Washingtonian is seeking an imaginative, collaborative, and relentlessly ambitious senior designer for its creative department. For 50 years, the award-winning city magazine for the Washington area has been a home for groundbreaking feature writing, essential service journalism, and arresting visual storytelling. We're looking for someone who can help us take the magazine to the next level, designing in a high-caliber team of designers, photo editors, and staff photographers.
Official responsibilities include:
-designing compelling well and department features
-collaborating with staff and freelance contributors
-manage special projects as needed from concept to execution - redesigns, special interest publications, company initiatives, etc.
-working with editors on visually-driven story ideas
Unofficial responsibilities include:
-Contribute to a freewheeling creative environment where staffers are encouraged to cook up ambitious ideas big and small
-inspire and contribute to a talented team of designers and editors wanting to collaborate
-setting and maintaing high visual standards and having a lot of fun while doing so!
Please send your cover letter, résumé, salary requirements, and samples (no larger than 10MB) or a link to your online portfolio to with senior designer in the subject line. No phone calls, please.