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State College, Pennsylvania, United States
Onsite
We are seeking a graphic production artist with strong artistic and communication skills to join the AccuWeather Graphics Team at our Global Headquarters in State College, Pennsylvania, beginning January 2027. In this operational role, you’ll support graphics creation for internal stakeholders and external clientele across several medias, including print, television and digital. We are looking for someone who is collaborative, creative, and passionate about creating clear and accurate weather graphics that help people and businesses make the best weather-informed decisions.
Key Responsibilities
· Create weather maps, charts and graphs utilizing several different graphic programs and operating systems, including Baron and Photoshop
· Follow set graphical standards across print, television and digital.
· Assemble complete weather pages and graphic products by client and internal deadlines, utilizing automated and manual assembly procedures.
· Communicate effectively with Clients and other departments regarding any service or schedule changes or client requests.
· Ensure that all responsibilities are carried out with a proper sense of urgency, priority, and accuracy with a focus on the best service to the Client.
· Collaborate with fellow artists and operational team members (meteorologists, editors, broadcasters, etc) to produce clear and descriptive weather graphics.
· Contribute to special projects such as quality assurance, process improvement, customer support, or research and development.
· Perform other duties and projects as assigned.
Required Qualifications
· Associates Degree or higher in graphic design or similar field.
· At least 1 year of graphic creation experience.
· Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator software.
· Excellent written and oral communication skills.
· Demonstrated ability to effectively work and collaborate with a team.
· Strong eye for visual design, with the ability to create graphics that are clear, balanced, and visually appealing.
· Ability to follow instructions and standards to deliver on-brand graphical displays.
· Creative curiosity and a desire to develop new graphic concepts that support the established brand identity.
· Flexible availability to support 24-7 operation, including working weekends and holidays.
Preferred Qualifications
· Knowledge or hands-on experience with weather design software such as Baron or WSI is strongly preferred, (or similar software from News, Media, Sports industry).
· Interest in or familiarity with meteorology, weather forecasting, climate, environmental science or science communication.
· Experience collaborating directly with technical or scientific subject-matter experts.
· Knowledge of InDesign and Filemaker Pro software.
· Familiarity with using AI, such as ChatGPT or Claude, to create graphics, mock-ups or workflows.
About AccuWeather and Dr. Joel N. Myers
AccuWeather, recognized and documented as the most accurate and most used source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, has saved over 12,000 lives, prevented injury to over 100,000 people, and saved companies tens of billions of dollars through better planning and decision-making. Over one billion people around the world rely on AccuWeather’s proven Superior Accuracy™. AccuWeather.com is the #1 weather destination globally and one of the top 100 most-visited websites in the world, and our award-winning AccuWeather app delivers detailed real-time forecasts to tens of millions of smartphones.
AccuWeather forecasts also appear on digital signage, in 700 newspapers, are heard on over 400 radio stations, and viewed on 100 television stations. The AccuWeather Network and AccuWeather NOW® reach an audience of over 250 million on cable and streaming platforms including DirecTV, Charter Communications - Spectrum, Verizon, Philo, Frndly TV, Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Stream, Roku, Xumo, Rockbot, Samsung, LG, and Amazon Freevee.
AccuWeather For Business serves more than half of the Fortune 500 companies and thousands of other businesses and government agencies globally.
Dr. Joel Myers, Founder and Executive Chair, established AccuWeather in 1962 and is considered the “father of modern commercial meteorology.” Myers, a leading creative thinker and visionary, has been called “the most accurate man in weather” by The New York Times and has been recognized as one of the top entrepreneurs in American history by Entrepreneur’s Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs. Dr. Myers was inducted into the Broadcasting+Cable Hall of Fame, Class of 2026, in recognition of his role in revolutionizing weather forecasting through teaching, research, and building AccuWeather into one of the world’s major sources of weather data, forecasts, and warnings.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
AccuWeather is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
AccuWeather is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to human.resources@accuweather.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.