Freelance Art Director, Food Network Magazine

Job Description: Food Network Magazine is looking for a freelance mid-level art director for a one to two month commitment. We’re a fast-paced but fun and energetic group (and there will be snacks!) The candidate will contribute to designing all sections of the magazine independently as well as being a team player.

Job Requirements: Must be comfortable working with editors on projects from concept to completion. Experience directing photo shoots is a plus (working on food shoots an additional plus). Must have full knowledge of page production, color mark-up and preflighting final InDesign files.

Type of Job: Print Design

City: New York

Region: NY

Duration: Freelance

Company: Hearst

About Our Company: Hearst Magazines is one of the world's largest publishers of monthly magazines, with 25 U.S. titles and close to 300 international editions. Hearst Magazines also publishes 19 magazines in the United Kingdom through its wholly owned subsidiary, Hearst Magazines UK.

Contact Name: Ian Doherty

Contact Email: idoherty@hearst.com

How to Apply: Email resume and PDF samples.

Art Director, American Way Magazine

Job Description: We’re looking for someone with flair and creative passion. They must have a friendly can-do attitude, be inclusive with their ideas and deliver great content. The position is deadline-driven, so they must be comfortable working within a fast-paced environment, across multiple titles. 

Responsibilities
You will be:
• art directing and leading the design of all creative for the American Airlines account
• working with the picture desk to organize all photoshoots and image call-ins
• art directing photoshoots where needed
• working closely with the editors to plan and execute each magazine
• working with in-house and overseas production teams to ensure delivery of designed files in a timely manner 
• managing the creative budget

Job Requirements:

Skills
A successful candidate must have:
• minimum 8-years experience art directing
• proficiency with InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
• have a great contacts book
• strong background in commissioning illustrators and photographers
• experience working across multi-platforms

Compensation
What we offer:
• Competitive salary 
• Health, dental and vision coverage
• Life insurance and 401k plan
• Paid time off
• Great working environment

Type of Job: Design, Print, Art Direction

City: Miami

Region: Coral Gables

Duration: Full-time

Company: Ink Publishing

About Our Company: Ink, the world’s largest travel media company, is looking for a motivated and dynamic Art Director to join our award-winning team on the American Airlines account. Publications include main-cabin American Way, Spanish/Portuguese Nexos and premium cabin Celebrated Living.

Benefits: Competitive Salary, Medical, Vision, Dental and Life insurance, 401k, paid vacation

Contact Name: Ara Baez

Contact Email: ara.baez@ink-global.com

How to Apply: Please send your resume and link to your previous work to ara.baez@ink-global.com

Art Director, Pacific Standard

Job Description: Ready for the next step? Come make your mark on the design and art direction of an award-winning digital magazine on social and environmental justice.

You'll spend some quality alone time working hands-on to design elements for the website—but you'll also collaborate with editors, writers, our engagement team, and other key members of the Pacific Standard newsroom to produce awesome, industry-leading work.

You'll have the opportunity to work on both large products—like our website and newsletters—and help us find innovative ways to create engaging daily and enterprise storytelling, building on the award-winning art and photography we've become known for. You will have a high degree of autonomy and oversee Pacific Standard's visual identity across publishing platforms and on projects both large and small.

ABOUT YOU
* You have a proven track record of solving complex design challenges, and have an online portfolio to demonstrate your experience with real work examples.
* You have an eye for visually compelling photography and illustration and an understanding of how to use them to deepen readers' experiences.
* You can design and create visually engaging, on-brand illustrations and iconography for Pacific Standard's evolving digital presence.
* You have strong communication skills, and can make design decisions with the organization's mission and goals in mind.
* You have a collaborative attitude, a sense of humor, and an open and curious mind.
* You're deeply interested in the intersection of social justice and visual art.
* You can create/curate a distinctive and consistent look and feel for the Pacific Standard brand.
* You're able to help the organization grow in the areas of multimedia and interactivity.
* You believe that stories can generate empathy, and that design can maximize the extent that they can engage, inspire, and challenge.

Job Requirements:

REQUIREMENTS
* Experience providing art direction to illustrators, photographers, and other creative minds.
* A background in visual design with an appreciation for the finer arts of typography, layouts, and spacing.
* A solid foundation in design thinking and user experience principles.
* Knowledge of HTML & CSS, and a working knowledge of modern JavaScript.

We don't expect you to have all of these abilities, and we know you'll bring interesting skills and experiences that we haven't thought of. Don't hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.

This is a full-time position based out of Pacific Standard's Santa Barbara headquarters. We offer a competitive salary, commensurate with experience, and a generous benefits package. You will be a member of our newly formed audience desk, which oversees the packaging, presentation, and distribution of Pacific Standard's content across our Website, social media accounts, and other projects.

Type of Job: Digital Design, Web Design, illustration, Art Direction

City: Santa Barbara

Region: California

Duration: Full-time

Company: Pacific Standard

About Our Company: Pacific Standard publishes stories that matter, stories that, by virtue of their ideas and craft, are capable of creating a better and more just society. With a methodology that mixes rigorous reporting and narrative journalism with peer-reviewed research, we are fiercely committed to covering social and environmental justice.

Benefits: Generous benefits package including medical and health benefits

Contact Name: Eric Zassenhaus

Contact Email: ezassenhaus@psmag.com

How to Apply: To apply, send us a résumé, cover letter, and several examples of work to ezassenhaus@psmag.com.

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