Actionscript. A portfolio of two to three products will be required from applicants considered for this position. Excellent interpersonal skills are required to work and interface with customers, coworkers, and management. Candidates should have knowledge of multimedia production tools and methodology, and a strong technical aptitude to quickly learn new software and hardware. Starting salaries are competitive and depend on qualifications and experience.

Please contact Charlie Craine at ccraine@desnews.com.

Online Community Manager — We're looking for an Online Community Manager with a dynamic personality, great leadership and organization skills. This person will be a manager of all aspects day-to-day community life on DeseretNews.com, including setting tone, enforcing rules, managing remote community contributors. This person will also participate in product development for new community initiatives.

A good fit for this position would be someone who has worked in public relations. Experience working for or with city governments would be a bonus.

Responsibilities

Recruit, motivate and manage a team of community leaders who work remotely or on site

Pursue initiatives to welcome and engage readers in our online community, influencing product development to suit the community needs of readers today

Establish and enforce standards respect and helpfulness in our community, interact directly with members to promote good feeling and settle disputes gracefully

Interact with editorial to promote integration between content and community

Become an expert of local goings-on and community-oriented issues and understand city government, PTA, arts council, etc.

Qualifications for position

Online experience and social media is a must

Bachelor's degree required (Business or Communications degree would be desirable)

Experience working with community leaders or with PR

Well organized and experience with project management and multitasking

Understanding and utilization of social media

Experience moderating group discussions is a plus

Specific skills required

Friendliness and diplomacy are good character traits for this job

Good sense of decorum and brand appropriateness

Success at establishing rules and policies to create team productiveness and community good-feeling

Clear and effective writing and/or editing skills

Strong sense of product ownership and pride in work

Please contact Charlie Craine at ccraine@desnews.com.

LDS Church News

Web and multimedia producer — Web and multimedia producer for the Church News department of the Deseret News. Posted 06/25/2009

Full-time job, 40 hours a week with full benefit package. The job generally involves working traditional business hours; some night and weekend work will be required. Salary is negotiable.

Helpful skills

video-editing.

journalism background.

This is not a news-reporting or writing position; however, applicants with a journalism background might have limited opportunities for news writing.

Prerequisites

ability to edit and process audio files.

familiarity with HTML; willingness and ability to learn our in-house interface.

ability to produce content that will be of interest to a growing online readership.

fluency in spoken and written English, including spelling and word usage.

ability to follow instructions and work quickly while still paying attention to detail.

ability to organize multiple projects.

familiarity with photo-editing program.

general knowledge of current events.

work well with sources, co-workers and readers.

Inquiries and resumes are only accepted via e-mail: jobs@desnews.com. The subject line should be: Church News multimedia.

Deseret News

Editorial offices
30 E 100 South
P.O. Box 1257
Salt Lake City, UT 84110

Advertising and circulation
4770 S 5600 West
West Valley City, UT 84118