SENIOR DESIGNER

• Job Description:
  Harvard Business Review Group is looking for a Senior Designer to join our team - a crucial engine for design at HBR as we transform from a predominantly print publishing group to a multi-platform Publisher embracing opportunities across media. Senior Designer is a role for an experienced, talented and capable designer who is reaching mastership of conceptual design and execution. The Senior Designer works on leading the feature efforts in HBR and taking on independent HBRG design projects. The Senior Designer engages closely with editors and the design team to deliver fabulous design outcomes based on the Art Direction established by the Design Leaders. RESPONSIBILITIES ARE: • Contributing to Design team by generating strong concepts and managing their creative execution. • Enthusiastically, articulately engaging in discussion of work in meetings and crit sessions. • Working with and guiding more junior design staff, to build and maintain design quality. • Freely generating ideas and sharp concepts that deliver on HBR's promise of intelligent quality. • Setting a standard for accuracy and layout quality. • Engaging in rigorous discussion with editors about the presentation of ideas to our readers. • Reviewing incoming proofs. • Creatively transferring print ideas to digital platforms. • Engaging in digital project execution (web/Ipad/Mobile), broadening HBRG design skills across platforms.
• Position: Designer
• Area of Focus: Design
• City: Boston
• Region: Northeast
• Duration: Full-time
• About Our Company: Harvard Business Publishing 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 is a valued brand that is actively growing into the new multi-platform model of publishing.
• Benefits: Comprehensive
• Company: Harvard Business Publishing
• Contact Address: 300 North Beacon Street Watertown MA 02472 USA
• Contact Email: openjobs@harvardbusiness.org
• Contact Name: James de Vries
• How to Apply: Apply directly via the link at the bottom of the page on our website at: hbr.org/corporate/careers
• Job Requirements: • Great portfolio of work showing conceptual and graphic design strength and typographic expertise. A PDF or web link is essential to be considered for this job. • At least 5 years of experience in an editorial or design studio setting. • Degree level achievement majoring in Design, or equivalent experience. • Demonstrated ability to build strong conceptual approaches to design projects, to articulate those approaches visually, and to execute on an idea in a way that enhances a concept. • Strong interpersonal skills, collaboration and mentoring abilities. • High-level user of Adobe InDesign. • Competent user of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Familiarity with Adobe DPS. • Demonstrated positive approach to learning new software. • Experience with web and interactive design. • Experience commissioning illustration and photography. • Excellent problem-solving, written and verbal communication skills. • Accuracy and attention to detail.