Digital Designer I

Meredith; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Meredith is seeking a Digital Designer I to create designs for editorial content across its portfolio. This hybrid role involves competitive research, crafting brand elements, and collaborating with internal teams to ensure cohesive design experiences.

Benefits

Unlimited paid time off (PTO)

401K savings plan with company match

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Generous paid parental leave

Qualifications

• 1-3 years as a designer.
• Self-motivated and highly organized.
• Strong attention to detail and excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Help maintain cohesive expressions of visual identities for multiple brands.
• Take ownership of assigned design projects and collaborate with stakeholders.
• Create digital production art including logos, illustrations, and social media assets.

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite

Typography

Editorial Design

Illustration

Motion Graphics

Communication

Attention to Detail

Self-motivated

Team Player

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Design

Job description

Job Title

Digital Designer I

Job Description

About The Position | Major goals and objectives and location requirements

Dotdash Meredith is looking for a Digital Designer to help create designs to support editorial content across our portfolio of sites. In this role you work closely with the Creative Director and other designers to craft cohesive brand design experiences. You must be collaborative in your approach to internal stakeholders, while simultaneously and vigorously championing the consumer experience.

In-office Expectations: This position is hybrid in-office 3 days per week, with the ability to work remotely for up to 2 days per week.

As a Digital Designer at Dotdash Meredith you will be responsible for doing competitive research, designing the look and feel of various brand elements and refining and iterating on those ideas for various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Help maintain cohesive expressions of visual identities for multiple brands.

• Take ownership of assigned design projects, collaborate with stakeholders and other designers, take direction from Creative/Art Directors, and follow established processes to ensure smooth delivery of creative assets.

• Create digital production art including photo treatments, logos, illustrations, and social media assets.

• Concept and produce custom artwork as directed for various digital brand channels including Editorial, Social, Video, and Growth.

• Collaborate with the UX design team and Design Tech team as needed.

About The Team: | The Team and/or Brand.

The Brand Design team at Meredith Digital defines the brand experience for premium brands such as People, Entertainment Weekly, Real Simple, Travel+Leisure, Health and many more. We are building engaging brand experiences that excite users and amplify the voice of our brands.

About The Positions Contributions:

Design

• Use requirements and stakeholder feedback to produce design assets such as brand guidelines, editorial images, and social graphics

Collaborate with Design and Edit teams

• Attend meetings with stakeholders from editorial, social, video, and growth teams.

• Attend Recurring Design Team meetings and other group functions.

• Present design solutions and help build consensus among a broad range of stakeholders.

• Participate in brainstorming and critique sessions that foster big-picture thinking while identifying opportunities to raise the bar on the details.

Process Management

• Keep project management tickets up to date, communicate progress, keep files organized, follow slack channels, and meet deadlines.

The Role’s Minimum Qualifications and Job Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Design, or equivalent education and experience

Experience: 1-3 years as a designer

Specific Knowledge, Skills, Certifications and Abilities:

• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite

• Strong typography skills

• Strong editorial design skills

• Illustration skills/a portfolio that includes illustration samples

• Publishing industry experience a plus

• Knowledge of motion graphics a plus

• Self-motivated and highly-organized

• Strong attention to detail

• Excellent communication skills

• A team player ready to work in a fast-paced environment

It is the policy of Dotdash Meredith to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.Accommodation requests can be made by emailing [e-mail] .

The Company participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here: https://www.e-verify.gov/employees

Pay Range

Salary: New York: $60,000 - $73,000 Seattle: $60,000 - $73,000

The pay range above represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position and may change in the future. Actual pay may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Dotdash Meredith’s total compensation package for employees. Other compensation may include annual bonuses, and short- and long-term incentives. In addition,Dotdash Meredith provides to employees (and their eligible family members) a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, unlimited paid time off (PTO), adoption or surrogate assistance, donation matching, tuition reimbursement, basic life insurance, basic accidental death & dismemberment, supplemental life insurance, supplemental accident insurance, commuter benefits, short term and long term disability, health savings and flexible spending accounts, family care benefits, a generous 401K savings plan with a company match program, 10-12 paid holidays annually, and generous paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents), all of which may vary depending on the specific nature of your employment with Dotdash Meredith and your work location. We also offer voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, accident, critical and hospital indemnity health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance.

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