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Graphic Designer

Publication or Company	Travel Channel
Industry	TV/Cable
Job Duration	Full Time
Job Location	Chevy Chase, MD
Experience Level	5 years
Job Requirements	You've been working in the design world, with minimum 5 years design experience under your belt Bachelor's degree in fine arts or graphic design (preferred) from an accredited four-year college/university or art school equivalent A well-rounded portfolio highlighting design, conceptual and typographic skills and sensibilities A history of composite/manipulated image-making a big plus You know your way around print and web design (on a Mac) like a superstar, and are highly skilled in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Flash You're known as a positive team member, problem solver and a clear communicator You have an attentive eye for quality and detail, coupled with the ability to multi-task You're skilled in adapting to changing circumstances in a busy environment People say you have excellent time, budget and resource management skills You're fanatical about movie, TV and entertainment design You know how to leave the ego at the door
About Our Company	Does the release of the newest movie and TV key art get your heart racing? Are you a designer who relishes the idea of creating TV entertainment ads that millions of people will see? Travel Channel, based just outside of Washington DC, is currently seeking a Graphic Designer to join our award-winning in-house studio marketing team reporting to the Design Manager/Art Director. In this role, you will seek to elevate the level of design for network branding, advertising/promotion and programming support, bringing design innovation, storytelling and fresh thinking. A focus will be design consistency across all arms of the Travel Channel brand. You will touch just about every aspect of the business, from on-air promo to press communications, and will use your talents to tie all aspects of a multimedia campaign together seamlessly. Our dream candidate will rock out highly evolved composite key art, but also doesn't mind getting into the weeds to create a set of day-to-day web banners. Designing Travel Channel promotional materials including key art, print ads, out-of-home advertising, digital web banners, mobile ads, TV promo elements and press kits (to name a few) Collaborating side by side with the Design Manager/Art Director, Creative Director, Photo Editor, Copywriter and Project Manager through all phases of ideation and production Participating and contributing to concept brainstorms Producing realized comps to sell through ideas that are on strategy and on brand Proactively following projects from conception to execution, delivering each step quickly and on time Properly setting up clean files to be released to retouchers and prepress Providing design direction and support to internal and external customers Managing outside vendors including illustrators, printing companies and retouchers Essentials: