February 2009 Archives

Assistant Art Director

Premiere Culture magazine with offices in New York City is currently seeking a creative Assistant Art Director to join our team. Candidate will work on designing editorial pages and building graphic elements as well as working directly with editors to translate their ideas into strong visual design. In addition candidate will be required to support our online website. Candidate must have superior design sensibilities, typographic skills, knowledge of color, scale and layout and a working knowledge of the grid system. Candidate should welcome multi-tasking, be energized (rather than deterred) by tight deadlines and possess a dedicated team spirit.
Applicant's portfolio should display a unique, sophisticated style .

Esquire Magazine- Graphic Design Art Internship

Esquire Magazine (Hearst Corporation) is seeking a junior or senior graphic design student for an internship in the Art Department. The intern will assist in the daily workflow of the magazine. Duties will include: updating layouts, minor imaging work, and some design.

Candidates should have an interest in magazine publishing, strong working knowledge of InDesign and Photoshop.

Duration: Summer
Applicants must receive college credit for the internship. This position is unpaid. A commitment of 2-3 days a week is required, from 10 am to 6 pm (flexible).

Art Intern at Tikkun Magazine

Art interns at Tikkun engage deeply with the question of how to illustrate articles about politics, social change, and spirituality. They work on our national magazine and on our website, generating illustration ideas and conducting image research. They will play a central role in finding imagery for use on our new multimedia blog site, which is currently under construction. The site will feature regular photo essays and art galleries.

In the art world these days, it is quite difficult to find images that are not only artistically strong but also have social content. We need images that critique the pretensions and cruelties of our materialistic and self-centered culture. We also need artwork about peace, spirituality, hope, and social transformation that is NOT sappy, corny, or part of a New Age aesthetic. Interns are encouraged to scour museums, galleries, artists' websites, and online image libraries to find these sorts of images.

On the print side, the design process at Tikkun is a dynamic collaboration between the magazine's editors in Berkeley and the Design Action collective in Oakland. Art interns work on a part-time unpaid basis with the editors in Berkeley, where they develop relationships with freelance artists, obtain permission to reprint images, and brainstorm ways to illustrate the complex concepts often explored by articles in the magazine and on the magazine's website. Interns with strong art skills may also be encouraged to try their hand at creating original illustrations to be considered for publication in the magazine.

Internships last a minimum of three months.

Good Housekeeping Magazine '09 Summer Art Intern

Good Housekeeping Magazine is looking for an ART INTERN for Summer '09. The right candidate will hold many of the responsibilities of a full-time staff member. Responsibilities include designing and creating art concepts for stories, collaborating with the editorial and photo staff, and producing smart, attractive layouts. Help with smaller in-house photo shoots could include styling, propping and following your vision through from concept, to film, to page. This candidate should also be proficient in InDesign and Photoshop.

Art Assistant @ More Magazine

More magazine is seeking a dynamic, driven individual to fill the role of the art and photo assistant on the editorial team.

Applicants must have a strong interest in both design and photography, possess great communication skills, a strong attention to detail, excellent time management skills, works with a budget conscious mind and has a positive can do attitude.

In addition to assisting the Creative Director, the position is also responsible for the following:
*Photo Research: searching for photos on deadline, working with publicists, stock agencies and art gallery representatives, and purchasing usage rights for photos within our budget
*Collaborate with the entire department for art concepts and story ideas
*Hiring illustrators
*Designing FOB layouts
*Responsible for finding art for entire MoreNow, Books, MoreTravel, Contributors page, Memoir and Web TOC
*Calling in any personal photos for stories
*Invoices, contracts and expense reports
*Basic office duties such as: scanning, ordering prints and high res photos, printing layouts, and updating the art production schedule
*Assisting the design & photo department will also be part of the job