Visual Designer, Temporary, ProPublica

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Job Description: ProPublica is seeking a creative and organized designer to bring our evolving visual brand to life. This role is responsible for creating and maintaining compelling visual materials that connect with audiences across all our platforms and channels.

You will be responsible for designing and supporting a wide range of compelling assets that advance our mission — from marketing campaigns and event materials to donor-facing reports. This role will work closely with teams across the organization — including audience, communications and development/fundraising — to ensure we have a cohesive, inspiring and effective experience across the brand. The ideal candidate is a proactive problem-solver who excels at managing multiple projects from concept to completion and who will champion design excellence in a mission-driven environment.

This is a two-year, time-limited role and will report to the design director. This job is full time on a temporary, two-year basis, and it includes benefits. ProPublica is based in New York, but we’re open to remote candidates. We have offices in New York City; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; Chicago; Austin, Texas; Phoenix; and Berkeley, California. Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S.

The expected salary range for this position is $85,000 to $95,000. This is a good-faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this position. The final salary figure will take into account a person’s experience, accomplishment and location. ProPublica is committed to paying its staff equitably, and these ranges should not be considered career salary limits or caps.

We will begin reviewing applications as we receive them, but we will continue to consider candidates as long as the posting remains live on our site.

Questions? Send an email to talent@propublica.org.  No phone calls, please.

Job Requirements:

Core Responsibilities

  • Conceptualize and design a variety of assets, primarily for digital platforms, including marketing materials, reports, social media posts and more.

  • Ensure ProPublica’s brand is represented cohesively across third-party surfaces, such as Instagram, Apple News, email newsletters and other social platforms.

  • Create and maintain a central library of reusable brand design templates, components and documentation for various teams, including social media graphics, newsletter assets, podcast art, event materials and presentations.

  • Collaborate across teams to understand project goals, provide design solutions and deliver effective, on-brand creative. Communicate effectively and navigate feedback from various stakeholders in a professional and constructive manner.

  • Manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritizing tasks, seeking feedback, meeting deadlines and working independently. 

  • Work with external vendors, such as printers and suppliers, to ensure high-quality production and delivery of physical materials.

Skills Required

  • Minimum of five years of professional graphic design experience, preferably at a news organization, mission-driven nonprofit or at a design/branding agency.

  • A portfolio demonstrating design excellence, including a strong grasp of typography, composition and color.

  • Expert proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) and Google Workspace (Docs and Slides).

  • Proven experience designing a wide range of digital and print materials while strictly adhering to and championing brand guidelines.

  • Strong communication skills (written and verbal) and the ability to articulate design concepts and incorporate feedback constructively.

  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with other designers and across multidisciplinary teams.

  • Experience managing relationships with print vendors and preparing production-ready files.

  • Excellent organizational and project management skills; ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.

  • Ability to travel, as necessary, for team meetings and training.

Nice to Have

  • Experience creating illustration, custom type/lettering or motion graphics (e.g., After Effects, Premiere).

  • Knowledge of basic HTML and CSS and publishing systems such as WordPress or Squarespace

Type of Job: Visual Design

City: New York

State/Country: New York

Duration: Contract (Freelance)

Company: ProPublica

About Our Company: ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. We dig deep into important issues, shining a light on abuses of power and betrayals of public trust — and we stick with those issues as long as it takes to hold power to account.

How to Apply: https://grnh.se/1q9dg7d56us

Print Magazine Designer (Freelance), Pentagram

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Job Description: Pentagram is seeking an experienced, mid-level magazine designer to help our team produce a quarterly print publication for a high-profile client. This would be a freelance position requiring about 4 weeks of full-time work per issue, and a commitment to work on at least 4 issues a year. The first two assignments would take place from January through March 2026 (with a few weeks off in February). Schedules do shift occasionally, so flexibility is a must. Work can be done in our New York office, or remotely during U.S. business hours, if needed.

Key responsibilities:

  • Concept, design, and lay out 10-16 feature articles over a 4-week period, using brand styles and templates.

  • Collaborate with internal and external teams on photo selection and revisions.

  • Participate in team meetings and planning sessions with creative and editorial staff, presenting concepts and layouts to leadership.

  • Flow copy, adjust layouts as needed, and prepare pages for production.

