Staff Designer, Foreign Policy

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Job Description: Foreign Policy (FP) is seeking a versatile multiplatform designer and visual communicator to help build FP's brand identity across divisions. We're looking for someone at the intersection of design, marketing, and media who knows how to relay information that draws people in and engages them to stay using clean, compelling visuals. You'll work closely with the creative director and art director — in collaboration with events, podcast, marketing, and social media teams — to craft and iterate visuals to promote FP products. The role includes materials design and branding for our growing events, podcast, marketing, and FP Live divisions.

What you'll do:

  • Brand identity: Iterate and improve FP's visual identity across departments, with an eye toward visuals that adhere to house standards while appeasing a diverse and growing roster of partners in the geopolitical, technology, and NGO space.

  • Events materials creation: Design digital materials for events that anticipate platform-specific needs for use on ForeignPolicy.com, on social media, and during events and FP Live. (Experience producing assets for streaming events, video, and in-person large-scale installations is a bonus.)

Candidates must upload a design portfolio link or pdf. Submissions without relevant work samples will be disqualified.

Working at FP
We are located in Washington, D.C., and while we have a preference for candidates in the D.C. area, we are open to remote applicants. D.C.-based staff are required to work from the office at least one day a month, with all U.S.-based staff convening in D.C. four times a year. FP staff members are encouraged to take advantage of our “One Month From Anywhere” program to work from the location of their choice for one month each year.

Foreign Policy requires that all employees be fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

Foreign Policy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need

Job Requirements:

  • 1+ years of experience producing content-based marketing materials for a media organization preferred.

  • A strong design portfolio showcasing art and typographical hierarchy and logic.

  • Demonstrated experience parsing and translating complicated information into understandable concepts and reader-friendly visuals across platforms.

  • Proficiency with Adobe Suite products, especially Indesign, Photoshop, XD, and Illustrator.

  • Attention to detail and proven record of project management.

  • Ability to be self-led while collaborating closely and nimbly with a small team in a fast-paced news production environment will be essential to success in this role.

  • Eligibility to work in the United States. Sponsorship is not available for this opportunity.

  • Salary Range: $50,000 - $70,000

Type of Job: Design, Digital

City: Washington

State/Country: DC

Duration: Full-time

Company: Foreign Policy

About Our Company: Foreign Policy was founded in 1970 with the intention of leading a root-and-branch rethink of how the United States engages with other countries. We showcase the smartest ideas and analysis on global affairs, written by experts and practitioners of international relations. Although FP exists on many platforms—our website, quarterly print edition, award-winning podcasts, live events, and analytics division—we will always be first and foremost a magazine of politics and ideas, covering parts of the world undercovered in other English-language media and bringing a nuanced, global perspective to more familiar stories.

How to Apply: https://foreignpolicy.com/employment-opportunities/

Associate Art Director, Print & Digital, People Magazine

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Job Description: People Magazine’s art department seeks a full time staff Associate AD to design print pages on the weekly as well as design motion graphics and other digital design work for our moving covers, projects for People.com and on our social media platforms. This position reports to the Design Director and on up to the Executive Creative Director with a dotted line to the Senior Digital Art Director.

What you’ll do: On an average week, you will design various pages of the print publication, ranging from more templated pages to free-form creative feature design. When it comes up (projects vary week to week) you will either assist or lead on the creative for motion graphics over our digital covers, animating type, creating animated shorts using imagery for our IG and FB accounts, creating graphics for the dot.com and social platforms and then switching gears back to print. You won’t be bored.

Job Requirements: 8+ years in the publishing business in a similar role or less if ready for advancement. Advanced knowledge of InDesign and AfterEffects is key. Proficiency in the entire Adobe Creative Suite is a bonus. We work in InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Woodwing for Print; Adobe AfterEffects for animated type and graphics, and Figma, Miro and Greenhouse are our digital CMS programs and platforms, easily trainable if necessary on the latter.

The ideal candidate can shift between roles fluidly and swiftly, depending on the day. You’re flexible, good-humored, well-informed and fluent in the language of pop culture and high end publication design. You’re an excellent communicator, able to express yourself and your ideas to your colleagues in a forum where you’re often asked to collaborate and lead discussions around the best way to approach a page or a project. You are attuned to trends, ambitious about recognition for excellence across all our collaborative endeavors and you thrive in a fast paced daily news cycle. You have stamina and graciously pick up work when not busy (though that is rare), you work well under pressure and independently as well as welcome constructive criticism. An abiding passion for type play, color, and clever graphics is key to this role. And you are more than just faintly familiar with the world’s biggest magazine brand, you respect it, and “get it”.

Type of Job: Design

City: New York (hybrid)

State/Country: New York

Duration: Full-time

Company: Dotdash Meredith

About Our Company: Dotdash Meredith is America’s largest digital and print publisher and home to iconic brands such as PEOPLE, Better Homes & Gardens, Verywell, Allrecipes, Food & Wine, and many more.

