Art Director, Data Visualization, Barron's

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Job Description: Barron’s is seeking an innovative and data-driven thinker as Director of Data Visualization. Financial and business journalism has no shortage of data sets and stories to tell; and we’re looking for an individual who can tell those stories visually in print, online and social. This person will be an organized self-starter with a passion for storytelling.

Job Requirements:
We’re looking for somebody who can …

  • Distill qualitative and quantitative insights to visually tell stories that written narrative cannot effectively communicate in print, online and on social.
  • Produce graphics and visualizations to support stories across all platforms.
  • Work with the Design Director to develop style and aesthetic approach to graphic storytelling.
  • Serve as a collaborative partner and editor on graphics and visualizations produced by the Art Department.
  • Commission original artwork from illustrators where needed.
  • Negotiate fees, manage contracts and paperwork for assignments made
  • Adobe CC experience and knowledge is required (Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop and Audition)
  • Experience with Data-Driven Documents, Python, Refine, Excel, CartoDB, CartoCSS is required
  • Experience with HTML, CSS and some javascript is required
  • Experience with Wordpress is required
  • Experience with Methode and K4 are a plus

Position: Art Director, Data Visualization

Type of Job: Design

City: New York City

Region: New York

Duration: Full-time

About Our Company: Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 125 years and today has one of the world’s largest news gathering operations globally. It produces leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Factiva, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Financial News, DJX, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones VentureSource.Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets

Company: Barron's, Dow Jones Media Group

Contact Name: Chris Mihal

Contact Email: chris.mihal@dowjones.com

How to Apply: Please send an email to chris.mihal@dowjones.com with a resume and link to portfolio. You can also apply at https://dowjones-news.jobs/new-york-ny/art-director-data-visualization-barrons/543BE8DFAA7D4FD48D7817BE0AF25D63/job/

Art Director, Weight Watchers Magazine

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Job Description: Long-established and consumer-beloved health & lifestyle brand is on the rise! Weight Watchers International is seeking a talented and dynamic NYC-based Food-centric Art Director for its award-winning bi-monthly food and lifestyle magazine. This position reports to the Creative Director.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Provide creative visual ideas and solutions for editorial stories and pages, with an eye and strategy for creating assets that can live cross-functionally & multi-channel (digital, web, mobile, social, video, etc.)
  • Help seek out and direct top NY photographers & stylists: food, lifestyle, fashion & beauty
  • Design those stories and pages 
  • Supervise stories through all phases of editorial production, color correction, etc.
  • Manage, communicate with, and inspire team of experienced designers

Job Requirements:

  • Strong creative design and typographic skills
  • Strong editorial food background: a must
  • Must be able to effectively collaborate, communicate, and present: up, down and across multiple positions and departments

Candidate Requirements:

  • Experienced magazine Art Director or Creative Director
  • Skilled in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop & Illustrator
  • Experience designing, managing, or overseeing digital editions or web: a strong plus

Position: Art Director

Type of Job: Creative Direction, Art Direction, Design

City: New York City

Region: New York

Duration: This is a full-time freelance position, with strong possibility for full-time staff.

About Our Company: We inspire and guide the healthier choices that transform lives. We meet our members where they are and leverage the latest nutritional and behavioral science to help them eat healthier, move more, and shift their mindset. We are a purpose-driven organization and we understand how to create community and deliver personalized services to help our members throughout every step of their journey. 

We have more than 50 years of history and trust to build on, and we are leveraging technology, community, and behavior science to help more people around the world reach their goals. Our approach is science-based and evidence proven to help people lose weight and develop healthy habits to live life fully.

Company: Weight Watchers International

Contact Name: Ed Melnitsky

Contact Email: ed.melnitsky@weightwatchers.com

How to Apply: Email resume and samples (or link) to ed.melnitsky@weightwatchers.com. Must put “ART DIRECTOR SPD” as the subject, or email will not be opened.

 

Associate Art Director, Entertainment Weekly

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Job Description: Entertainment Weekly is seeking an Associate Art Director. The Entertainment Weekly art department is responsible for developing, designing and producing the brand’s visuals across every platform—including: the magazine, ew.com, social media, etc. He/She will have extraordinary design sensibilities, excellent storytelling abilities and strong communication skills. 

As an integral part of a six-person team, this role is essential to the fast paced work environment the art department works within. The Associate Art Director is a team player able to maintain a highly productive work-rate while working under the pressure of daily deadlines. The ideal candidate will be someone who is distinctly able to come up with clear ideas (big and small), a motivated collaborator who naturally keeps up with industry trends, and someone who possesses uncommon design skills—specifically in the areas of typography, art direction and image making.

Job Requirements:

You Have: 

  • A minimum of 3+ years experience working in publishing, media or relevant industries 
  • Deep command of all the Adobe Suite programs (motion graphics skills are a major plus)
  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • Willingness to work long hours (at times)
  • Awareness of and experience using social media platforms—web user experience knowledge and design (i.e. HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, Flash, etc.) a major plus
  • Proven ability to meet deadlines
  • A passion for entertainment (we serve the biggest entertainment fans on earth)

You Will: 

  • Concept, cultivate, design, oversee and create innovative layouts and artwork for Entertainment Weekly products
  • Commission original and noteworthy illustrations suitable for the brand
  • Guide assigned stories through the entire design and production process
  • Collaborate daily with the Entertainment Weekly edit team and photo department
  • Be a key part in the success of an especially ambitious team

Position: Associate Art Director

Type of Job: Design

City: Los Angeles, CA

Region: Brentwood

Duration: Full-time

About Our Company: Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME) is a leading multi-platform consumer media company that engages over 230 million consumers globally every month. The company's influential brands include PEOPLE, TIME, FORTUNE, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, INSTYLE, REAL SIMPLE, SOUTHERN LIVING and TRAVEL + LEISURE, as well as approximately 60 diverse international brands. Time Inc. offers marketers a differentiated proposition in the marketplace by combining its powerful brands, trusted content, audience scale, direct relationships with consumers and unique first-party data. The company is home to growing media and platforms, including digital video, OTT, television, licensing, paid products and services and celebrated live events, such as the TIME 100, FORTUNE Most Powerful Women, PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED’s Sportsperson of the Year and the FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen.

Company: Time Inc.

Contact Name: Keir Novesky

Contact Email: Keir.Novesky@ew.com

How to Apply: Apply here: https://boards.greenhouse.io/timeinc/jobs/996413?gh_jid=996413&gh_src=75rwbg1 or email Keir directly.

Designer / Art Director, V Magazine

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Job Description: The Art Department at V Magazine is looking for a detail-oriented designer/art director with enthusiasm for typography, magazines, and fashion. Experience with motion graphics is essential. The Art Department designer will assist with digital design (including animated graphics), magazine design for V and VMAN, concepting, visual research, event design, creation of product mock-ups, image retouching, and general support for the art team. This is a great opportunity to work on a wide range of projects as part of a small team in a fast-paced environment.

Job Requirements:

  • Proficiency in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and AfterEffects is a must. 

If you think you might be a good fit at V and your work shows that you have a great eye and a sophisticated and modern point-of-view, please send a resume along with a link to your work.

Position: Designer / Art Director

Type of Job: Design

City: New York

Region: Greater New York City

Duration: Full-time

About Our Company: Launched in 1999, V Magazine is a bimonthly, supersize lifestyle brand that covers the next wave in fashion, beauty, art, celebrity, and music as captured by the industry's most important photographers.

Company: V Magazine, LLC

Contact Name: Nancy Gillen

Contact Email: careers@vmagazine.com

How to Apply: Please send resume and link to work to careers@vmagazine.com