Job Description: Alta Journal is seeking a freelance digital designer to create short videos and animations for its website and social media. Working with the creative director, the designer will uphold a central style guide for social and site needs, as well as communicate the design direction on the site for larger stories. In this position, you will work in partnership with digital and social media editors to create best-in-class visuals for interactive digital features and packages, as well as daily site needs.

Job Requirements:
Responsibilities:

• Create engaging visual solutions for digital content, with emphasis on creating short animations and videos for website and social media.

• Work on projects from concept to post-production, making sure we meet brand standards and timelines.

• Collaborate with editors to design visuals that tell a story and drive engagement

• Study the marketplace, assessing where AltaOnline.com work stands against competitors’ and ensure that we are ahead of the curve

• Drive constant improvement around quality, capabilities, and creative innovation

Qualifications:

• Portfolio showing a range of motion-driven graphics and video created for social media and websites

• Impeccable journalistic instincts and an unimpeachable commitment to ethics

• Understands brand guidelines and continues to improve systems over time

• 3+ years experience creating digital designs, preferably in an editorial environment

• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, emphasis on Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro (or other video editing software), and After Effects.

• Experience with using a CMS for website publishing, such as Wordpress

• The ability to work independently and remotely in a fast-paced environment and to efficiently incorporate feedback

Type of Job: Digital designer

City: Remote, preferably located on the West Coast but not required

State/Country: United States

Duration: On-going freelance position, approximately 10 to 15 hours per week

Company: Alta Journal

About Our Company: Alta Journal is an award-winning quarterly print publication and related website that covers culture and literature in California and the West. Each issue features the work of national acclaimed writers, photographers, and illustrators.

Contact Name: John Goecke

Contact Email: john@altaonline.com

How to apply: Qualified candidates should email a resume, cover letter and online portfolio link to creative director John Goecke, john@altaonline.com. Please put Digital Designer in the subject line.