Senior Art Director

America's Test Kitchen; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

America’s Test Kitchen in Boston, MA is seeking a Senior Art Director to guide editorial design and layout across books, magazines, and ATK programs. The role blends creative direction with production-ready execution, including on-set food photography direction.

You will lead a design team, partner with editors and imagery teams, and deliver layouts from concept through final production in a hybrid work setting.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of design experience in a publishing or branding environment with a portfolio demonstrating editorial design and art direction

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative graphic design solutions to elevate editorial visuals
• Lead projects from brainstorm to final production with stakeholders
• Manage and mentor design team members
• Apply editorial judgement to support ATK’s mission
• Collaborate across teams for layouts and photography, including on-set direction
• Communicate and prioritize to keep work on track
• Listen to team feedback throughout the process
• Own design files and assets through production with tidy, error-free layouts

Skills

Editorial design

Art direction

Photography art direction

Team leadership

Tools

Macintosh OS

Adobe Creative Suite

InDesign

Woodwing

K4

Figma

Asana

Job description

America’s Test Kitchen is looking for a Senior Art Director to guide editorial design and layout across its book projects, magazines, and other ATK programs. Based in Boston, MA with a hybrid work setup, this role blends creative direction with production-ready execution, including photography art direction and team leadership within the Content + Design editorial design team.

Role focus

In this position, you will ideate, strategize, and deliver editorial design solutions that strengthen the visual presentation of ATK’s content. You will also partner with designers, editors, kitchen, and imagery teams to bring layouts and photography through production, including on-set art direction for food photography.

Responsibilities

• Develop and advise on innovative graphic design solutions that elevate the department’s editorial visual presentation
• Lead projects from brainstorm through final production in collaboration with stakeholders and department leads
• Manage and mentor other members of the design team
• Apply creative, editorially sound judgment to support ATK’s mission to empower and inspire confidence in the kitchen
• Collaborate across teams to execute design, art direction, and production of layouts and photography, including on-set direction of food photography
• Communicate and prioritize effectively at all stages to keep work on track
• Actively listen to and respond to team feedback throughout the process
• Own design files and assets through production, maintaining tidy, consistent, error‑free layouts

Requirements

• 8+ years of design experience in a publishing or branding environment, with a portfolio demonstrating strong editorial design and art direction, including clean, clear, and creative content presentation
• Photography art direction experience, particularly with food
• Proficiency with Macintosh OS and Adobe Creative Suite, with InDesign experience
• Helpful technology skills including Woodwing, K4, Figma, and Asana
• Food content experience and/or a passion for cooking is ideal

Tools you’ll use

• Macintosh OS
• Adobe Creative Suite
• InDesign
• Woodwing
• K4
• Figma
• Asana

Compensation

$80,000 - $90,000 per year.