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Freelance Designer

Mental_floss magazine seeks a freelance designer to execute editorial layouts and graphic elements. This position offers the flexibility of project-based off-site work combined with the opportunity to be an integral part of a fun and friendly team.

Freelance Designer, WIRED

WIRED Magazine has an immediate opening for a mid-level, enthusiastic freelancer in San Francisco. Ideal candidate has a great eye for type and photography, a strong background in editorial and/or tablet design and can brainstorm and execute ideas from conception through several platforms. This is a 3 month position, with potential to be permanent.

Freelance Editorial Assistant Art Director

NYC-based editorial art director needed for steady in-house freelance work. We are looking for a well-rounded, motivated designer with excellent communication skills to join our small, fast- paced creative department. The ideal candidate will have a clean, current design aesthetic and the ability to work quickly, efficiently and accurately. A natural curiosity will serve you well, as will the ability to multitask. Solid consumer magazine design experience (4-5 years+) is required. This position has potential to turn full-time for the right candidate. You'll be responsible for designing monthly columns, departments and some features including: stock research, inventive chart/graph creation, and brainstorming ideas to repackage information while maintaining current brand standards. Additionally, you will assist with any tablet page creation as necessary. You should be very familiar with and currently using CS4. This position works directly with the Creative Director. Local candidates only.

Money Magazine - Freelance Art Director

Money Magazine has an opening for a Freelance Art Director for a 12 week period to work on the print and tablet editions of the magazine starting mid February.

What we're looking for:
This mid-level designer will report to the art director and will manage front of the book, departments and some features for both print and tablet editions of the magazine. Responsibilities include design of sections, assigning of illustration, conceptualizing of shoots and the design of charts/graphics/complex data. The ideal candidate is someone who is a strong designer with a great sense of typography and packaging with a passion for magazines and an strong interest in tablet design.

Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in related field.
- 5 years consumer magazine experience.
- Sophisticated sense of design, photography, and typography.
- Great working relationship with illustrators.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Ability to work well in a deadline-driven, collaborative environment.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Skilled in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
- Knowledge of Woodwing.
- Experience at a finance magazine a plus but not essential.
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CLIO Awards Social Media Intern

CLIO is looking for a social media maven to keep conversations flowing with agency creatives on our Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn and Tumblr accounts.

Freelance Art Assistant

Elle Decor is seeking a dynamic, driven individual to fill the role of freelance art assistant on the editorial team. Applicants must have a strong interest in both design and photography, possess great communication skills and a strong attention to detail, have excellent time-management skills, work with a budget-conscious mind with has a positive, can-do attitude.

This person should have working knowledge of InDesign, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.). Internship to 1 year of experience desired, applicant should be able to start as soon as possible (preferably before December 12th).

In addition to assisting the creative director, the person would also be responsible for the following:
- Scanning all film, or printing out digital images in contact sheets and trim for editing
- Setting up and dropping in art for all layouts
- Creating issue preview PDFs
- Creating mock-up book for Editor in Chief
- Creating PDFs of pages for iPad previews

Also includes basic office duties such as: scanning, ordering supplies, printing layouts and updating film cabinets and server with all film requirements, and any administrative duties that are required.

Publication Designer

We are seeking innovative designers, on a contract basis, who have an aptitude for creating stunning layouts for large print publications. We are looking for individuals committed to high quality, that can work within very tight deadlines.

Freelance Designer - OK! Magazine

OK! Magazine, a weekly national celebrity news/lifestyle magazine, is seeking a freelance editorial designer to create dynamic, fresh layouts under a weekly deadline. The ideal candidate must be skilled, efficient, highly collaborative, organized, extremely detail-oriented and comfortable with working under the pressures of a weekly production deadline. Exceptional skills in concepting, design and execution are needed. Expert knowledge of InDesign (with a working knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator) and a background in editorial magazine design is required.

Art Director/Graphic Designer for Luxury Lifestyle Magazine

A luxury lifestyle magazine is looking for a freelance art director/graphic designer who is experienced in designing for fashion oriented and/or luxury lifestyle magazines.

Freelance Art Director, Whole Living Magazine

Whole Living magazine is seeking a Freelance Art Director to work as a part of the team, to participate in the design evolution of FOB sections, and overall design of editorial pages. We are looking for a creative individual who has experience with editorial design navigation and should have a sophisticated design sense, strong grasp of typography, 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. We will also be creating an tandem iPad version of the issue during the same period and are looking for individuals who have had experience with tablet publishing, and how the printed page gets translated to a digital platform.