TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news.
The TEGNA Design Tank is looking for a talented Senior Motion Designer/Editor to join our team of 24+ designers. This role requires strong design, animation, editing, leadership, and communication skills.
As part of the TEGNA Design Tank—TEGNA's centralized internal creative agency—you'll partner with teams across News, Paid Growth, Sales, and Corporate to create impactful marketing and promotional content. You'll develop creative assets, motion graphics, and scalable templates that support broadcast, streaming, digital, social, and paid media initiatives across the company.
We're looking for someone who is equal parts creative thinker and hands-on maker, with a passion for great design, storytelling, and helping teams deliver their best work.
Responsibilities:
• Creates high-quality motion graphics, animations, MoGRTs, and visual effects that align with project objectives and brand standards. Applies and shares best practices to ensure consistency, efficiency, and scalability across teams and platforms.
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with Regional Marketing Directors and the Head of Consumer Marketing to understand business needs, champion design best practices, and develop scalable creative solutions that empower creative producers across our organization.
• Will be an alternate contact for station, marketing, and corporate projects.
• Will assist with training new hires or be able to delegate training appropriately.
• Duties will include guiding team projects as the project lead and serving as the design lead for pilot projects and larger scoped initiatives.
• Responsibilities include serving a diverse range of clients across all TEGNA stations, performing effectively under tight deadlines, and multitasking efficiently to meet various demands.
• Provide guidance and support to other designers, helping to develop their skills and enhance the overall team output.
Grab a glimpse of what it's like to work in the TANK here: www.tegnadesigntank.com
Requirements::
• Candidate must have had formal training in design/art at trade school or college.
• Associate or bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum of 8 years as a Motion Graphic Designer at a local news station supporting marketing and branding, along with daily news. Sales support is a plus
• Strong skills in Adobe CC Suite required, specifically After Effects and Premiere.
• Demonstrate strong design & editing skills.
• Takes a keen interest in applying artificial intelligence where it makes sense
• Must possess strong customer service and communication skills.
• Able to perform under very tight deadlines and act as design team lead.
• Possesses excellent spelling and grammar skills.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule including days, evenings, weekends and holidays.
Salary range: $33.50- $37.50/hr ($69,680- $78,000 yr)
*Upon submitting resume, please be sure to include a link to your portfolio.
The application deadline for this position is Aug 27, 2026
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.
EEO statement:
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email [email protected]
Recruiting Fraud Alert:
To all candidates: your personal information and online safety are important to us. Only TEGNA Recruiters or Hiring Managers will reach out to you regarding consideration of your application or background. Communications with TEGNA employees will either come from a TEGNA email address with a domain of tegna.com or one of our affiliate station domains.
Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments, ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers.
Skills Required
- Formal training in design/art at trade school or college
- Associate or bachelor's degree
- Minimum of 8 years as a Motion Graphic Designer at a local news station supporting marketing, branding, and daily news
- Sales support experience
- Strong skills in Adobe CC Suite, specifically After Effects and Premiere Pro
- Demonstrated strong design and editing skills
- Takes a keen interest in applying artificial intelligence where it makes sense
- Strong customer service and communication skills
- Ability to perform under very tight deadlines and act as design team lead
- Excellent spelling and grammar skills
- Ability to work a flexible schedule including days, evenings, weekends and holidays
- Portfolio link included with resume
TEGNA Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about TEGNA and has not been reviewed or approved by TEGNA.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision options are complemented by company-supported mental health care and telemedicine, with HSA-eligible plans available. Resources such as Spring Health and Teladoc extend accessible care to employees and families.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with dollar‑for‑dollar match on the first 4% and immediate vesting is offered broadly, including to part‑time and temporary staff. This structure provides straightforward access to retirement savings from day one.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave covers at least six weeks for all parents and 12 weeks at full pay for birth mothers. Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement and fertility benefits support multiple paths to family building.
TEGNA Insights
What We Do
As one of the most geographically diverse broadcasters in the U.S., TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) is an innovative media company that serves the greater good of our communities. Across platforms, TEGNA tells empowering stories, conducts impactful investigations and delivers innovative marketing solutions. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA is the largest owner of top 4 network affiliates in the top 25 markets among independent station groups, reaching approximately 39 percent of all television households nationwide. TEGNA also owns leading multicast networks True Crime Network and Quest. TEGNA Marketing Solutions (TMS) offers innovative solutions to help businesses reach consumers across television, digital and over-the-top (OTT) platforms, including Premion, TEGNA’s OTT advertising service. Across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, TEGNA's stations have over 31 million social followers. In everything we do, we are driven by our strongly held values and our stated purpose to serve the greater good of our communities. TEGNA produces trusted, impactful and innovative content across platforms. We tell stories that matter, are an advocate for those in need and help bring positive change to our communities. Our award-winning journalists have been recognized with numerous national honors including Edward R. Murrow, Alfred I. duPont, George Foster Peabody, George Polk, Walter Cronkite and Emmy awards.
