Graphic Designer, University of Florida

Job Description: The Arts/Publications Production Specialist described herein works directly with the director of Advancement Communications. The incumbent’s duties include art direction, design, and layout of a variety of assignments involving advertising, Web sites, promotional materials, brochures, newsletters, and other collateral for news and marketing purposes. He/she designs an array of materials for the Health Science Center’s advancement communications team. The incumbent must be proficient in Adobe Creative Suite with emphasis in InDesign. He/she assists the creative team with brainstorming and branding strategies. The incumbent must have excellent organizational and planning skills.

Job Requirements:

• Master’s degree in an appropriate area; or a bachelor's degree in an appropriate area and two years of experience with an emphasis on graphic design.

• Basic knowledge of the interface of graphic design with commercial printing

• Knowledge of the fine arts and their relevance to creating promotional materials that impresses and inspire

• Knowledge of layouts, graphic fundamentals, typography, and Flash; must have the ability to storyboard or translate ideas to designers and develop innovative graphics solutions for both print and Web

• Good understanding of typesetting

• Basic knowledge of commercial printing

• Proficiency with InDesign, PageMaker, Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark, or comparable electronic design software

• Proficient at transitioning printed publications to e-Publications

• Writing and editing skills

• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team toward organizational objectives

• Ability to meet tight deadlines

• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously

• Organized and detail-oriented

Type of Job: Graphic Designer

City: Gainesville

State/Country: Florida

Duration: Full-time

Company: University of Florida

About Our Company: The University of Florida is an equal opportunity employer and top 10 public research university located in Gainesville, Florida.

How to Apply: Please apply at http://explore.jobs.ufl.edu/cw/en-us/job/510177/graphic-designer-ii

Assistant Photo Editor, Reader's Digest

Job Description: Trusted Media Brands is seeking a full-time Assistant Photo Editor to work at Reader’s Digest. Seeking a proactive creative with a positive attitude who has a passion for visuals: photography, illustration, video, and magazine publishing. This position will be shooting original photography for the print magazine and website, you need to be comfortable with studio equipment and lighting.
Other daily tasks include: digital asset management, photo shoot production, photo and illustration research and licensing, as well as invoicing and budgeting.

This position reports directly to the Visuals Director and is based in White Plains, NY. The ideal candidate would have 2-4 years’ experience either shooting original photography or at a media company and holds a degree in photography.

Job Requirements:
-Expert level of comfort within Photoshop (digital file formats, retouching, metadata, and color correction) is essential.
-Proficiency in additional programs within Adobe Creative Cloud: InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects.
-Experience shooting with studio lighting (Broncolor).
-Comfortable shooting in the studio tethered within Capture One.
-A great eye for all visuals, including photography, typography, illustration, and design.
-Ability to work quickly, adapt to changing priorities, and complete a list of daily assignments.
-Ability to work independently and be proactive.
-Highly organized, detail oriented, and excellent communication skills.
-Working within a DAM (Digital Asset Management) system handling archiving, metadata, and file naming.
-Photo research experience working within and researching on a stock imagery website.
-Not required but a plus: Basic animation and video editing.

Type of Job: Photo

City: White Plains

State/Country: NY

Duration: Full-time

Benefits: healthcare, gym reimbursement, parking, paid vacation

Company: Trusted Media Brands

About Our Company: This full-time position is located in our White Plains office, just a short distance from Manhattan, New Jersey and Connecticut. It is easily accessible via Metro North. We offer a free shuttle to our office, and free monthly parking if you are a commuter who would prefer to drive.

Contact Name: Rebecca Steele

Contact Email: rebecca.steele@rd.com

How to Apply: Send your resume, portfolio link, a quick note about why you are the right fit for this position, AND your go-to visual inspiration site to rebecca.steele@rd.com.

Associate Art Director, Meredith Special Interest Media

Job Description: We’re seeking a designer/art director to create special edition print magazines for a wide variety of Meredith brands. After an initial planning discussion with the editorial director and creative director, the associate art director works closely with an editor and photo editor to create an entire special edition on a given topic (usually 96 editorial pages). Throughout the process, the work is reviewed and critiqued by the editorial director and creative director, and feedback is incorporated into the layouts.

Job Requirements:

• 5+ years of proven work experience at comparable consumer publications

• A strong, diverse design portfolio

• Proficient use of InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator

• A collaborative multi-tasker

Type of Job: Design

City: New York

State/Country: NY

Duration: Full-time

Benefits: Yes

Company: Meredith

About Our Company: Meredith Corporation has been committed to service journalism for more than 115 years. Today, Meredith uses multiple distribution platforms to provide consumers with content they desire and to deliver the messages of its advertising and marketing partners. Meredith's National Media Group reaches 175 million unduplicated American consumers every month, including 80 percent of U.S. Millennial women.

Contact Name: Gary Stewart

Contact Email: gary.stewart@meredith.com

How to Apply: Send resume with link to your work samples to gary.stewart@meredith.com

Art Director, Southern Living

Job Description: We are looking for the right “somebody” with a passion to create award winning work and the desire, commitment, and effort it takes to achieve it. As the art director you will help to define the overall vision of the brand. Work with some of the top photographers, prop stylists, and food stylists in the business. Collaborate with the creative director, designers, photo editors and editors to create the most intriguing, stylish, and beautiful pages possible.

Job Requirements:

• Designing Features, departments and covers

• Conceptualizing art and photo ideas

• Art directing photo shoots both in-house and on-location (some travel required)

• Mentoring junior designers

• InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop

• Multi-tasker

• Collaborative

• Good communication skills

Type of Job: Design

City: Birmingham

State/Country: AL

Duration: Full-time

Benefits: Yes

Company: Southern Living

About Our Company: Southern Living is a Meredith Corporation brand, located in Birmingham, AL. We cover the food, the people, the places, and the things that make the South unique. We are a regional brand with national appeal. Our business is strong and our readers can’t get enough of us.

