Puget Sound Business Journal seeks creative director

The Puget Sound Business Journal is seeking to hire a creative director.

The Creative Director should be well versed in visual storytelling on both print and digital publishing platforms, with a solid background in design and/or photography. The Creative Director also works closely with the audience development, event and advertising departments to create and revise newspaper ads and event marketing materials.

This position is responsible for driving new and creative forms of storytelling on all platforms, and is expected to contribute to, and edify planning discussions at all levels. The ideal candidate will have managerial experience, and a diverse background working with editorial, advertising and audience development departments.

The Creative Director helps coordinate and implement the design, look and feel for PBSJ across all departments. Reporting to the Editor in Chief, the Creative Director is the primary contact with press/production vendors.

Duties:

• Must understand all elements of design, including recognition that all elements on a page are part of the storytelling process, including images, text, headlines and captions.
• The Creative Director will perform, when necessary, editorial design duties for all sections of the newspaper and work closely with the news team to creatively present stories and data on all platforms, including use of video and infographics.
• Responsible for overseeing the preparations of classified ads and working with the audience development/advertising/events departments on fliers and other promotional items.
• In consultation with Publisher and sales management, design special sections and reports for multiple platforms.
• In tandem with researcher, oversee pagination of weekly lists. Leads design coordination on yearly Book of Lists.
• Oversee the layout of newspaper each week.
• Responsible for some special/advertorial sections.
• Oversee the uploading of the digital edition and print edition of newspaper to website.
• Must have strong sense of print design, ad layout, pre-press production and quality control. Knowledge of color printing, pre-press and final PDF file preparation.
• Regularly participate in and attend Business Journal sponsored events.
• Take on any other assignment made by manager(s).
• Work cooperatively and collaboratively with all colleagues and professionally with sources.

To apply, contact Jon Wile, American City Business Journals creative director, at jwile@bizjournals.com