How to Apply: Apply at the link: https://meredith.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/EXT/job/New-York--NY-225-Liberty/Associate-Art-Director_JR12265

Freelance Photo Editor, Harvard Business Review

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Job Description: Harvard Business Review seeks a Freelance Photo Editor to assist with daily photo research.

Job Requirements: The Freelance Photo Editor supports the Senior Photo Editor in performing photo research for daily articles on Harvard Business Review’s homepage, in addition to designing custom image solutions, formatting social media posts for the art department’s Instagram page and performing daily administrative tasks related to maintaining the HBR voice and brand on digital platforms.

The right candidate will be resourceful, have a passion for all forms of photography, and have the ability to use found photography in creative and original ways to illustrate complex and often non-visual ideas.

This is an hourly and remote contractor position with a maximum of 15 hours per week.

What you’ll do:

  • Perform photo research under daily deadlines, including licensing and formatting photos for web stories

  • Create custom image solutions or manipulations for the web

  • Upload images into WordPress, as well as organize and maintain databases of digital image files

  • Reconceive imagery published in the print edition for social media

  • Format headshots for the website as needed

What we’re looking for:

  • Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop is essential; Illustrator, After Effects as well as familiarity with WordPress is a plus). This includes understanding image file formats and formatting images for digital environments.

  • Excellent photo research skills, and knowledge of Creative Commons Licensing and resources

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

  • Excellent time-management skills with an ability to meet deadlines and turn work around quickly

Type of Job: Photo

City: Remote

State/Country: Remote

Duration: Freelance

Company: Harvard Business Review

About Our Company: Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) is an idea-driven company with a commitment to improving the practice of management. We're a wholly owned subsidiary of Harvard University serving customers across three primary markets: educational institutions, corporations, and individual managers.

Harvard Business Review (HBR) is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, books, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review aims to provide professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to help lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.

Contact Name: Sasha Patkin

Contact Email: sasha.patkin@hbr.org

How to Apply: Interested candidates can send a resume and portfolio to sasha.patkin@hbr.org

Senior Photo Editor, The Atlantic

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Job Description: The Atlantic is looking for a Senior Photo Editor to join the newsroom. This role will primarily focus on photography for the print magazine, and provide support as needed on digital projects. The ideal candidate will be highly creative and a driven problem-solver with sound journalistic judgment and superb aesthetic taste. This candidate should have extensive research and assigning capabilities for photography in all genres, excellent communication skills, and deep industry knowledge.

The primary responsibilities will be to research, conceptualize, art direct, and commission or license photography for the print magazine (as well as all other platforms it will appear on), and to manage workflow and other photo logistics, including collaborating with the design and production teams on the translation of print photography to the website. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding and appreciation for photography and photojournalism. They should have a wide range of knowledge about photography and visual storytelling and be able to identify a diverse array of photographers globally to contribute to The Atlantic. They should be a clear communicator and team player, being highly collaborative while also able to independently oversee assignments from ideation through to completion. They should be detail oriented to ensure assignments meet our editorial standards on our timelines. The senior photo editor will report to the Director of Photography and work closely with the entire art department and the larger newsroom.

The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC and its affiliates ("The Atlantic") are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate against our applicants because of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.

Job offers to work at The Atlantic are contingent upon the candidate’s successful completion of reference checks and compliance with The Atlantic's COVID-19 vaccination policy. The Atlantic requires all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, including subsequent boosters, and submit proof of vaccination status. Employees who cannot receive the vaccine because of a disability/medical contraindication or sincerely-held religious belief may request an accommodation (e.g., an exemption) to this requirement.

Job Requirements:

  • 10+ years of experience working in a magazine photo department

  • A deep understanding of conceptualizing, commissioning, art directing, and producing photoshoots; and of the legal issues related to publication of photography, including strong knowledge of photographic usage and copyright issues

  • Close attention to detail and the ability to multitask

  • A highly creative problem solver with strong collaborative skills and a solid understanding of relationships between the different departments of a magazine

  • Ability to work under fast-paced deadlines

Type of Job: Photo

City: New York, NY / Washington, DC / Remote

State/Country: USA

Duration: Full-time

Company: The Atlantic

About Our Company: The Atlantic has, for more than 160 years, advanced ideas that matter and sparked global conversation on the most important issues of our time. We aim to bring clarity and original thinking to questions of consequence, on topics ranging from politics, the economy, and global affairs to technology, science, and culture. As the third-longest-running magazine in America, we find ourselves at a remarkable moment: one of both continuation and transformation, of upholding our legacy while continuously reinventing ourselves for the future.

