Creative Director, Open Sky Media

Job Description: Open Sky Media has an immediate opening for a talented creative director to lead a small art department in production of its Austin and San Antonio-based publications. We’re seeking a design professional with at least 5 years of experience to join the team of this city magazine publisher. We value team players who are dedicated to creating a superior product every month and working collaboratively in an editorial environment where creative thinking, problem solving and multitasking are essential skills. 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE
• Managing a team of editorial and ad designers in design and layout of two monthly city magazines (Austin Monthly and San Antonio Magazine), plus three quarterly magazines. 
• Concept and execution of cover and features for monthly titles
• Working collaboratively with editors in development of stories from idea phase to production
• Preparing files for printer
• Cultivating stable of freelance photographers, illustrators and artists
• Working with editorial director to manage monthly freelance budget
• Overseeing overall look of brands across platforms, to include digital work, marketing and event collateral
• Supporting additional corporate initiatives and ancillary or custom projects as needed

Job Requirements:

• 5 years experience in editorial design, with minimum 1 year managerial experience
• Bachelors degree preferred
• Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative software and Macs
• A clean, crisp and modern design aesthetic
• Mastery of typography
• Superior communication skills and a friendly, can-do attitude
• The ability to work independently, while being receptive to feedback
• Collaborative spirit; knows when to delegate and enjoys helping others develop their skills
• Strong organizational skills and ability to meet strict deadlines
• Consistent attention to detail
• Creativity to conceptualize new approaches to recurring stories

Type of Job: Design

City: Austin

Region: Texas

Duration: Full-time

Company: Open Sky Media

About Our Company: Open Sky Media publishes city and lifestyle publications in the heart of Texas. Its portfolio includes Austin Monthly, San Antonio Magazine, Austin Home, Casa San Antonio and Texas Music. The company’s award-winning creative teams also help tell the stories of community partners through custom publications, such as Authentic Texas, Big Give, I Live Here I Give Here and Platinum Top 50 Realtor Directory. Though huge proponents of the power of print, OSM’s brands also connect with audiences digitally and in person at live events.

Contact Email: jobs@austinmonthly.com

How to Apply: Send resume, portfolio and salary requirements to jobs@austinmonthly.com.

Brand and Design Specialist, turnerboone

Job Description: turnerboone is seeking a Brand and Design Specialist to join its dynamic and growing marketing team. As the company grows, this position has the opportunity to grow with it. This talented individual is a fresh creative thinker with an ability to support marketing efforts while lending new thinking. The right candidate is a hybrid design professional that is equally comfortable creating content as they are designing it. He or she has innate attention to detail and is able to stay structured while delivering creative for multiple deadlines. turnerboone has an entrepreneurial environment, often requiring team members to wear many hats. The ideal candidate will be the ultimate team player to do what it takes to help win projects and move our fast-growing company forward.

The Brand and Design Specialist is responsible for supporting comprehensive design projects, and ultimately will create, optimize and organize design elements for both print and digital projects. Specific deliverables span photography, events, presentations, digital media/video, social media, print/web/digital design support, UI/UX and other larger creative initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a portfolio that reflects his/her design abilities and strengths, have excellent time management skills, be able to work without constant supervision, be a self-starter, and be able to easily transition from high-level conceptual thinking down to the smallest detail.

This position reports to the Brand and Creative Director.

Job Requirements:

Marketing Support
• Serve as Designer on a wide range of projects
• Work as part of a team and actively participate in internal kick-offs, brainstorming sessions, and reviews
• Work with brand team to refine and further develop the brand, including creating guidelines and templates which educate the organization and other partners on our brand positioning and how we communicate that to our customers
• Ability to develop creative that follows creative briefs and adhere to business objectives
• Assist with marketing content, including concept development, research, writing, editing, proofreading, design, and distribution
• Juggle multiple projects while developing high-quality creative and meeting deadlines
• Create successful designs for print, web, social media, digital resources, email and presentations using skills in Adobe Creative Suite software
• Optimize photography for use across all marketing channels – print, digital, web, social
• Be able to manage production art and preparing files for press
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of the turnerboone brand and maintain its integrity in the creative development
• Support brand team through various activities, including research, pricing, and project management

Innovation
• Stay abreast of trends in design and technology to ensure creative solutions are relevant
• Possess a passion for new technologies, models, channels, and mediums
• Consistently raise the creative bar and design solutions that lift and evolve the turnerboone brand