Job Requirements: The ideal graphic designer should possess the following qualifications:

  • A strong portfolio showcasing magazine or publication design experience

  • Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign and Photoshop

  • Familiarity preparing files for print publication

  • The ability to meet multiple (often tight) deadlines

  • Excellent collaboration skills

  • Attention to detail

  • Adaptability and flexibility

  • Ability to work occasional evening hours as needed

  • An interest in the entertainment industry, particularly film and television

Type of Job: Design, Graphic Design, Art Direction

City: New York or Remote

State/Country: NY or Remote

Duration: Freelance, ongoing for 4 weeks at a time, 4+ times per year

Company: Pentagram

About Our Company: Pentagram is a multi-disciplinary, independently owned design studio, where 23 partners work independently and collaboratively to shape the future of design. Guided by curiosity and intellect, we create work that redefines ideas, shifts perceptions, and leaves an imprint across disciplines and industries.

Every designer at Pentagram works on a team led by one of our partners. This means each gets the experience of working in a small, hands-on setting with access to the resources of a large, international firm. The design teams are augmented by project managers and administrators, all of whom support Pentagram's design-led ethos. If this way of working appeals to you, please consider joining us.

Contact Name: Virginia Shannon

Contact Email: virginia.shannon@pentagram.com

How to Apply: Please send an email and portfolio of print editorial work to virginia.shannon@pentagram.com

Senior Digital Designer, Forbes Media

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Job Description:

  • Ensure a consistent visual style across all platforms that aligns with Forbes’ Brand Guidelines.

  • AI Prompt Engineering:

    • Craft detailed and effective prompts for AI image generation tools (e.g., Google Gemini AI, Getty AI and Adobe Firefly) to produce desired visual outputs.

    • Iterate and refine prompts based on generated results, optimizing for accuracy and creativity.

    • Explore and experiment with emerging AI design tools and techniques.

  • Lead larger list packages with the ability to delegate tasks as needed.

  • Collaborate with the editorial, photo, video, social, product and tech teams to determine the best approach to storytelling across all Forbes’ digital platforms.

  • In our fast paced news environment, designers will be assigned 3-4 stories a week or focus on larger list packages and are expected to own all aspects of creative production. Including …

    • Lead creative brainstorms.

    • Create conceptual artwork using photography, original illustration style or art directing an outside illustrator.

    • Manage the flow of stories with writers and editors using our in house CMS.

    • Design necessary charts and infographics.

    • Create promotional assets to run on social media and Forbes.com.

Collections here
Articles: https://www.forbes.com/daily-cover-stories
Best of 2024 Illustration: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesstaff/2025/01/03/the-best-of-forbes-illustration-2024/
Best of 2023 Photography: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesstaff/2025/01/03/the-best-of-forbes-photography-2024/

This job can be fully remote.

Job Requirements:

  • An image maker at heart, the ideal candidate has an aptitude for graphic creation, illustration and photo collage with the ability to create art independently for daily feature stories.

  • BA/BFA in design or illustration with 4-7 years of digital design experience, preferably at a media or editorial publishing company.

  • Advanced knowledge and applied experience in editorial illustration and visual storytelling.

  • Process rooted in strong conceptual thinking with a sophisticated sense of digital design, composition and typography.

  • Fluent in the full Adobe Creative Suite and Figma. Knowledge of Adobe After Effects is preferred.

  • Comfortable using generative AI tools like Google Gemini AI, GettyAI and Adobe Firefly with the ability to expand your knowledge as new tools enter the market.

  • You enjoy staying current on design trends and industry technology, sharing findings with the department to facilitate new ways of thinking, working and problem solving.

  • Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multitask and prioritize in a fast-paced, breaking news environment under tight deadlines.

  • Strong communication skills.

  • A portfolio that demonstrates an eye for storytelling, excellent taste, a passion for design and a keen sense of what will perform well on different digital platforms.

  • Applications without an online portfolio will not be considered. Please share examples of work that demonstrate a variety of skills mentioned above. A design test will be required for final candidates.

The annual base salary range for this role is $80,000 - $85,000

Type of Job: Digital Design

City: Jersey City

State/Country: United States

Duration: Full Time

Company: Forbes Media

About Our Company: Forbes is an iconic global media brand that has symbolized success for over a century. Fueled by journalism that informs and inspires, Forbes spotlights the doers and doings shaping industries, achieving success and making an impact on the world. Forbes connects and convenes the most influential communities ranging from billionaires, business leaders and rising entrepreneurs to creators and innovators. The Forbes brand reaches more than 140 million people monthly worldwide through its trusted journalism, signature ForbesLive events and 49 licensed local editions in 81 countries.

The editorial team drives the look and feel of the brand. We creatively lead a range of work, from daily feature stories to large scale Forbes lists like 30 Under 30, Top Creators, the Forbes 400 and The World’s Billionaires List. Our designers collaborate across the newsroom, product, tech, marketing and live event teams to tell holistic stories that add value to our audience's everyday lives.

