Art Director

Fortune; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Parental leave

401(k) plan

Hybrid work model

Paid holidays

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Fortune magazine seeks an Art Director to own the look and feel of its visual identity across prints and digital products. You will lead editorial design, guide a cross-functional team, and ensure brand cohesion for flagship franchises and sections.

As a hands-on designer, you will collaborate with editors, photography, and production, while shaping scalable design systems and visual storytelling across channels, with room to grow into video and live events.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of editorial design leadership experience in a fast-paced brand or media environment.
• Portfolio demonstrating editorial design, brand identity, and typography across print and digital.
• Proven ability to develop flexible design systems across print, web, and social.
• Strong storytelling through visuals and typography.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creative direction and visual design of Fortune's editorial products across print and digital.
• Shape the visual identity of Fortune franchises, lists, rankings, and special projects.
• Collaborate with editors, photo teams, and production from concept to publication.
• Establish cohesive visual systems across print, web, newsletters, social, and video.
• Guide the design team and external partners with clear direction and high craft standards.
• Direct illustration, photography, typography, and other assets to match editorial goals.
• Manage relationships with freelance artists and vendors, including rates and usage.
• Lead logo and identity development for Fortune franchises and live-media programs.
• Collaborate to evolve brand standards and scalable resources across the org.
• Support digital illustration and visual storytelling for news, features, and projects.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Art direction

Brand identity

Typography

Visual storytelling

Project management

Mentoring designers

Adobe Creative Suite

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Fortune is seeking an Art Director to serve as the day-to-day steward of Fortune magazine's visual identity. Reporting to the Executive Creative Director, this person will own the look and feel of every print issue, from covers and feature packages to recurring sections and signature franchise issues like the Fortune 500, Most Powerful Women and 40 Under 40.

The Art Director will be a hands-on designer and a careful custodian of the magazine's design system. They'll work closely with editors, the photo team and production to bring stories to the page on deadline, and help carry magazine work into its digital and social extensions so the brand stays cohesive wherever readers find it. The role also offers room to grow into other areas of Fortune's creative work, including video, live events and brand initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creative direction and visual design of Fortune's U.S., Asia, and Europe editorial products across print and digital, including covers, feature packages, and regional editions.
• Shape the visual identity of major Fortune franchises, lists, rankings, and special projects—including Fortune 500, Most Powerful Women, and emerging editorial properties.
• Partner with editors, writers, photo teams, and designers from early story development through production to create compelling, audience-first editorial experiences.
• Establish and maintain cohesive visual systems across print, web, newsletters, social, video, events, and other brand touchpoints.
• Guide the design team and external creative partners, providing clear direction, constructive feedback, and high standards for craft and execution.
• Commission and direct illustration, photography, typography, and other creative assets, matching talent and visual approaches to each project’s editorial and brand objectives.
• Manage relationships with freelance artists and vendors, including rate negotiation, onboarding, and allocation of creative resources.
• Lead logo and identity development for Fortune franchises, accolades, editorial initiatives, and live-media programs.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to evolve Fortune’s brand standards, including typography, color, graphic systems, and guidelines; identify scalable ways to make these resources accessible across the organization.
• Serve as a strategic creative partner to teams developing new editorial, video, social, and event franchises, ensuring that new initiatives launch with a distinctive and consistent visual identity.
• Help develop Fortune’s digital illustration and visual storytelling capabilities, including art direction for news, features, and special-project content.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant creative leadership experience in editorial design, publishing, media, agency, or a similarly fast-paced brand environment.
• A portfolio demonstrating exceptional editorial design, brand identity, art direction, typography, and visual storytelling across print and digital channels.
• Experience leading creative work for a recognized media, consumer, cultural, or premium brand with a high bar for craft and consistency.
• Demonstrated ability to develop visual identities and flexible design systems that translate across platforms, including print, web, social, video, events, and marketing.
• Strong editorial judgment and a deep understanding of how design, photography, illustration, and typography can elevate storytelling.
• Experience managing and mentoring designers, as well as directing freelance creatives, illustrators, photographers, and other external partners.
• Proven project-management experience, including commissioning creative work, negotiating rates and usage, and prioritizing resources.
• Excellent communication, presentation, collaboration, and project-management skills.
• Ability to balance strategic vision with hands-on execution, manage multiple high-visibility projects, and make thoughtful decisions under deadline.
• Deep fluency in industry-standard design tools and production workflows, including Adobe Creative Suite; familiarity with evolving digital brand-management tools is a plus.
• A commitment to inclusive, thoughtful creative work and a curiosity about business, leadership, innovation, and the forces shaping the global economy.

Location: NYC; hybrid flexibility

• 20 vacation days and 2 personal days on top of 11 company holidays and an honor-based sick leave policy
• Health, dental, and vision coverage (90% paid for individuals and families), along with flexible spending accounts where Fortune contributes to your HSA
• 401(k) plan
• Generous parental leave
• Dependent care, commuter, and cell phone benefits
• A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture

About Fortune

At Fortune Media, our mission is to change the world by making business better. We achieve that by providing trusted information, great storytelling, rigorous benchmarking and world-class community building. And our key values are humility, ownership, and transparency.

The policy of Fortune Media is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, caste, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Fortune Media affirmatively seeks to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity and values diversity and inclusion.