Our Sunday Visitor
Magazine Creative Designer - Publishing
Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington, Indiana, United States, 46750
The Magazine Creative Designeris responsible for conceptualization and implementation of design solutions that meet marketing strategies for OSV magazines. The Magazine Creative Designerwill play the lead role in creating concepts, comps, layouts, and final art working within established deadlines for magazine products.
The Magazine Creative Designershould demonstrate a high level of proficiency in design, multimedia software and applications, such as Adobe Creative Suite.
Essential Job Functions:
Magazine design and layoutAssigns photo projects and processes vendor invoicesParticipate in Editorial development meetingsCommunicate with photographers and illustratorsAttend meetings as assignedWorks with Freelance vendors on projects as neededRequirements:
Experience:
5 years of work experience in magazine and/or newspaper layoutEducation:
Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field of study preferred or a combination of experience and education.Minimum of five (5) years of work-related experienceSkills and Abilities:
Strong graphic, typography design skillsAble to take projects from start to finish with minimal supervisionA complete and thorough proficiency with Adobe InDesign, Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe AcrobatA through understanding of four-color prepress and magazine/newspaper layout principles and their application in a Macintosh OS environmentThe ability to communicate clearly and work collaboratively with teams of editors, designers and marketing staffIncumbent must be able to travel for training which could be 1 or 2 times per year for 1 – 3 consecutive daysWorking Environment:
Magazine Creative Designerwill have the freedom of judgment in the area of design technique but most decisions are made within the framework of our established styles and Catholic oriented aesthetic.Incumbent will work with the editorial editors, marketing staff and production staff on a daily basisIncumbent will work with freelance designers and photographers on a weekly or monthly basisSome pre-release content not for public consumption such as new products and redesigned publications could be miss handled. Externally our reputation or competitive position could be compromised.90% or more of incumbents time will be spent on the computerIncumbent must be able to sit for long periods of time as 99% of the time is spent sittingThe incumbent will work within an office environment and/or remote and/or hybridSupervisory Responsibilities:
None
The Magazine Creative Designershould demonstrate a high level of proficiency in design, multimedia software and applications, such as Adobe Creative Suite.
Essential Job Functions:
Magazine design and layoutAssigns photo projects and processes vendor invoicesParticipate in Editorial development meetingsCommunicate with photographers and illustratorsAttend meetings as assignedWorks with Freelance vendors on projects as neededRequirements:
Experience:
5 years of work experience in magazine and/or newspaper layoutEducation:
Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field of study preferred or a combination of experience and education.Minimum of five (5) years of work-related experienceSkills and Abilities:
Strong graphic, typography design skillsAble to take projects from start to finish with minimal supervisionA complete and thorough proficiency with Adobe InDesign, Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe AcrobatA through understanding of four-color prepress and magazine/newspaper layout principles and their application in a Macintosh OS environmentThe ability to communicate clearly and work collaboratively with teams of editors, designers and marketing staffIncumbent must be able to travel for training which could be 1 or 2 times per year for 1 – 3 consecutive daysWorking Environment:
Magazine Creative Designerwill have the freedom of judgment in the area of design technique but most decisions are made within the framework of our established styles and Catholic oriented aesthetic.Incumbent will work with the editorial editors, marketing staff and production staff on a daily basisIncumbent will work with freelance designers and photographers on a weekly or monthly basisSome pre-release content not for public consumption such as new products and redesigned publications could be miss handled. Externally our reputation or competitive position could be compromised.90% or more of incumbents time will be spent on the computerIncumbent must be able to sit for long periods of time as 99% of the time is spent sittingThe incumbent will work within an office environment and/or remote and/or hybridSupervisory Responsibilities:
None