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Hemispheres Magazine- Design Intern

Now accepting applications for summer 2012. Candidates should have an interest in magazine publishing, be focused on a degree in graphic design and all internships MUST be for credit.  You will have real, published work to put in your portfolio as a result of your experience here. Must be competent in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign to be considered for this position. 

Freelance Art Director - Woman's Day

Woman's Day is looking for an experienced designer/art director.

• Design pages for all sections
• Must know InDesign well and have a good handle on Photoshop
• Must be organized
• Must have excellent typographic, design and production skills
• 5+ years of magazine experience
• Abilility to work closely with editors, photo editors and other members of the art team
• Woodwing knowledge a plus
• Potential 2+ month assignment
• Start immediately

Art Director - Budget Travel

Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel is looking for an Art Director to design our award-winning, bimonthly magazine. We are a one-person art department (working with two photo editors and a small staff of print editors), so  the successful applicant will need to be versatile and collaborative. The job is primarily devoted to designing the magazine, but there is also occasional work for the marketing and on-line departments, as well as the potential for designing tablet versions of the magazine. The "budget" part of our name runs deeply through our identity: the design budget is itself small, so our art director needs to be creative with resources, as well as with her/his design vision. (You will be designing graphics and maps, as well as the features and covers.) That said, this is a great opportunity for a designer to put her/his mark on a publication and to become a full partner in the creation of a beloved and terrific magazine (if we do say so ourselves).

Senior Designer / Art Director, Conde Nast

Person would be responsible for in-book sections, event collateral, tablet executions, web banners, email campaigns, sweepstakes, contests and a host of other creative and innovative marketing efforts from concept to completion. The art director/senior designer will be responsible for design but also for art directing photo shoots. This position will report to the design director and work collaboratively with a cross-functional team on every assigned project.

An ideal Senior Designer will possess the following:

- Education in Design, Graphic Design or equivalent experience.
- 2 to 4 years experience in a competitive, deadline-driven environment.
- Experience working with InDesign and Illustrator files for magazine print advertising.
- Strong image sourcing and editing skills is required.
- Experience with directing and producing photo shoots
- Experience at prepping Photoshop files for HTML and Flash development a plus.
- Willingness and enthusiasm to work on production projects.

An ideal design team member will possess the following traits and skills:

- Work in a team environment, collaborating with project managers, strategists and copywriters to ensure design meets the client's business objectives.
- A portfolio that contains design examples from brands in categories parallel to those of Conde Nast's main client base: luxury, fashion, beauty, food and travel.
- Experience applying theories related to color schemes, use of space, typography, usability and visual flow.
- Work on multiple projects from beginning to end and to create inspired solutions with tight and changing deadlines.

   
In addition to above, an ideal design team member may also possess:

- Knowledge of motion design and incorporating motion with interactivity.
- Experience with creating mobile applications and interfaces.

Photo Editor, Organic Gardening

Organic Gardening magazine is currently seeking a Photo Editor with a great eye for quality photography. The successful applicant will be self-reliant yet collaborative, hold a pro-active work attitude, and will enjoy being a part of a small, committed team. This position is located in Emmaus, PA.

It would be an advantage for the applicant to be fluent in color separation and correction processes and to be able to work collaboratively with the magazine's production dept to obtain the highest standards of print reproduction across all brand extensions.

Responsibilities include:
-Developing innovative concepts, assigning and producing photographic illustration for main edit features and front of book departments, working in close collaboration with the EIC, the Art Director and the other members of the edit, online and art team
-Coordinating and directing studio and location photo shoots for garden, food and lifestyle topics
-Identifying photographers and stylists who will bring a high quota of creative value to the brand
-Negotiating photography fees for both commissioned and stock-sourced images
-Acquiring first-quality imagery that meets the high content standards of the brand while maintaining budgets and negotiating effectively with vendors

Ideal candidate will possess:
-A minimum of five years of related work experience
-Highly detail oriented individual with good communication skills
-Digital online photo experience managing and researching stock imagery
-Daily photo production, retouching, and optimizing
-Adept at Adobe Photoshop
-Experience with Content Management Systems and keyword tagging
-Photo shoot coordination and experience a plus

Please provide a link to an online portfolio or other samples of your work when applying.

Digital Imaging Specialist / Art Director

Inked Magazine seeks an energetic, organized, and hands-on multi-tasker to head up the prepress of their monthly magazine and the production and prepress of their bi-monthly magazine Inked Girls. The right well-rounded candidate will be expected to have a solid background in photo retouching, color management and correction, design and layout, and digital asset management. Magazine and or publishing experience is a must. The position requires the ability to manage multiple schedules and tasks simultaneously. The ideal candidate will be highly organized, self-directed, and capable of juggling day-to-day administrative tasks with work on current and future issues. The qualified candidate should have great attention to detail, and possess the ability to shape a project from conception to completion. This individual should excel at working both independently as well as in a collaborative team environment.