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
• Proven experience in design applied to print, digital and web
• Strong knowledge of print design specifications, as well as current digital platforms, front-end web design, infographics, social media platforms, and email templates
• Ability to take direction and work in a team environment to arrive at the best creative solution
• A great sense of design, visual balance and typography
• Experience and expertise in concept development, research, writing, editing, proofreading
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and verbally) with account managers, project managers, and internal teams
• Attention to detail and a focus on quality is a must
• Strong work ethic and pride in delivering superior results
• Experience and expertise with current graphic design software and tools, practices and procedures including Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word, Keynote and others
• Knowledge of layout, graphic fundamentals, typography, possibilities and limitations of media
• Organizational skills with the ability to prioritize assignments, and work successfully in a deadline driven environment
• Video editing experience a plus

Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree required (concentration in Graphic Design or equivalent)
• 1-3 years’ experience in a Designer role
• Work in our office located on the Westside, King Plow Arts Center
• Must submit resumes and relevant samples of your work

Type of Job: Brand and Design Specialist

City: Atlanta

Region: Georgia

Duration: Full-time

Company: turnerboone

About Our Company: We create beautiful and functional workspaces for all kinds of cutting edge companies and institutions in the Atlanta area and all over North America. We represent over 200 of the best furniture design companies in the world, including but not limited to Haworth, Moroso, OFS Brands, Buzzispace, and many others. We need an individual who has the ability to showcase these high design brands, communicate our value proposition and increase our brand awareness through innovative campaigns and responses. We are located in a historic loft showroom in the King Plow Arts district in West Midtown Atlanta. Who shows up here everyday? Dynamic people looking for work life balance and our golden retriever Sunni. We work hard, play hard and strive to be excellent and to win. If we are not growing we are bored. Our clients comprise some of Atlanta’s global brands, including but not limited to the Coca-Cola Company, UPS, Georgia Pacific, Norfolk Southern, and many others. Learn more about our company culture. https://tinyurl.com/y84qtkt7 | turnerboone.com

Benefits: turnerboone offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes competitive salaries, 401K, health/dental/vision insurance, flex time and remote work. Job Type: Full-time Salary: $40,000.00 to $50,000.00 /year

Contact Name: Abby Hayes

Contact Email: abby@turnerboone.com

How to Apply: Please submit resume & samples of work.

Marketing Promotions Associate, Foreign Affairs

Job Description: Founded in 1922, Foreign Affairs is published by the Council on Foreign Relations, which is a leading independent, national membership organization and nonpartisan center for scholars dedicated to producing and disseminating foreign policy ideas. Foreign Affairs publishes insightful commentary on global politics, diplomacy, and economics from experts with a wide range of views.

The Marketing Associate, Promotions reports to the Marketing Director, Foreign Affairs, and is assigned to help with the day-to-day branding tasks associated with running the magazine. These tasks include graphic design and quality control for subscription marketing campaigns and content marketing campaigns, as well as digital design tasks and the occasional staging of emails and newsletters. This role occasionally requires working with external vendors, conducting research projects and assisting with promotions for our advertising and events teams as needed.

The position is excellent for a candidate interested in hands-on experience with all the marketing operations of a multimedia publication that includes print, digital, advertising and events departments.

The major responsibilities of this position will include (but are not limited to):

• Executing design-related tasks for all email and social media subscription and content marketing campaigns, including creating and updating marketing collateral for Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram using Adobe Creative Suite and occasionally creating print ads to run in the bi-monthly magazine.

• Conducting research projects and working on new initiatives (e.g. research, design, and quality control for new subscription premiums, or researching options for a Foreign Affairs store or a new high-end subscription tier).

• Assisting with draft copy for subscription marketing campaigns and content marketing campaigns.

• Working with remote vendors on oversight and quality control of design and copy for direct mail, renewals, and billing communications.

• Designing, maintaining, and updating house ads in Google DoubleClick for Publishers.

• Working with our Advertising and Events teams on digital promotions for sponsored products and events.

• Acting as a departmental backup for staging and deployment of email marketing efforts, including occasional email newsletter when needed.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (e.g. graphic design, communications design, branding design, marketing design, or related major) with high academic achievement

• 1+ years of experience in publishing, media, marketing, or a related industry preferred

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including clear and effective written communication

• High level of proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office, proficiency with InDesign

• Excellent organizational skills with strong attention to detail

• Results-oriented self-starter who can work independently and as part of a team

• Experience or interest in international relations and foreign policy a plus

• Basic HTML proficiency preferred

Type of Job: Design, Marketing

City: New York

Region: Mid-Atlantic

Duration: Full-time

Company: Council on Foreign Relations

About Our Company: Founded in 1921, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is a leading nonprofit membership organization, research center, and publisher, with headquarters in New York, an office in Washington, DC, and programs nationwide. It is dedicated to increasing America's understanding of the world and contributing ideas to U.S. foreign policy. CFR's 5,000+ members are leaders in international affairs and foreign policy. CFR also publishes Foreign Affairs, the preeminent magazine on global issues, and provides up-to-date information about the world and U.S. foreign policy on its award-winning website, CFR.org.