Contact Name: Robert Perino

Contact Email: robert.perino@meredith.com

How to Apply: Send resume with link to your work samples to robert.perino@meredith.com

Designer, Reader's Digest

Job Description: Are you a seasoned Intern, Art Assistant or Designer looking for your next step? Do you have a Pinterest board devoted to your favorite designs or an Instagram account that matches your eye? Are you a self-starter whose passion for design is rivaled only by the great stories you read? If so, we have an immediate opening to join our team.

Our ideal candidate is a quick study and creative multi-tasker with strong design, typographic and production skills. You have an eye for the details. You are comfortable and confident switching between our print and digital departments. You consistently meet deadlines with inspiring ideas and with a great attitude.

Our ideal candidate has a minimum of 1.5+ years of print magazine experience. Digital design experience (in a media context) is also on our wish list. This role reports directly to the Creative Director.

Job Requirements:
What you’ll do…
• Design editorial print pages for FOB/BOB sections, and some features.
• Design/translate pages for RD¹s large type edition and for RD.com.
• Produce clean, ready to publish layouts.
• Articulate and pitch design ideas including photography and illustration approaches for stories in art meetings.
• Commission illustrations and do photo research for the print and digital team as needed.
• Assist Production Manager to produce monthly digital editions and art archiving.
• Keep magazine wall up-to-date.

What you’ll bring …
• Excellent typography and layout skills
• Ability to think editorially and partner with editors on solutions.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to produce tight, neat layouts.
• Strong understanding of style sheets and templates.
• Ability to take direction, work well both independently—and collaboratively
• Expert in InDesign. Equally at home with Illustrator and Photoshop
• Well-versed in current magazine design trends.
• Proficiency in WordPress, HTML/CSS, InVision, and Sketch a plus

Type of Job: Design

City: White Plains

State/Country: New York

Duration: Full-time

Benefits: Competitive salary, Health, Dental, Vision, Free parking or shuttle, 401K

Company: Trusted Media Brands

About Our Company: This full-time position is located in our White Plains office, just a short distance from Manhattan, New Jersey and Connecticut. It is easily accessible via Metro North. We offer a free shuttle to our office, and free monthly parking if you are a commuter who would prefer to drive.

Contact Name: Courtney Murphy

Contact Email: courtney.murphy@trustedmediabrands.com

How to Apply: Please include a short email stating your interest in the job and why—plus any factors that make you good fit. Send your letter with subject line SPD JOB BOARD along with your resume and website link or a pdf of samples to Courtney Murphy, courtney.murphy@TrustedMediaBrands.com

Media Designer, This Old House

Job Description: This Old House Ventures is seeking a Media Designer, a staff position, to work on digital and print projects for all of This Old House’s platforms and groups, including Marketing, This Old House magazine, ThisOldHouse.com, This Old House and Ask This Old House TV. This position is a member of the Design team and works across the organization and mission. It’s equal parts production, creative design, and assisting design team members. The role involves design and production work including, but not limited to marketing projects, digital advertising, magazine editorial and ad pages, in-house corporate and brand materials, digital newsletters, video titling, and more, as well as supporting the creative director and art director as needed. The designer must be a self-starter, able to juggle multiple projects at the same time, skilled with desktop publishing programs, but especially InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, fluent in typography and image creation, and precise with production skills. Must have the ability to work hands-on from beginning to end of a project, as well as to work collaboratively with a team and with managers across the company. The position is based in Stamford, CT and reports to the Creative Director.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Create print and digital ads
• Create digital newsletters
• Create editorial and marketing print pages for This Old House magazine
• Work with the creative director and art director to assign illustrations, diagrams, and other
imagery
• Create in-house promotional materials, stationary, cards, signs, etc.
• Create animated digital ads, and graphics and images for social media and other digital
platforms
• Work with Vox team and its Chorus platform re: design for re-launched ThisOldHouse.com
• Assist in creation of promotional graphics, images and artwork for content on ThisOldHouse.com
• Create graphics and typography for TOH video segments
• Work with the TOH Concord office to create graphics to support the This Old House and Ask This Old House TV shows
• Assist the Photo Editor with researching photos and organizing photo shoots
• Assist TOH executives in preparing Powerpoint presentations, for corporate, advertising and marketing meetings and events
• Assist the TOH Insider team with developing newsletters, web graphics, merchandise, and event graphics and signage for the subscription/membership product

Job Requirements:
• At least 2-3 years’ experience in graphic design work in related design role
• Strong proficiency and experience in the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign) and able to work in Powerpoint and Keynote; experience with AfterEffects helpful
• Experience optimizing designs for online, mobile and digital platforms.
• Familiarity with trends in digital and editorial design essential
• Fluent with typography and image creation and manipulation
• Ability to work hard, fast, and precise, with a love of detail and a strong familiarity with production processes
• Capacity to quickly learn new software and equipment
• Able to work collaboratively as well as being a self-starter
• Essential: A joy and love of visual storytelling, art direction and graphic design, a hunger to learn, and a dedication to building a brand
• Interest in the home improvement space a plus

Type of Job: Design

City: Stamford

State/Country: CT

Duration: Full-time

Company: This Old House Ventures

About Our Company: This Old House is the number one multi-platform home enthusiast brand, serving over 33 million consumers each month with trusted information and expert advice through its EMMY
award-winning television shows This Old House and Ask This Old House on PBS (started airing 1979), its highly regarded This Old House magazine and its inspiration and information-driven digital properties, including Webby Award-winning ThisOldHouse.com

How to Apply: Please send your cover letter, resume with salary requirements to: Resumes@thisoldhouse.com