Art Director, Backpacker

Job Description: The Active Interest Media Active Living Group is seeking an Art Director to join BACKPACKER. This is a full-time role based in AIM’s office in Boulder, CO.

The ideal candidate is a creative and forward thinker in the ever-changing media space. You can meet challenges and deadlines with enthusiasm. Your interests are creative & design, making products that inspire and engage readers, and you are passionate about the outdoors and adventure.

Job Requirements:
Design and production:
• Works to conceive and design compelling layouts for the print magazine (designs departments and features as assigned for the 6 regular issues of Backpacker). Designs and conceptualizes covers of the magazine. Have a willingness and enthusiasm for designing single topic issues and for undertaking a redesign in 2020.
• Works with other Directors across the brand to create striking, on-brand digital visuals and visual packages for marketing, sales, web, and other platforms (this can include logos, brand elements, promotional materials, photo stories, etc.).
• Reviews and manages the Zinio digital editions.
• Works with the photo director on assigned photo shoots to assist with styling and art direction.
• Works with an in-house color correction specialist to make sure color is being processed to meet our standards.
• Manages illustrations and can assign and guide edits from start to completion.
• Manages production, places final images, and makes Epson proofs.
• Manages archive needs after the issues have shipped.

Qualifications:
• Has consumer magazine design/layout design experience, strong production skills and at least 5-6 years as a designer
• Is very familiar with Adobe CC apps, specifically InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator
• Has a degree in graphic design or a related field
• Ability to handle multiple projects at once
• Has strong print and digital design skills, is a self-starter, and thinks outside the box. Box? What box?
• Has a broad knowledge of photography, typography, color correction, and illustration
• Is highly organized and deadline driven, with superb project and time management skills
• Works collaboratively with enthusiastic team members both in the office and around the country
• Has a solid understanding of and enthusiasm for outdoors and adventure

Type of Job: Design

City: Boulder

State/Country: CO

Duration: Full-time

Company: Active Interest Media

About Our Company: One of the world’s largest enthusiast media companies, Active Interest Media (aimmedia.com) produces leading consumer and trade events, websites, magazines, and films and TV shows that reach 40 million readers, fans, and attendees in 85 countries. Our brands include Yoga Journal, BACKPACKER, Climbing SKI, Clean Eating, Anglers Journal, Yachts International, Sail, Power & Motoryacht, Practical Horseman, EQUUS, Muscle & Performance, Team Roping Journal, Oxygen, Clean Eating, Log Home Living, Old House Journal, Cabin Living, Woodsmith, Garden Gate, and more. The company’s five divisions—the Equine Network, Home Group, Active Living Group, Marine Group, and Fitness Group—also operate thriving B2B platforms, online universities, and retail events. Core competencies include lead generation (through our Qualified Buyer Program), marketing services (through our in-house agency, Catapult Creative Labs), and video production. Warren Miller Entertainment is the most successful adventure-film company in history, and AIM Studios is a unit dedicated to digital video. Active Interest Media’s customers are smart, engaged, and loyal, and they look to our brands for trustworthy information and services that will inspire and enable them to enjoy their passions.

Contact Name: Scott Roeder

Contact Email: humanresources@aimmedia.com

How to Apply: Send resumes to humanresources@aimmedia.com