How to Apply: https://careers-cfr.icims.com/jobs/1398/marketing-promotions-associate/job

Senior Designer, HBR Magazine

Job Description: With minimal oversight and guidance, the senior designer should be able to create brand appropriate packaging and design in line with the established creative vision, for all pages and templates within the HBR magazine and its affiliated products. In addition to 6 regular issues of HBR, the senior designer will play a critical strategic role in managing the design and production of 4 single topic issue magazines (under the OnPoint brand) and the occasional SIP (Special Issue). 

Responsibilities include: 
• concept and ideation,
• stakeholder communication, 
• defining and attending meetings, 
• visual research, 
• creative assignments, 
• digital planning, 
• designing pages and templates 
• production mark ups and color correction, 
• purchasing, billing and invoicing. 
• identifying, managing, directing and supporting external free-lance designers

Candidates should have a high level of competency working in InDesign and K4 publishing software, and an ability to work with some level of proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, and Photoshop. They should have a minimum 5+ years of print art direction and design experience, ideally at an editorially driven publication.

Digital: The magazine senior designer should have a deep understanding of how the print creative content scales into a variety of social and digital platforms. This may include assigning (or creating) supplementary animation and video, assigning alternate versions of art, and having a deep familiarity with sizes, aspect ratios and content requirements for relevant platforms and devices. 

Data Visualization: The senior designer should have a working knowledge of a variety of information graphics structures, be able to discern whether or not data and the underlying message will translate visually, be able to engage in conversations regarding the relevance of data visualization in the context of a story. 

Team Culture: We work in a collaborative community that, at its core, is defined by a friendly, collegial and respectful approach to what we do. The right candidate will be able to work directly with editors, authors, marketing, ad sales, senior management, and all other partners within the organization in a way that is constructive and fosters an environment of good will. 

They should be able to work independently and with autonomy, while also intuitively incorporating feedback into their work. They should be able to identify priorities, manage their time wisely and make effective and relevant decisions based on an understanding of the overall business and the goals of the editorial and creative teams.

They should care deeply about quality and execution, have the ability to make compelling arguments in support of a vision, and have the maturity to see the value in multiple solutions and multiple points of view.

Job Requirements: 
5 years experience as a print designer in a media and content company preferably in magazines or newspapers. 

Must have advanced experience in Adobe InDesign and K4 publishing software, and some competency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

Type of Job: Design

City: Brighton

Region: Massachusetts

Duration: Full-time

Company: Harvard Business Review

About Our Company: Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, books, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review aims to provide professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to help lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.

How to Apply: Interested candidates should apply directly to Harvard Business Publishing's career page: http://harvardbusiness.force.com/careers/ts2__JobDetails?jobId=a0x1Y000007BdISQA0&tSource=

Principal Designer: University Development and Alumni Relations, University of California, Berkeley

Job Description: 

Job Title: Principal Designer (7467U), University Development and Alumni Relations #25976
Job ID: 25976
Location: Off Campus-Berkeley
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Department: Univ Dev and Alumni Rel

Application Review Date
The First Review Date for this job is: November 30, 2018

Departmental Overview
University Relations Marketing and Communications helps to build positive relationships with donors and potential donors in order to leverage support for the University. Our audiences include alumni, parents, foundations, students, faculty, staff, and friends. We are part of a full-service strategic marketing team, providing promotional, editorial, design, events, web, and donor and media relations services to support the entire spectrum of fundraising activities at Berkeley.

The Principal Designer plays a key role in supporting the fundraising efforts of the campus by creating compelling visual communications across a variety of print and digital media; the work of this position directly impacts the success of Berkeley’s fundraising, stewardship, and events programs in building relationships with—and securing support from—the University’s external audiences.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, and delivers files, graphics, and/or illustrations for visual media, both print and digital; examples of this include the creation of event-related collateral and/or web sites for campus initiatives.