Forbes aims to offer employees the flexibility they need in order to be successful. Some positions may require candidates to be based in a specific location for consideration while some roles may be fully remote (within the U.S.) if it aligns with the needs of the position. This position is only open to candidates residing in California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, & Washington. Due to business operations and compliance requirements, we are unable to consider applicants based outside these states at this time.

Forbes is an equal opportunity employer.

How to Apply: https://www.forbes.com/careers-at-forbes/job?id=5615390004&cachebust=1761664567667

Lead Designer, Totei

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Job Description: Totei is looking for a Lead Designer to help bring these stories to life visually, emotionally, and experientially across a range of mediums. You’ll collaborate closely with the Editor in Chief, photo and social editors, and other creative partners to develop elegant layouts, define visual storytelling systems, commission original art, and shape how we present narratives end to end.

You’ll be hands-on in execution while also setting the creative bar and building scalable systems. Over time, you'll help grow creative processes and mentor junior contributors. Forward-thinking and ambitious design is core to Totei, and this is a rare opportunity to join an early team and help shape an innovative visual identity.

Job Requirements:

Core design work

  • Lead editorial design across digital and social channels (features, social accounts, newsletters, infographics, art direction, etc.)

  • Define and evolve Totei’s visual systems — typography, grid, illustration style, and brand elements

  • Build prototypes, templates, and tools to support scalable design workflows

  • Lead interactive storytelling and custom editorial treatments

  • Refine details while zooming out to guide overall creative direction

  • Manage freelance contributors and mentor potential future hires

Creative leadership

  • Set a high standard for design quality through refined visual and experiential execution

  • Collaborate closely with editorial leadership and cross-functional partners to shape and deliver a bold, cohesive vision for the full user journey.

  • Lead with a user-first mindset, elevating experience design as a key driver of value and differentiation.

  • Reinforce the brand’s identity and integrity through design choices that build credibility and clearly communicate what sets us apart.

  • Promote a culture of rapid prototyping and design-led problem solving that empowers teams to test, learn, and refine impactful experiences.

Basic qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in digital design, with a strong foundation in both visual and interactive work

  • A refined eye for typography, layout, color, motion, and user behavior, with the ability to translate these elements into intuitive, beautiful experiences

  • Proficient in Figma and skilled in fast-paced, iterative design and prototyping workflows

  • Experienced in developing and maintaining cohesive digital design systems that scale across platforms and screen sizes

  • Familiarity with designing for multimedia formats — including video, audio, and graphics — and integrating them seamlessly into digital experiences

  • Strong grasp of designing for social media, with the ability to create compelling visual assets that are optimized for engagement across channels like Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn

Preferred qualifications

  • Deep interest in storytelling, editorial process, and the craft of journalism

  • Able to operate in a fast-moving environment, with flexibility around evenings or weekends when needed

  • Background in media, culture, or editorial product design, with insight into editorial dynamics

  • Some facility with front-end technologies including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Type of Job: Design

City: New York

State/Country: New York

Duration: Full-time

Company: Totei

About Our Company: Launching soon, Totei is a digital magazine devoted to sparking inspiration by deepening understanding of artistic craftsmanship. Through vivid storytelling and high-quality multimedia journalism, Totei shines a light on the processes, philosophies, and practices of the world’s most compelling creative individuals — from visionary designers and craftspeople to iconoclastic artists and cultural thinkers.

Contact Name: Ben Williams

Contact Email: careers@totei.com

How to Apply: To apply, send the following to careers@totei.com with the subject “Lead Designer - [Your Name]:

  • Your résumé

  • Your portfolio or 2-5 links to work that best represents your range as a designer

  • Cover letter optional

Senior Designer / Art Director, Segal Savad

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Job Description: We’re looking for a Senior Designer / Art Director to help our team serving one of our largest financial clients, with a focus on social media, marketing work, and other key projects. This is a fast-paced, detail-oriented role where design precision, production and editorial-style sensibility are essential.

  • Design posts for social media leveraging our system of templates across digital channels.

  • Select imagery with a keen editorial eye - understanding what resonates in high-end, professional contexts.

  • Refine typography with high level of attention to detail - spacing, hierarchy, and legibility must be flawless.

  • Partner closely with our Creative Directors and other creatives to move quickly while maintaining exceptional quality.

  • Adapt designs for multiple formats (social, digital, environmental graphics, and more).

  • Knowledge of the nuances of different social platforms (if you don’t already know them, we’ll teach you).

  • Assist across additional projects that come in from marketing (1 sheeters, presentations, event materials, etc.)

