Senior Art Director

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

Job summary

America’s Test Kitchen is seeking a Senior Art Director to lead editorial design on book projects, magazines, and programs. The role focuses on ideation, strategy, and execution with strong collaboration across teams.

The ideal candidate has extensive editorial design, art direction, and food photography experience; proficiency in InDesign and the Adobe Creative Suite is required. The position is based in Boston with a hybrid schedule.

Qualifications

• 8+ years design experience in a publishing or branding environment, with editorial design and art direction portfolio.
• Photography art direction experience (food preferred).
• Proficiency using Macintosh OS, Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign.
• Experience with Woodwing, K4, Figma, and Asana is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Create and advise on innovative graphic design solutions, elevating the department’s visual presentation of editorial content
• Take projects from brainstorm to final production in collaboration with stakeholders and department leads
• Manage and mentor other members of the design team
• Approach the work with creative, editorially-sound instincts that help ATK fulfill its mission to empower and inspire confidence in the kitchen
• Work collaboratively with other designers, editors, kitchen, and imagery team members to see through the design, art direction, and production of layouts and photography, including on-set art direction of food photography
• Communicate and prioritize effectively at all stages of production to keep work on track
• Listen to and respond to team feedback productively throughout the process
• Take ownership of design files and assets through production, keeping layouts tidy, consistent, and error-free

Skills

Editorial design

Art direction

Photography art direction

InDesign

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Mac OS

Woodwing

K4

Figma

Asana

Job description

Description

Senior Art Director

America’s Test Kitchen is seeking a Senior Art Director to play a leading role on our collaborative editorial design team. This position will focus on the ideation, strategy, and execution of design and layout for book projects, magazines, and other ATK programs. The ideal candidate will have strong creative and technical editorial design skills, photography art direction experience, and a familiarity and passion for food and cooking.

This role will be a part of the editorial design team sitting within the Content + Design team at America’s Test Kitchen. The team is responsible for the production of approximately 9 books, 18 magazines, and a range of additional print and digital editorial content each year.

Responsibilities

• Create and advise on innovative graphic design solutions, elevating the department’s visual presentation of editorial content
• Take projects from brainstorm to final production in collaboration with stakeholders and department leads
• Manage and mentor other members of the design team
• Approach the work with creative, editorially-sound instincts that help ATK fulfill its mission to empower and inspire confidence in the kitchen
• Work collaboratively with other designers, editors, kitchen, and imagery team members to see through the design, art direction, and production of layouts and photography, including on-set art direction of food photography
• Communicate and prioritize effectively at all stages of production to keep work on track
• Listen to and respond to team feedback productively throughout the process
• Take ownership of design files and assets through production, keeping layouts tidy, consistent, and error-free

Qualifications

• 8+ years design experience in a publishing or branding environment and a portfolio of strong editorial design and art direction, showing clean, clear, and creative visual presentation of content
• Photography art direction experience (particularly with food)
• Proficiency using Macintosh OS, Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign
• Additional helpful tech skills include experience with Woodwing, K4, Figma, and Asana
• Food content experience and/or a passion for cooking is ideal for this role

This position is located in our Boston, MA office in the Seaport district. It is the expectation that the person in this role will work a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) in the office and 2 days per week remotely. This position is located in our Boston, MA office in the Seaport district. It is the expectation that the person in this role will work a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) in the office and 2 days per week remotely. This schedule is subject to change on a week to week basis depending upon the needs of the business.

About America’s Test Kitchen

The mission of America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) is to empower and inspire confidence, community, and creativity in the kitchen. Founded in 1992, the company is the leading multimedia cooking resource serving millions of fans with TV shows (America’s Test Kitchen, Cook's Country, and America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation), award-winning magazine (Cook’s Illustrated) and limited‑edition newsstand issues, cookbooks, a podcast (Proof), FAST channels, short-form video series, and the ATK Essential Membership for digital content. Based in a state‑of‑the‑art 15,000-square‑foot test kitchen in Boston’s Seaport District, ATK has earned the trust of home cooks and culinary experts alike thanks to its one‑of‑a‑kind processes and best‑in‑class techniques. Fifty full‑time (admittedly very meticulous) test cooks, editors, and product testers spend their days tweaking every variable to find the very best recipes, equipment, ingredients, and techniques. Learn more at https://www.americastestkitchen.com/.

Why America’s Test Kitchen

We're passionate about cooking, and about creating the best place to work. We're small enough for your ideas to make a big impact, and large enough to offer you opportunities to grow professionally at any stage of your career. We want you to take risks and make mistakes that's how innovation happens in our test kitchen, in our offices, and in life.

We at America’s Test Kitchen believe food media can be a powerful force for social change. We are passionate about building an inclusive workforce that represents many different cultures, backgrounds, abilities, identities, and perspectives.

Salary Range

$80,000 - $90,000

The range provided is based on what we reasonably expect to pay for this job as of the time of posting. The actual salary offered will be determined based on multiple factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, job-related knowledge, skills, geographical location, and other job‑related factors permitted by law.

About America’s Test Kitchen

The mission of America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) is to empower and inspire confidence, community, and creativity in the kitchen. Founded in 1992, the company is the leading multimedia cooking resource serving millions of fans with TV shows (America’s Test Kitchen, Cook's Country, and America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation), award-winning magazine (Cook’s Illustrated) and limited‑edition newsstand issues, cookbooks, a podcast (Proof), FAST channels, short-form video series, and the ATK Essential Membership for digital content. Based in a state‑of‑the‑art 15,000-square‑foot test kitchen in Boston’s Seaport District, ATK has earned the trust of home cooks and culinary experts alike thanks to its one‑of‑a‑kind processes and best‑in‑class techniques. Fifty full‑time (admittedly very meticulous) test cooks, editors, and product testers spend their days tweaking every variable to find the very best recipes, equipment, ingredients, and techniques. Learn more at https://www.americastestkitchen.com/.

Why America’s Test Kitchen

We're passionate about cooking, and about creating the best place to work. We're small enough for your ideas to make a big impact, and large enough to offer you opportunities to grow professionally at any stage of your career. We want you to take risks and make mistakes that's how innovation happens in our test kitchen, in our offices, and in life.

We at America’s Test Kitchen believe food media can be a powerful force for social change. We are passionate about building an inclusive workforce that represents many different cultures, backgrounds, abilities, identities, and perspectives.