Reporting to the Editor-in-Chief, the Lead Designer ensures the highest possible design and story-telling standards are met by the Memphis Business Journal on all platforms day in and day out online, and week in and week out in print.
The ideal candidate should be well-versed in visual storytelling, with a solid background in publication design and photography. This position is responsible for driving new and creative forms of storytelling and is expected to contribute to, and edify, planning discussions at all levels across all departments.
This is an exciting time at MBJ as we have been working with renowned media consultant Mario Garcia and our parent company, American City Business Journals, on a content reinvention. We launched our redesign last winter.
DUTIES
- Design and visually edify printed Weekly Edition
- Execute companywide design format, standards and style guide for Weekly Edition
- Work with editorial news team to creatively present stories and data
- Generate graphics, images and layout to drive reader engagement
- Design special sections and reports
- Contribute story ideas regularly, as well as a constant stream of ideas for stories in the pipeline
SKILLS
- Must be proficient in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop; HTML/CSS also preferred
- Strong visual storyteller who can drive non-narrative story forms and infographics
- Has experience editing photos and brainstorming ideas with photographers
- Strong communicator, able to articulate the design vision to editorial and business staffers alike
- Works cooperatively and collaboratively with all colleagues and professionally with sources and vendors
EXPERIENCE
- Minimum of 3 to 5 years of publication design experience in a newsroom
- The ideal candidate will have managerial experience, and a diverse background working with editors, designers, photographers and department heads
TO APPLY
Email resume, cover letter with salary requirements and a link to design samples to ACBJ Creative Director Jon Wile at jwile@bizjournals.com. Only applications with design samples and editorial experience will be considered (please do not send work samples as PDFs or attachments). No phone calls please. No relocation available.