  • Help manage projects at times working with vendors as needed to deliver on time.

Job Requirements:

  • 6+ years of design experience in an agency or in-house marketing environment, with experience serving sophisticated brands.

  • Expert knowledge of typography, layout, and composition.

  • A sharp editorial eye for selecting and art directing imagery.

  • Ability to move fast without sacrificing quality—strong production and organizational skills and an eye for what matters most.

  • Comfort working with feedback from both internal teams and client stakeholders.

  • A collaborative mindset—someone who thrives in a small, nimble team.

Technical Skills: Adobe Creative Suite: Strong focus in InDesign, Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator, Figma.

Type of Job: Design

City: New York

State/Country: United States

Duration: Full-time

Benefits: Yes

Company: Segal Savad

About Our Company: Segal Savad is a boutique creative agency based in NYC specializing in high-end branding and marketing for some of the world’s leading financial institutions.

Contact Email: info@segalsavad.com

How to Apply: Email info@segalsavad.com

Senior Photo Editor, Manifest

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Job Description: Manifest is hiring a Senior Photo Editor with agency experience to join our team. The Senior Photo Editor’s primary responsibility is leading and managing all photo shoots for multiple publications throughout the year. With more than 120 custom shoots annually, the Senior Photo Editor must be masterfully organized, personable, and self-reliant. Responsibilities include managing various client budgets with an expectation of projects coming in on-budget and on-time, facilitating all invoicing related to the photo shoots, managing production and talent contracts/usage and familiarity with Adobe creative suite applications. This role plays a key part in optimizing operational processes for greater efficiency. The annual salary range for this role is $85k-$100k in base pay, exclusive of any bonuses or benefits, and the base pay offered will be determined on a case-by-case basis based on experience, skills, training, certifications, education, etc., and will be informed by market data. This role can be based (hybrid) in our Chicago office, and reports to the SVP, Head of Production.

Responsibilities:

  • Schedule and oversee over 120 custom photo shoots annually to support six quarterly publications and custom content efforts.

  • Collaborate with internal art, editorial, account, and project management teams to fulfill all photo-related client needs and ensure proper approvals.

  • Collaborate with client customers to set up custom photo shoots; identifying shoot locations and logistics.

  • Identify, recruit, and manage freelance photographers.

  • Direct and produce photo shoots, including casting, prop styling, location scouting, and logistics; develop production schedules to meet deadlines.

  • Research and procure stock and rights-managed photography and illustrations; manage licensing, purchasing, and pricing negotiations.

  • Oversee multiple concurrent projects while adhering to deadlines and budget constraints.

  • Manage photo budgets and vendor relationships; negotiate contracts and review invoices.

  • Ensure all visuals—including photos and illustrations—support brand consistency and comply with copyright laws.

  • Occasional travel may be required based on client needs.

  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with a diverse network of photographers, studios, artist agencies, and industry professionals.

  • Collaborate closely with editors and creative teams to brainstorm, pitch, and execute innovative visual storytelling concepts.

  • Contribute to photo scoping for new business and organic growth initiatives.

Job Requirements:

  • 10+ years experience as a Photo Editor in advertising/marketing agencies required.

  • Strong verbal and written communication.

  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

  • Skilled at prioritizing and managing multiple responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.

  • Proven deep, expedient research skills (with agencies, individual contributors, archives, libraries, social media).

  • Focused on driving business outcomes and process improvements.

  • Proficient in: Adobe Creative Cloud, with advanced skills in Adobe Photoshop, Keynote and related presentation tools.

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office.

  • May require client travel.

  • Hybrid: 3 days per week in office.

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent professional experience required.

  • Portfolio of produced work a strong plus.

Type of Job: Senior Photo Editor

City: Chicago

State/Country: Illinois

Duration: Full-Time

Benefits: Benefits include options for healthcare plans, paid time off and parental leave, plus a 401(k) match.

Company: Manifest LLC

About Our Company: At Manifest, we create rich content experiences that drive brand transformation. We are a proudly independent, full-service agency with a 40-year history of innovation in the content discipline. Our team has been honored numerous times as Content Agency of the year, we’ve won an Effie for Sustained Success and Digiday’s Content Agency Partner of the Year -- to name just a few accolades. We pride ourselves on collaboration without restraint and don’t just hire people who fit, we hire disruptors who add to our culture. We embrace different backgrounds and experiences, differing opinions, discussion, productive debate and earned trust. And our commitment to inclusion across race, gender, gender identity or expression, age, religion, identity, disability status, sexual orientation, national origin, and experience drives us forward. Let’s chat.

How to Apply: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4244906117/?capColoOverride=true