Temporary Designer, Delish

Hearst; New York (NY); Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Delish, a Hearst brand, is seeking a Temporary Designer to shape engaging experiences across digital, social, video, and print, inspiring millions of food lovers daily.

The ideal candidate has 4–5 years of graphic design experience in editorial environments, proficiency in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Figma, plus a basic understanding of HTML.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic arts or a related field.
• 4–5 years of experience in graphic design, preferably within publishing, editorial media, or a related creative environment.
• Experience designing for editorial, digital, and social platforms while maintaining a cohesive visual brand identity.
• Proficiency with Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma, and a basic understanding of HTML.
• Strong typography, photo-editing, and visual storytelling skills with a portfolio demonstrating excellence across digital and social media.

Responsibilities

• Design compelling creative assets for digital, social, video, and print platforms that elevate the Delish brand.
• Collaborate with social and video teams to develop templates, graphic systems, title cards, lower thirds, end cards, thumbnails, and other visual assets for recurring content series.
• Translate digital templates into Figma to support efficient editorial workflows.
• Build and manage content within the content management system while maintaining brand consistency and quality.
• Create engaging recipe graphics, infographics, and social media assets for platforms including Instagram and Facebook.
• Design magazine layouts, manage production files throughout the creative process, and ensure projects remain on schedule.
• Set up Figma files for new quarterly issues and export/package final files for production.
• Produce occasional editorial illustrations and support cross-functional creative initiatives as needed.

Skills

Typography

Visual storytelling

Editorial design

HTML basics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in graphic arts or related field

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Illustrator

Photoshop

Figma

Job description

Bring bold visual storytelling to one of the internet's most-loved food brands. As Temporary Designer at Delish, you'll help shape engaging experiences across digital, social, video, and print, creating work that inspires millions of food lovers every day.

About Hearst Magazines (Why Us?)

We create media that moves minds, products and ideas. Our portfolio of 30 iconic brands - including Cosmopolitan, Delish, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Men's Health and Road & Track - reaches nearly 130 million people each month. Our teams combine trusted journalism and cultural storytelling with technology, data and commerce to create experiences that inform, inspire and entertain audiences across generations and around the globe. And together, we are shaping what's next.

Key Responsibilities (What You Are Doing)

• Design compelling creative assets for digital, social, video, and print platforms that elevate the Delish brand.
• Collaborate with social and video teams to develop templates, graphic systems, title cards, lower thirds, end cards, thumbnails, and other visual assets for recurring content series.
• Translate digital templates into Figma to support efficient editorial workflows.
• Build and manage content within the content management system while maintaining brand consistency and quality.
• Create engaging recipe graphics, infographics, and social media assets for platforms including Instagram and Facebook.
• Design magazine layouts, manage production files throughout the creative process, and ensure projects remain on schedule.
• Set up Figma files for new quarterly issues and export/package final files for production.
• Produce occasional editorial illustrations and support cross-functional creative initiatives as needed.

Qualifications (What We’re Looking For)

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic arts or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 4-5 years of experience in graphic design, preferably within publishing, editorial media, or a related creative environment.
• Experience designing for editorial, digital, and social platforms while maintaining a cohesive visual brand identity.
• Proficiency with Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma, and a basic understanding of HTML.
• Strong typography, photo-editing, and visual storytelling skills with a portfolio demonstrating excellence across digital and social media.
• Ability to distinguish platform-specific design needs rather than simply resizing assets across channels.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to incorporate feedback, manage multiple priorities, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-motivated, solution-oriented, and comfortable working independently while partnering across creative and editorial teams.
• Motion design, animation, video editing, or Adobe After Effects experience is a plus.
• This is a remote position, with occasional days in the office as needed.