Job Description: AFAR Media, the critically acclaimed travel media brand headquartered in San Francisco and New York, is seeking an experienced, enthusiastic creative director to join our team. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of print magazine experience, strong typographic expertise, a keen eye for photography and illustration, and a sophisticated and innovative design sensibility. Both print editorial and digital design experience (in a media context) are essential. This role reports directly to the VP, Editor in Chief. This position is based in our San Francisco office.

Job duties
• Lead a creative team of 5 full-time in-house designers, photo editors, and video editors
• Be the visual steward for the overall AFAR Media brand, which includes the bimonthly magazine, AFAR.com, the non-profit AFAR Foundation, and ancillary special projects
• Work with editors and the creative team to define and craft the look of AFAR through photos, illustrations, and design
• Work with outside illustrators, typographers, motion graphics animators, and other artists to commission original work for AFAR
• Design magazine feature stories, departments, and covers
• Be a key decision maker on AFAR’s nascent video strategy

Job Requirements:
• Be a confident strategic and creative thinker who wants to roll up his/her sleeves
• Have solid managerial, leadership, and team-building experience
• Must be an entrepreneurial self-starter with a collaborative spirit
• Able to recruit, cultivate, and retain top staff and freelance talent
• Must have excellent organizational, communication, delegation, and time management skills
• Be both a workhorse and an ideas person who is excited to work with multiple departments (product, audience development, engineering, sales and marketing)
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, PhotoShop, and Illustrator
• Must have experience defining the look and feel of a print magazine
• Must have experience defining the look and feel of a website and be up to date on digital media design best practices and current trends
• Thorough knowledge of image processing and retouching, color correction, and CMYK pre-press and printing processes
• Must find satisfaction in both contributing ideas and doing the work to make them happen
• Must be detail-oriented and deadline-savvy
• Must have a passion for travel, and be interested in conceptualizing new and interesting ways to look at travel

Type of Job: Design

City: San Francisco

State/Country: CA

Duration: Full-time

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401K, annual travel stipend

Company: AFAR Media

About Our Company: Headquartered in San Francisco and New York, AFAR is the multi-platform travel media brand that inspires and guides those who travel the world to have deeper, richer, more fulfilling experiences. The company launched in 2009. AFAR is the most critically acclaimed travel media brand, having received four National Magazine Award nominations, numerous Lowell Thomas Awards, and SPD Awards since our launch. Please send a resume and a link to a portfolio site, as well as salary requirements, with the subject line “Creative Director” to Breanna Rhoades, breanna@afar.com

Contact Name: Breanna Rhoades

Contact Email: breanna@afar.com

How to Apply: Please send a resume and a link to a portfolio site, as well as salary requirements, with the subject line “Creative Director” to jobs@afar.com