AR/VR News Designer

AR/VR News Designer

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 AR/VR. 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 AR/VR 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Build for the Story: Design and execute AR/VR 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 AR/VR 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 AR/VR 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 AR/VR tools for news coverage
• Help define what effective AR/VR 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

At CBS News & Stations, AR/VR is no longer experimental—it is operational, scalable, and central to how we tell stories. This role sits at the intersection of design, technology, and journalism, influencing daily newscasts and major national moments across the country. You'll help shape the visual language of modern broadcast news while working alongside industry-leading creative and technical team.

CBS News and Stations, brings together the power of CBS News, 28 owned television stations in 17 major U.S. markets, the CBS News Streaming Network, the CBS News Streaming local platforms, local websites and cbsnews.com, under one umbrella. CBS News and Stations is home to the nation's #1 news program 60 MINUTES, the CBS News Streaming Network, the first 24/7 digital streaming news network, the award-winning broadcasts CBS MORNINGS, CBS SATURDAY MORNING, the CBS EVENING NEWS, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CBS WEEKEND EVENING NEWS, 48 HOURS and FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN.

CBS News and Stations is dedicated to providing the highest quality journalism under standards it pioneered and continues to set in today's digital age. CBS News earns more prestigious journalism awards than any other broadcast news division.

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.

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet. At Paramount, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on-screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. Paramount is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by calling View phone number on click.appcast.io or by sending an email to View email address on click.appcast.io. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned.