Graphics Platform QA Specialist (Contract)

Company Description

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Job Description

NBC News is seeking a Freelance Graphics Platform QA Specialist to join the NBC News Innovation Team in support of the network's custom graphics platform and graphics ecosystem.

While this role supports graphics initiatives across NBC News year-round, its primary focus during the current election cycle will be testing, validating, and preparing graphics workflows, software, and data integrations that power NBC News' election coverage.

Working closely with the Elections Graphics Director, Product, Engineering, Editorial, Design, and Production teams, this role ensures internally developed graphics applications are reliable, accurate, and production-ready for live news and special event coverage. As part of the Innovation Team, this position serves as the bridge between editorial users and technical teams, translating production needs into technical requirements while helping drive platform adoption through training, documentation, and workflow development.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a short term position with an estimated duration of 6 months or less, unless otherwise amended or terminated as deliverables within this project are completed. 

Key Responsibilities

• Perform functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing of internally developed graphics applications and production workflows.
• Validate graphics, templates, data integrations, and user workflows for accuracy, functionality, performance, and editorial integrity.
• Identify, reproduce, document, and verify software defects, workflow issues, and feature enhancements through established QA processes.
• Partner with the Elections Graphics Director, Product, Engineering, Editorial, Design, and Production teams to validate new features, refine workflows, and support software releases.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for NBC News' graphics ecosystem, maintaining deep knowledge of self serve and election graphics, production workflows, and end-to-end execution pipelines across full-screen graphics, tickers, studio displays, video walls, augmented and virtual reality experiences, touchscreen applications, and emerging presentation platforms.
• Develop and maintain test plans, testing documentation, workflow procedures, and platform best practices.
• Provide training and support to newsroom and operational teams to facilitate adoption of new platform features, workflows, and production processes as needed.
• Serve as a liaison between editorial stakeholders and technical teams, facilitating communication and translating production requirements into actionable technical feedback.
• Support rehearsals, release validation, and production readiness for major news events, with an emphasis on election coverage.

Qualifications

• Experience in software quality assurance, application testing, or system validation.
• Experience supporting broadcast graphics systems, real-time production environments, or data-driven workflows.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Experience documenting software defects, test cases, and workflow processes.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, editorial, production, design, and product teams.
• Experience training users and supporting the rollout of new software, workflows, or production tools.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Familiarity with Jira or similar issue tracking platforms.
• Knowledge of broadcast graphics technologies, newsroom workflows, election graphics, or real-time data visualization is preferred.

Work Environment

This position supports the development, testing, validation, and deployment of NBC News' custom graphics platform throughout the year, with increased focus during major election cycles and other high-profile live news events. The role requires flexibility to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and extended hours as production schedules require.

What we’ll offer: Production Employee (PEP) Regular who works more than 1,000 hours per measurement period:  

• Eligible for 401K after 1,000 hours worked in 12 consecutive months  
• Eligible for Health and Welfare benefits on 1st day of employment  
• Eligible to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program after 90 days of employment 

Salary range: $38.46/hr - $43.27/hr

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to AccessibilitySupport@nbcuni.com.