Associate Magazine Designer – Kids’ Magazines & Playful Visuals

Highlights for Children; United States; Presencial; USD 50.000 - 72.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Highlights for Children is seeking an Associate Designer to join the magazines team, with a focus on Highlights and High Five. The role involves designing engaging content for kids and collaborating with editors and the Art Director to bring stories, activities, puzzles, crafts, and more to life.

You will contribute to editorial design, typography, and visual storytelling, with 1–3 years of experience and proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.

Formación

• 1–3 years of professional magazine, subscription or periodical content design experience.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating editorial design, typography, layout, and visual storytelling.
• A solid understanding of content workflows and the ability to work within recurring publication deadlines.

Responsabilidades

• Design departments, activities, puzzles, crafts, and other content across our magazine portfolio, with a primary focus on Highlights and High Five.
• Follow the creative direction of the Art Director and help execute the visual direction of each magazine.
• Partner with editors and the Art Director to develop creative, engaging visual solutions for editorial content.
• Take assigned projects from initial concept and layout through final production.
• Work with illustration and photography to create cohesive, engaging pages and spreads.
• Assist with illustration assignments and provide direction to illustrators under the guidance of the Art Director.
• Help research and identify new and emerging illustration talent.
• Collaborate with editorial, design, and production to keep projects moving through the monthly production cycle.
• Manage multiple assignments and deadlines across several publications.
• Participate in brainstorms and contribute ideas for bringing stories, activities, and other content to life visually.
• Work within the established visual identity of each magazine while contributing fresh ideas and creative thinking.

Conocimientos

Magazine design

Typography

Layout

Visual storytelling

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

InCopy workflow

K4 / CenShare workflows

Content workflows

Herramientas

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

InCopy workflow

K4

CenShare

Descripción del empleo

Highlights for Children is seeking an Associate Designer to join the magazines team, with a focus on Highlights and High Five. The role involves designing engaging content for kids and collaborating with editors and the Art Director to bring stories, activities, puzzles, crafts, and more to life.

You will contribute to editorial design, typography, and visual storytelling, with 1–3 years of experience and proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.