• Consults with clients to plan and design presentation of visual information effectively and appropriate to target audiences and to the selected visual medium; products may include publications, brochures, displays, presentation slides, proposals, technical manuals, web sites, and other visual communications.

• Assesses complex or otherwise challenging written material and data and devises the best ways to present it visually to enhance its clarity and impact.

• Develops and produces visual presentations, devising visual themes that strengthen the communication of ideas and information.

• Works closely with project managers, writers, and clients to understand communication requirements, determine most appropriate medium, and create cost-effective products.

• Demonstrates advanced understanding of printing and other production processes, and of computer software for publishing, images, web sites, and various other media

• Provides high level guidance on design and publishing technology, services for web design, or expertise on printing and other production processes for final products.

• Effectively meets budget and time constraints.

• Leads others in department to achieve project and departmental goals and objectives.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of design and communications concepts and applicable software applications.

• Advanced knowledge of production processes for a variety of media, and knowledge of vendor requirements for a variety of products.

• Advanced knowledge of the campus, including its vision, mission, goals, and objectives.

• Advanced design, creative and artistic skills.

• Ability to devise broad design ideas, present them to clients, and produce results on time and within budget.

• Strong interpersonal communications skills, including active listening skills and the ability to work effectively within teams

• Ability to effectively provide advanced design advice and consultation to clients on all aspects of visual communications.

• Critical thinking skills, advanced organizational skills and proactive problem-solving/problem resolution skills.

• Ability to lead and mentor others in the department.
  

Salary & Benefits

• For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit:
  http://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html

Conviction History Background

• This is a designated position requiring fingerprinting and a background check due to the nature of the job responsibilities. Berkeley does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities. The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check.

Equal Employment Opportunity

• The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant see: http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf
  For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see:
  http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct

Job Requirements:
Education/Training:

• Bachelors degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training

Type of Job: Other

City: Berkeley

Region: CA

Duration: Full-time

Company: University of California, Berkeley

About Our Company: The University of California, Berkeley, is one of the world’s most iconic teaching and research institutions. Since 1868, Berkeley has fueled a perpetual renaissance, generating unparalleled intellectual, economic and social value in California, the United States and the world. Berkeley’s culture of openness, freedom and acceptance—academic and artistic, political and cultural—make it a very special place for students, faculty and staff.

Berkeley is committed to hiring and developing staff who want to work in a high performing culture that supports the outstanding work of our faculty and students. In deciding whether to apply for a staff position at Berkeley, candidates are strongly encouraged to consider the alignment of the Berkeley Workplace Culture with their potential for success at http://jobs.berkeley.edu/why-berkeley.html.

How to Apply: Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying. To Apply, visit: http://apptrkr.com/1343811

Art Director, The Lily at The Washington Post

Job Description: The Washington Post’s Emerging News Products team has an immediate opening for an Art Director on The Lily. This role requires a well-rounded visual journalist who can design, illustrate and art direct across The Lily’s platforms.

See examples of work done by our art directors at www.thelily.com or by searching for @thelilynews on Instagram.

Job Requirements: We are looking for someone who understands The Lily’s brand and is excited to design within our established visual voice. This person must be highly organized and able to produce quality work in a fast-paced environment. On any given day, you will be expected to design or illustrate share images for several stories, plan Instagram posts and work on longer-term projects.

Art directors on The Lily work closely with the rest of our team, so a collaborative spirit is a must. For example, you may work with our video editor to create graphics for a series, or our multiplatform editors to design our twice-weekly newsletter, Lily Lines. We are looking for a designer who is excited to contribute ideas. In the past, our designers’ ideas have included a mural for International Women’s Day and a zine for The Lily’s first anniversary.

Ideal candidates will have a portfolio demonstrating a strong use of typography, photo-editing skills, the creation of original illustration and experience directing illustrators.

Type of Job: Digital

City: Washington

Region: DC

Duration: Full-time

Company: thelily.com

About Our Company: The Lily is a publication from The Washington Post that elevates stories critical to the lives of women. The Lily is named after the first U.S. paper made by women, started in 1849 by Amelia Bloomer. Read more about our mission here: https://www.thelily.com/welcome-to-the-lily/

How to Apply: Interested candidates should send a resume, cover letter explaining your strengths and a PDF portfolio with six examples of recent work to Christopher Meighan (christopher.meighan@washpost.com), Amy King (amy.king@washpost.com) or Tracy Grant (tracy.grant@washpost.com) by Dec. 7. Please use the subject line “THE LILY ART DIRECTOR: YOUR NAME.”