How to Apply: Apply using this link: https://atlanticmedia.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Careers/job/Senior-Photo-Editor_R471

Art Director, Flagship Publishing

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Job Description: Experienced regional magazine designer? Come join the team at Flagship Publishing as Art Director and create some of America's most beloved regional magazines – Nebraska Life, Colorado Life, Utah Life, Maui Nō Ka 'Oi Magazine. Location for this job is option of three locations: Fort Collins, Colorado; Wailuku, Hawaii (Maui); or remote from your home office. As Art Director at Flagship Publishing you will:

  • Shape the creative vision for our company and magazine brands.

  • Produce four bimonthly titles, four calendars, annuals and book products.

  • Lead and mentor a team of staff and contract designers.

  • Provide art direction to staff and contract photographers.

  • Execute smart designs and efficient workflows.

  • Design covers, features and departments.

  • Design brand and marketing collateral.

  • Commission illustrations.

  • Manage design and production budget.

  • Manage production schedule.

  • Lead publication redesigns.

  • Create brand and publication design guidelines.

Job Requirements: These are the skills and attributes you will need to do this job well:

  • Aesthetic eye for beauty that plays photography and engages the reader.

  • Consummate student of art, design, typography, photography, media and magazines.

  • Curiosity about the world, including culture, art, history, food and travel.

  • 8+ years of magazine design experience, including as art director, senior designer or assistant art director.

  • Bachelor or master's degree in art, design or similar field of study.

  • Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and InCopy.

  • Color theory, typography, and deep knowledge of magazine design styles.

  • Layout storyboarding and draft design conceptualizations.

  • Experience leading a team, managing budgets, and producing magazines in efficient production workflows.

  • Collaborative team player.

  • Honest, hardworking and a cheerful attitude.

Type of Job: Design

Location:  Fort Collins, Colorado; Wailuku, Hawaii (Maui); or remote from your home office.

Duration: Full-time

Benefits: Health insurance, paid vacation, sick/PTO, holidays, IRA retirement with company match, more.

Company: Flagship Publishing

About Our Company: Founded 2005, Flagship Publishing specializes in high-quality keepsake subscriber magazines, now reaching 500,000 readers in all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries. Our titles include Maui Nō Ka 'Oi Magazine, Nebraska Life, Colorado Life and Utah Life. Our company is privately owned by the Chris and Angela Amundson family.

How to Apply: Please apply email your resume, cover letter and link to your design portfolio to careers@flagshippublishing.com

Associate Art Director, Atlanta Magazine

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Job Description: Atlanta magazine is currently seeking a skilled, hard-working, self-motivated individual to handle multiple graphic design projects in the magazine’s custom media division (AMCM). Responsibilities include:

  • Working with the sales department and editors to create concepts and design special advertising sections for Atlanta magazine

  • Creating and trafficking print and digital ads for Atlanta magazine, the company website, and ancillary and custom products

  • Producing sales and marketing collateral

  • Serving as project manager and working with clients, editors, and design director to design layouts for custom publications

  • Designing features and departments for Southbound magazine

  • Researching and hiring photographers and illustrators for projects

  • Art directing photo shoots

  • Preparing files for print and reviewing proofs

  • Working under the direction of the editorial director and design director

Job Requirements:

  • BA/BFA in graphic design or visual arts and 1 to 2 years of relevant work experience; publishing background is a plus

  • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator)

  • Strong organizational and time-management skills; proven ability to juggle multiple priorities, plan ahead, and hit deadlines in a fast-paced environment

  • Collaborative nature, as the associate art director will be a part of a larger creative team, including the editorial director, design director, staff editors, contract editors, photographers, and illustrators

  • Experience with pre-press, color correction, and production

Type of Job: Graphic Design, Art Direction

City: Atlanta

State/Country: GA

Duration: Full-time

Benefits: 401k, health insurance (medical/dental/vision), life insurance, paid vacation

Company: Atlanta Magazine

About Our Company: A division of Atlanta magazine, Atlanta Magazine Custom Media (AMCM) publishes a portfolio of titles that includes Southbound (our regional travel magazine); a number of arts and culture programs; and several travel publications, including visitors guides, attractions brochures, and maps. Atlanta magazine is owned and operated by Hour Media, a Michigan-based multi-media company which publishes and produces 132 magazines and custom titles, 37 consumer websites, and 65 shows and events throughout the United States. The company is the largest publisher of city and regional in the nation, producing marquee titles including Hour Detroit, Minnesota Monthly, Sacramento magazine, Orange Coast, Los Angeles magazine, Atlanta magazine, Cincinnati magazine, Palm Beach Illustrated, and Naples Illustrated. The company has offices in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and Ohio, with over 300 employees across the country.

NO PHONE CALLS OR WALK-INS ACCEPTED.

HOUR MEDIA DBA ATLANTA MAGAZINE, LLC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

Contact Name: Cristina Hazar

Contact Email: AMCM@atlantamagazine.com

How to Apply: If you are a qualified candidate and interested in this position, we encourage you to apply. Please email a cover letter, resume, and a link to an online portfolio to AMCM@atlantamagazine.com.