New York Magazine seeks a designer to join its Art Department. 

Every two weeks, our small team designs the ASME-award-winning print magazine covering highbrow-brilliant to lowbrow-despicable and everything in between, from pop culture to food to news to fashion.  

The ideal candidate has a love of magazine making in a fast-paced environment, using all the tools in the tool box: typography and complex page design; explanation charts and graphics; DIY collage making and illustration commission. And, of course, a love of the city.

For consideration, please include a link to your portfolio in your application.

 

WHO WE ARE

New York Magazine obsessively chronicles the ideas, people, and cultural events that are forever reshaping our world. The New York brand includes the groundbreaking magazine New York, which is published biweekly in print, and six thriving verticals: Intelligencer, delivering national news and sharp commentary on politics, business, technology, and media; the Cut, covering the conversations that matter most to women today; Vulture, the premier destination for culture news, criticism, and service; the Strategist, dedicated to shopping the internet smartly; Curbed, covering cities and city life; and Grub Street, home to food news and authoritative restaurant criticism.

New York Magazine is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about what’s now, what’s next, and what’s possible.

As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, and our platforms, products, and partnerships.

 

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Work on the art department team making page layouts for the biweekly print edition of New York magazine.
• Layout and traffic and close pages, working closely with editortal, photo, copy, and production teams.
• Responsibilities include, laying out the Intelligencer section, featuring opinion columns, and late-breaking news packages. 
• Collaborate with the design director and art team to come up with clever visual solutions for feature articles and special sections, creating mood boards of art reference and artists for consideration.
• Work closely with design leads on layouts for Strategist and Culture Pages.
• Opportunity to work on features, packages, and other editorial or digital projects based on experience level.
• Be flexible to changing workflows and timelines - your typical schedule may vary during magazine close

 

WHO YOU ARE

• Have a love of New York City
• At least 3 years of experience in editorial design, in either in media or at a studio setting.
• Have a passion and interest in typography, visual storytelling and layout problem solving.
• A love of visual culture with an interest in finding illustration talent.
• Have portfolio work that demonstrates ability to design complex page layouts and package stories creatively
• The ability to work in a fast-paced, highly-collaborative work environment. You must be able to take feedback, communicate, listen to direction, and be flexible under tight deadlines.
• Time management skills and the ability to juggle multiple projects.
• A team player able to contribute to planning and the visual creative process with designers, photo editors, and editors.
• A crafty designer that can make illustrations and design treatments that editorialize and improve pick up images 
• A love of print media and the excitement of working in a news-breaking environment.
• Strong proficiency with InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator; knowledge of k4 content management system is ideal but not required. 
• A utility player that’s willing and able to work on both small & detailed tasks as well as larger, more in-depth projects.

If you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! We’ve hired chefs who became editors, DJs who became UX designers, and sommeliers who became writers.

 

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

This job is based in our New York office.

 

WHY VOX MEDIA?

WHAT WE OFFER

This is a permanent, full-time position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefits here.

This position is covered by the collective bargaining agreement between the Company and The NewsGuild of New York, CWA Local 31003, AFL-CIO.

 

OUR DEI+ COMMITMENT

Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves and create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products and services come from people with all manner of backgrounds and experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work and sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights and best practices. We keep our diversity data public for the sake of accountability, transparency and communication. Learn more about our values here, and our approach to corporate citizenship here. 

Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our People & Culture team (recruitment@voxmedia.com).

 

WHAT COMES NEXT

Please include a link to your portfolio in your application.

Our recruiting team will go through applications in a timely manner. Please note that our recruiting team will only contact you from @voxmedia.com email addresses, never via text message. Read more about how our recruiting team operates, and how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud, here.

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Last updated on Jul 26, 2024