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Freelance Deputy Art Director - PEOPLE

PEOPLE is seeking an experienced Deputy Art Director to head one of its People Specials Magazines. The successful candidate must be enthusiastic, ready to work in a busy creative environment, direct food and home photo shoots and design beautiful editorial pages, while working to tight deadlines. Most importantly, have the ability to shape a story from conception to completion and create a cohesive design vision for each issue of the magazine.

Advertising Art Director

People Newspapers, an award-winning weekly newspaper group, seeks an Advertising Art Director with at least 3-4 years experience. The Advertising Art Director is responsible for designing ads for print and web, flight checking submitted materials, tracking the progress of each week's ads, and creating and maintaining in-house promotional materials. The perfect candidate must be a forward-thinker and innovator who is a team player and possesses an easy going attitude. Salary depends on experience. People Newspapers is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No phone calls please.

Photo Director ~ Southern Living Magazine

Come join the staff of one of America's classic magazines! Southern Living, the nation's 6th largest consumer monthly, is looking for a talented Photo Director to help reinvent the photographic quality of the magazine. This is a rare opportunity to make an impact on Southern Living's 15 million monthly readers as it shares the fascinating places, people, homes, gardens, and foods that make this region unique. Duties: The Photo Director will help implement the visual evolution of Southern Living by raising the level of photography in the magazine. Work in tandem with Director of Photography and Art Director to set the visual tone for the magazine. Create and implement a hybrid system that maximizes both the talents and the efficiencies of key in-house photographers with a stable of top-level freelance photographers and stylists. Also, create and implement a system, from story concept to image selection, that ensures the highest level of photography for our pages. Perform stock photo searches as needed. Desired background and experience: 6-10 years experience at a lifestyle title in a photo editor or similar role. Outstanding technical and visual knowledge required to communicate easily with photographers and stylists. Expertise in travel, lifestyle, food, environmental, portraits and conceptual photography a must. Deep knowledge of local, regional and national freelance photographers and stylists for both new work and stock purchases. Degree in photography or related liberal arts field preferred. Ability to work under tight deadlines. Position is based at Southern Living's headquarters in Birmingham, AL.

Art Director, Martha Stewart Weddings

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is seeking an Art Director to head the art department at Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine. This is a fantastic opportunity for an Art Director looking to work in a truly creative environment making beautiful visual content, directing photo shoots, and designing editorial pages.

Design Junior: Polish Speaking

Working on a launch for a Polish Entertainment magazine. Need good smart design assistant/junior who can translate Polish for our team while helping on the project. Freelance job for months of June/July

Editorial Designer (Project-Based)

Kaplan Test Prep is looking for a talented freelance editorial designer to work on a specialized magazine project for a 4-week stretch. Hourly rate. Project will commence the first week of June. Looking for an experienced, editorially-aware designer with superb typographical skills and a refined aesthetic. Must be skilled in setting up grids, implementing typographical and element style suggestions, researching and incorporating appropriate photography, and setting up long-form files. Project will be handled soup-to-nuts by one person with art direction. Magazine is approximately 100 pages. Must be available to work onsite. Must be proficient in the Adobe Creative Suite.

Managing Art Director

McMurry, a multi-Award winning custom publishing company based in Phoenix, Arizona, seeks a highly creative, Managing Art Director to lead a number of photo driven high-end publications. This position will work out of our Phoenix office. If you are the professional for this position you have great visual conceptualization skills, a proven ability to hire and art direct the best illustrators and photographers, know the ins and outs of producing photo shoots, have exceptional publication design skills, and a true enjoyment of teamwork, staff building and client service. A seasoned pro, you have a minimum of five years experience in publication art direction, have managed a design team, and have a portfolio you take pride in. You are organized and on top of your game. Your degree is in art, or design. You are comfortable in the most current versions of Indesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. The right person will enjoy generous compensation, strong benefits, and the excitement that comes with achieving unsurpassed professional success. To apply, please submit your resume with work samples to the url provided in this posting. Resumes in Word version are preferred. Samples may be PDFs or links to web sites. Please do not send originals. No phone calls, snail mail or agencies please. EOE. Drug testing required. Smoke-free. Find out more about our company and why it is such a great place to work at www.mcmurry.com.