The ideal candidate will possess:
An interest in tattoos and music and a flexible, easy-going attitude! If you like the corporate world, this job probably isn't for you. Inked has a small staff of talented, creative people who work in a chill office environment. We get a lot done, but we like to have fun while we're doing it. 

Responsibilities Include:
- Producing photo shoots
- Coordinating with photographers (and others as necessary) to ensure delivered materials meet deadline
- Retouching and color correction
- Coordinating upload schedule with press
- Trafficking digital images and other related digital assets including digital and foreign editions
- Identifying and developing relationships with new talent to be featured in the magazine
- Design and layout

Redbook Magazine Graphic Design Intern

Redbook Magazine's art department is looking for energetic design interns for the Spring semester of 2012 in New York City. Candidates should be eager to learn about how the design department of a nationally acclaimed magazine runs. Responsibilities include research, maintaining wall of printed layouts, and general administrative duties such as organizing reference material, photocopying inspiration material, and occasionally assisting the Creative Director. Design work will be assigned based on ability. The candidates should be resourceful, responsible, able to learn quickly and familiar with Adobe CS3. Most importantly, you MUST be able to receive college credit and work between 2-5 days a week from 10-6pm starting after January 2nd until the end of the semester. This is an unpaid internship, but the experience is great!

Art Production Associate

Men's Journal magazine seeks an energetic, ambitious Art Production Associate to assist the Art Department and Managing Editor. The Art Production Associate will clean up pages prior to sending them to prepress, send color to prepress as soon as layouts are approved, manage InDesign and InCopy templates and work with prepress to folio the book. Candidate will update the wall regularly (as layouts are approved and as map order changes), assist with creating PDF's and printouts, perform light design work and assist the staff with Men's Journal specific K4 questions and problems. The Art Production Associate will back-up the Managing Editor with trafficking, mapping and reinforcement of workflow.
 
The Art Production Associate must have a minimum of 2 years of experience in art production at a magazine. Candidate must be an organized, detail-oriented self-starter who can handle significant responsibility and work well in a team environment.

This position reports to the Managing Editor.

Photo Assistant, BACKPACKER, AIM Outdoor Group

BACKPACKER magazine is seeking to hire a full-time Photo Assistant to fulfill images needs for BACKPACKER's print and digital media. 

Candidates should have previous experience in a photo department and thorough knowledge of Mac operating system. They must be extremely organized, flexible, and able to multi-task while maintaining attention to detail.

Overall the duties are photo research, preparation and styling for product shoots, and administrative details.

Job Responsibilities -- Specific duties include but are not limited to:
-  Assist the Senior Associate Photo Editor with all photo department responsibilities
-  Edit incoming submissions to select the most beautiful, inspirational, and relevant images to match the locations in the text
-  Research beyond the traditional sources for photos (beyond stock agencies and photographers to: bloggers, hiking clubs, park/forest offices).
-  Research accurate and specific information for captions to provide the editors
-  Enter credits into layouts
-  Request and meticulously prepare hi-res images for the production department
-  Communicating with companies about PR photo needs
-  Photo shoot pre-production, calling in products, assisting in styling
-  Teaching photo department procedures to interns
-  Work with editors and interns on web production to attach photos to articles online
-  Communicate and assist other Outdoor Group titles with photo inquiries?

Minimum Job Qualifications:
-  Proficient in Adobe CS4, including Photoshop, Bridge and InDesign
-  Be self-motivated and able to work both independently and as part of a team
-  Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills
-  Be enthusiastic, reliable, eager to learn, and have a positive attitude

Desired Qualifications:
-  Familiarity with National Parks and other natural places
-  Relationships with and/or knowledge of individual nature photographers and their archives
-  Familiarity with the outdoor adventure culture

Advertising Agent, Trunk Archive

This is a creatively driven sales position focused on the licensing of high-value images to Advertising outlets. The ideal candidate is passionate about photography, has an appreciation for all forms of artistic expression and is an intelligent, creative thinker with a strong work ethic. The company seeks individuals who thrive in a collaborative environment in an open plan workspace, have the ability to multi-task and quickly adapt to a constantly evolving industry. Established relationships in the industry are a must. Success in this role will depend on visual sensitivity, commercial wisdom, contacts within the Advertising and Design fields, entrepreneurial drive and imagination. The successful candidate will be motivated by great photography and have the ability to inspire clients in its application. They must drive the application of the archive in a way that respects the integrity of the work, the photographers and the company.

Responsibilities:
Develop and maintain connections within the worldwide Advertising industry.

Develop and execute marketing outreach to potential new clients.

Research online archive and create image presentations to generate licensing opportunities for our roster
of photographers.

Negotiate and close transactions.

Track developments in the photography, fashion & luxury industries.

An ability to excel in a team environment but also a level of comfort and confidence to work independently.

An ability to follow direction, as well as take a leadership role on projects.

Travel as necessary to open new markets and to create new licensing opportunities