AR/VR Development Designer

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The AR/VR Development Designer is a hands-on creative promoting how storytelling shows up in real time. This role is about designing immersive environments that add value across CBS News & Stations and Sales.
You’re not just building scenes. You’re shaping how stories are experienced.

This role lives at the intersection of design, motion, and real-time tech — taking ideas and turning them into something visually sharp, intentional, and built for air. You’ll partner with creative and technical teams to build scalable AR/VR tools and infrastructure that enable consistent, reliable storytelling across stations.

Role Overview
The AR/VR Development Designer conceptually designs and manually builds ARVR environments using Unreal Engine, Cinema 4D, and Adobe tools that scale across our group of stations. You’ll work closely with creative leadership, producers, and the ARVR team to bring ideas to life in a way that feels modern, clear, and grounded in storytelling.

We’re looking for someone who understands restraint, composition, and how to use the technology with purpose. We are open to considering the office location for this position as any one of our CBS O&O stations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and execute ARVR environments in Unreal Engine and Cinema 4D 
• Take a concept and produce it — lighting, materials, motion, camera 
• Create scenes that feel intentional, not overdesigned, or cluttered 
• Optimize everything for real-time performance and broadcast reliability 
• Know when to push—and when to simplify

Make It About the Story:

• Work directly with producers to translate editorial ideas into visual space 
• Design with clarity first — what’s the story, what matters, what doesn’t 
• Avoid “3D clip art” — everything on screen should have a reason to exist 
• Help evolve how we use ARVR so it enhances coverage

Collaborate Without Overcomplicating:

• Work closely with the ARVR Project Manager and creative leads to move fast and stay aligned 
• Be clear about what’s possible, what’s not, and what’s worth doing 
• Take feedback, iterate quickly, and keep things moving 
• Support both News and Sales without losing design integrity

Push the Look Forward:

• Bring a contemporary design sensibility — clean, intentional, current
• Explore new techniques, workflows, and visual approaches 
• Help define what ARVR should look like across CBS Stations — not just execute it 
• Contribute to reusable assets and systems that scale across markets

Qualifications & Skills:

• Strong design background — motion, 3D, broadcast, experiential, or similar 
• Solid Unreal Engine experience (real-time scene building is core to this role) 
• Proficiency in Cinema 4D and Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Good instincts for lighting, composition, typography, and motion 
• Understanding of real-time constraints — performance matters 
• Ability to work fast, stay organized, and handle multiple projects at once 
• Comfortable working with both creatives and non-creatives

What Sets You Apart:

• You know when less is more (and when it’s not!) 
• You’re curious about the tech, but not distracted by it 
• You care about the story as much as the visuals 
• You want to make the experience in ARVR better—not just maintain it

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 teams.

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, 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 provides news and information for the CBS Television Network,  CBSNews.com, CBS News Radio and podcasts, Paramount +, all digital platforms, and the CBS News Streaming Network, the premier 24/7 anchored streaming news service that is available free to everyone with access to the internet. The CBS News Streaming Network is the destination for breaking news, live events, original reporting and storytelling, and programs from CBS News and Stations’ top anchors and correspondents working locally, nationally and around the globe. CBS News’ streaming services, across national and local, amassed more than 1.01 billion streams in 2021. Launched in November 2014 as CBSN, the CBS News Streaming Network is available on 30 digital platforms and apps, as well as CBSNews.com and Paramount+. The service is available live in 91 countries. 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.  

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Hiring Salary Range: $110,000.00 - 145,000.00. 

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.   

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• 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.
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