Graphic Design/Art Direction, Internet/Online/New Media
Job Duration
Freelance
Job Location
New York, NY
Job Requirements
Requirements:
• Excellent type and design sensibilities with an understanding of good UX and smart interactivity;
• Previous editorial tablet design experience, translating InDesign layouts into tablet format;
• Thorough proficiency in InDesign (Mag+ and HTML5 experience a plus);
• Energetic problem-solver, quick learner, and collegial team player;
• Strong time-management skills, with an ability to remain cool under pressure and work quickly and precisely under tight deadlines.
About New York Media:
New York Media is the parent company of the ground-breaking weekly New York magazine; the up-to-the-minute news and service website nymag.com; the Grub Street network of food blogs; the entertainment and culture news site Vulture; the full-fledged fashion and lifestyle site The Cut; and the twice-yearly New York Weddings magazine. The company’s Web properties attract over 12 million monthly unique visitors, and its mobile apps include New York magazine and The Cut on the Runway for iPad, and nymag.com blogs for Android.
New York Media has won numerous awards for its print and digital properties in recent years, including seventeen National Magazine Awards, Advertising Age’s Magazine Website of the Year, five James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards, five MIN Best of the Web Awards, and an ASME Cover of the Year Award. The magazine has twice been named to Ad Age’s “A-List” and twice to Adweek’s “Hot List.”
Position Overview:
New York magazine is seeking a junior designer to join its select iPad team, with responsibility for translating the magazine's print design into tablet format and conceptualizing and producing interactive elements. This is a special opportunity to work closely with a unique group of editors, designers, and production artists throughout our weekly schedule.
The position is full-time freelance – Wednesday through Saturday
– potentially moving on-staff.
Please send your resume, salary requirements, resume, and a link to your portfolio site to:
ProdJobs@NYMag.com
with “Jr Tablet Designer -MB” in the subject line.
No phone calls, please. Only those candidates considered for an interview will be contacted. Please regard your resume as having been received unless your email is bounced back. EOE.