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Design Director – Opinion
| Company | The New York Times |
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| Location | New York, NY, USA |
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| Salary | $160000 – $180000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- 7+ years of operational design experience in print (not simply directing but creating)
- 3+ years of experience managing designers and art directors
- Experience with all fundamentals of design — across print, digital, mobile and video platforms
- Knowledgeable experience with design software: Figma, Indesign, Adobe suite
- Relationships with a roster of Illustrators, photographers, film-makers and videographers, both emerging and established, globally and nationally
- Experience shaping, designing and developing editorial content with a variety of visuals
- Experience communicating visual ideas to many audiences through dialogue, sketch or wireframe (editors, writers, engineers, other designers, etc.)
- Portfolio of work that show extraordinary design capabilities; typographic, illustrative and conceptual.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the editors to build and achieve a shared vision.
- Oversee the art direction of the daily Opinion report and the weekly Sunday Opinion, including high-impact cover stories, across print and digital.
- Oversee design of print executions: daily, weekly and special editions.
- Collaborate with digital teams on design execution of art direction, typography, and ideating innovative storytelling experiences.
- Infuse high-level creative teams with the support and spirit necessary to achieve common visual goals.
- Identify, propose and produce visually-driven story ideas and special coverage.
- Work with cross-discipline teams, help translating visuals across all Opinion mediums: print, digital, audio and video.
- Recruit, commission and direct work from outside artists.
- Manage illustration and freelance budgets; advocate for additional bandwidth.
- Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
- You will report to the Creative Director.
Preferred Qualifications
- 2+ years of digital design experience with some understanding of product limitations
- Familiar with sound UX/UI guidance for complex storytelling with working knowledge of front-end design wireframes
- Experience working in a news/media environment
- Highly-developed judgment of trends and styles in both illustration and photography
- Experience maintaining brand identities while working with emerging platforms
- Experience building collaborative environments that foster trust, mentorship and growth opportunities
- Experience working under tight-deadlines while processing multiple stakeholder feedback.
