July 2013 Archives

NYLON Marketing Design Intern

NYLON is looking for a Marketing Design Intern. Main responsibilities include designing marketing proposals, creating mock-ups for print & web (specifically newsletters for the NYLON Shop) and shadowing the Marketing Designer. We are looking for strong designers with a keen eye for aesthetics and typography. Candidates must be flexible, detail-oriented, pro-active, and have good multi-tasking and time management skills. We are seeking excited interns who are fast learners, have a positive attitude, and above all know and love the NYLON brand! This is a great opportunity for designers interested in advertising, marketing, and digital. NYLON is a small, fast-paced environment so you'll get experience with many different projects.

Digital Imaging Specialist/ Art Director/Photo Editor, Inked Magazine and Inked Girls Magazine

Inked Magazine seeks an energetic, organized, and hands-on multi-tasker to head up the prepress of their monthly magazine and the production and prepress of their bi-monthly magazine Inked Girls. The right well-rounded candidate will be expected to have a solid background in photo retouching, color management and correction, design and layout, and digital asset management. Magazine and or publishing experience is a must. The position requires the ability to manage multiple schedules and tasks simultaneously. The ideal candidate will be highly organized, self-directed, and capable of juggling day-to-day administrative tasks with work on current and future issues. The qualified candidate should have great attention to detail, and possess the ability to shape a project from conception to completion. This individual should excel at working both independently as well as in a collaborative team environment. Responsibilities Include: • Producing photo shoots • Coordinating with photographers (and others as necessary) to ensure delivered materials meet deadline • Retouching and color correction • Coordinating upload schedule with press • Trafficking digital images and other related digital assets including digital and foreign editions • Identifying and developing relationships with new talent to be featured in the magazine • Design and layout • Prep and upload files to multiple digital platforms such as GooglePlay, Magzter, and Zinio. • Hire interns and delegate responsibilities as necessary.

Design Director, Seventeen

•Along with the Creative Director, responsible for managing/art directing a team of 3 designers. •Overseeing the design of the front-of-book and features well. This includes: -working with designers to sketch out the entire issue and present this plan to the Editor-In-Chief -daily reviews of layouts in-progress •Design for Love, Health, and back-of-book pages, plus design for special celebrity sections and well features •Planning and on-set art direction for lifestyle, guy celebrity, room décor, food, and fitness shoots. •Editing film for use in features stories. •Attend daily art meetings with Editor-in-Chief when Creative Director is out •Design contact for production issues (creation of pages templates, workflow issues)

Los Angeles Magazine Art/Design intern

Looking for a FALL 2013 Art Intern, starting mid to late August. Assist Design Director and Art Directors in our busy art department to develop our award winning monthly magazine. Photo research, typeface research, illustration research, layout design, mocking up concepts, photo shoots, etc. are examples of daily tasks. Intern will work closely with staff and learn how the magazine gets made every month. Must work at least 2 days a week, preferably more days and consecutive days. Must have some InDesign and Photoshop skills. Must be a graphic design major. Please email Annie Hong at ahong@lamag.com with your resume and samples or design work or link to portfolio. Phone interview or in person interview will be scheduled. 323-801-0063.

Freelance Designer -- InStyle

InStyle Magazine is looking for a hard-working and creative Freelance Designer to start as soon as possible. Ideal candidate must be extremely organized, a fast worker, possess the ability to multi-task and prioritize, work well independently and in a group, and have a keen eye for design.

Photo Intern

Popular Mechanics currently has two internship openings in the photo department for the fall 2013 semester. Interns will work closely with the photo and art departments to gain vital magazine experience. Candidates must be detail oriented, digitally proficient, organized, have a strong interest in photography, and a positive attitude. The positions are for college credit only. Days and hours are negotiable. Duties include: • Assisting with photography research • Calling in products for photo shoots • Assisting with prop scouting for photo shoots • Photo returns • Administrative work (copies, faxing, filing, sending messengers)

Deputy Design Director, People

With breathtaking efficiency, People Magazine produces not only the weekly magazine, but 12 one-shot special newsstand and subscriber issues including People Country throughout the year; books, special design projects and prototype product launches are also part of the mix. We cover extraordinarily broad range of topics including breaking news and human interest, gossip, celebrity and hero profiles, fashion, food, entertainment, crime and beauty. People is looking for a dynamic and autonomous Deputy Design Director to deliver meaningful visual content to an audience of more than 43 million readers. The candidate will assist in executing the look and feel of our brand, and work closely with the design director to package exciting, compelling content across People's print and digital products. The candidate must be a confident, curious, self-starter, prepared to lead the art direction of select special packages and one-shots - and calmly guide a design assistant in the execution. We want a leader who collaborates: the Deputy Design Director co-manages a team of 10+ staff and freelance art directors, works with the production director and iPad teams to coordinate and manage scheduling, and assists the team on tight deadlines. This position coordinates with the co-Deputy Design Director on coverage for the Design Director, designs covers in her absence, and must be ready to step in at a moment's notice to run the show. We are looking for a killer designer who is outspoken, sensitive, problem-solving, educated, good with writing lines and editing copy when needed, punctual, enthusiastic and approachable; an articulate teacher and responsive listener. Though no human is without ego, the ideal candidate checks theirs at the door and looks for clever and effective ways to achieve both visual greatness and mass-consumer approachability without sacrificing integrity or taste. Anyone considering applying for this job must submit a portfolio (online preferred) tailored to the type of content we cover and a letter with something about yourself along with your CV in order to be considered for an interview. If you're in consideration for the job, expect a design test, and you'll be asked to submit a few written recommendations from your previous employers or colleagues.

Freelance Web Designer ($40/HR.) Onsite Only

Web Designer: This position is responsible for working with Design Leads (CD, AD, AAD, SWD) to design and execute creative solutions in a fast-paced retail environment. This position will be focused on email and site changes as needed by the demand of the business. RESPONSIBILITIES: • Partner with Design Leads (CD, AD, AAD, SWD) on executing on-brand layouts for BBWD in email and site creative • Contribute to the creation and maintenance of all creative site asset and email requests • Optimize and deliver appropriate files to the Operations/Marketing team • Adhere to internal and external deadlines • Take ownership of tasks and drive tasks through to completion • Keep manager informed daily of the status of workload and projects

Freelance Art Director

Vanity Fair is looking for a full-time, in-house freelance art director, starting on July 10th, for a period of 3 months. Duties will include designing features, special sections, iPad edition, and other miscellaneous projects.

Women's Health Fall Internship

Women's Health magazine is currently looking for an enthusiastic art intern for the Fall 2013 semester. This would be a paid internship running late September through early December for academic credit. A commitment of 3-5 days a week is required. Duties will include assisting the art department and designing layouts for FOB sections. Must be proficient in InDesign.

Junior Designer

U-T San Diego is seeking an energetic and creative junior page designer to join the newsroom design team. You must have good interpersonal skills and be comfortable collaborating with multiple departments in a fast-paced environment. You should have college, internship or other previous design experience working on a newspaper, magazine or other publication. Duties will include designing covers and inside pages for features as well as news sections. Must be flexible with schedule, including working night and weekend shifts.