|
We are looking for a multidisciplinary graphic designer to join the lifestyle team at Vox Media which includes Eater, Punch, & Thrillist.
- Eater covers local restaurant news, reports on national food trends, & provides service through travel guides, cooking content, documentary-style video, & social-first stories, as well as live events.
- Punch is dedicated to all-encompassing coverage of drinks & drinking culture, hosting an extensive recipe database, buying guides, how-tos & hacks, as well as feature stories & behind-the-scenes video.
- Thrillist functions as the go-to guide for passion-led travel, focussing coverage on where experience meets cultureincluding art, history, food & drink, nightlife, the internet, the outdoors, & more.
Were looking for someone who is innovative, tenacious, grounded, & excited by the idea of creating thoughtful & intriguing visuals that complement our storytelling across mediums. The right candidate is always looking for ways to further their technical design skills, is adept at time-managing their own project load, is laser-focused on details, & approaches design challenges from a variety of disciplines. Were specifically eager to bring on a designer that can build social campaigns that separate themselves from the resta person that is well-versed in applying their skillset to e-marketing campaigns, & digital feature builds.
This temporary role is full-time at 40 hours/week.
WHO WE ARE
Vox Media is the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about whats now, whats next, & whats possible.
As a community of journalists & storytellers, business professionals, creators & technologists, we believe it is a moral & business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, & inclusion throughout our organization & media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, & our platforms, products, & partnerships.
WHAT YOULL DO
This Role Will:
- Own design development of onsite & off-platform (social) visual assets while taking creative direction from the Associate Creative Director
Your day-to-day, or week-to-week:
- Execute static social design-builds: Produce a determined cadence of Instagram stories & carousel post slides per week for Eater, Thrillist, & Punch, designing with the primary goals of growing on-platform engagement & driving traffic towards a measurable increase in on-site pageviews.
- Execute animated social design: Occasionally create motion graphics for the aforementioned channels.
- Own & implement each individual brand identity: Deeply familiarize yourself with the brand guidelines for each of the brands, translating these guardrails on paper to actual designs across social platforms; Develop a deep understanding of what is & is not considered on-brand for Eater, Thrillist, & Punch, & from there, own the process of periodically refreshing the template designs used team-wide.
- Meld your marketing brain with design prowess: Along with editorial storytelling, youll be tasked with ideating on intriguing marketing campaigns to support our commerce vertical & ongoing promotion around the Eater app, transforming those ideas into compelling digital design schemes that live on social platforms as well as Sailthru-based email campaigns.
- Consume & share: Consume Eater, Thrillist, & Punch content constantlyread your colleagues stories across national & local coverage; stay abreast of conversations in internal trend reporting chats; do so through the lens of what storytelling will work well on our social platforms & bring those ideas to round table with your teammates.
Expect To:
- Collaborate. Work closely & collaborate with Audience Development team members, editorial (reporters & editors), Video, & the Design team to bring multiple possible design solutions to the table & ensure that creative needs are translated & executed appropriately & efficiently.
- Participate in design reviews. Accept & resolve critiques. Attend & participate in bi-weekly 1:1s, as well as project-specific reviews.
- Advocate for accessible design. Follow accessibility guidelines in your work.
- Maintain brand standards. Consistently assess your design solutions with a critical eye, ensuring that they are innovative & intriguing, without straying from the visual brand standards.
- Uphold tidy & organized workspace. Whether its how youre building your design files & naming layers or tagging edited photos & filing them away, you are consistently reliable in how you organize your work.
- Support the lifestyle pods commitment to representation. When & where appropriate, always seek design solutions that lift up & celebrate minority voices, views & visuals.
- Communicate. Share, share & over share. Be as transparent as possible with your process, ideas, challenges & wins. Ask for help when you need it!
WHO YOU ARE
- Technical Skillsets: You have at least 2 years experience out of school as a professional graphic designer, & the work to speak for it. You are fluent in Adobe Creative Suite; have knowledge of additional design software (Ceros, Sketch, Figma, Canva, etc.); have experience designing in ESPs (e.g. SailThru, Mailchimp, Klaviyo, etc.); & have a working knowledge of administrative/CMS software (Google Suite, Dropbox, Airtable, Monday.com, Trello, etc.)
- Efficiency: You are able to efficiently produce a substantial output of content without sacrificing design integrity or visual brand cohesivity which involves a demonstrated ability to autonomously project & time manage your work
- Flexibility: Youre able to work within the succinct timelines of editorial media, & respond to the ever-changing landscape that is media reporting, including quickly executing timely edits on iterative design schemes
- Fluency Around Social Trends: You have a detail-oriented, constantly-evolving finger on the pulse of the latest visual trends across popular social media platforms, including Instagram & TikTok, meaning you are consuming content constantly & communicating the commonalities youre seeing with your team in an effort to sharpen & better the content we create together
- Design Eye: You have a strong understanding of visual design principles, typography, color theory, & layout as they pertain specifically & responsively to different social platforms & site-based digital design-builds
- Positive, Collaborative Attitude: Youre able to analyze the tasks in front of you & meet design challenges with demonstrated critical thinking, awareness of various perspectives & attention to optimizing return & engagement; you're eager to learn & expand your own skill set through the work you create
- Animation Skillset: Prior experience building animations & working with video times to integrate animated design is a major plus
- Coding Skillset: Knowledge of HTML, CSS, SCSS & prior, if minimal, experience coding web designs is a plus
- Investment in Food & Drinks Reporting: Curiosity towards & investment in food journalism are a major plus
If you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! We would love to have a chat & see if you could be a great addition to our team.
WHERE YOULL WORK
This job is remote. Were dedicated to the health & wellbeing of all of our employees, & when we reopen, will require everyone who works from one of our offices to be fully-vaccinated against COVID-19. Employees with approved religious or medical exemptions may be subject to additional safety requirements, such as submitting to regular COVID-19 testing and/or wearing a face covering in our offices.
Want to know more about what working at Eater is like, or have qs not answered here? Check out our extensive FAQ.
WHY VOX MEDIA?
WHAT WE OFFER
This is a permanent, temporary position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefits here.
This role is a part of the Vox Media Union, represented by the Writers Guild of America, East
OUR DEI+ COMMITMENT
Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves & create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products & services come from people with all manner of backgrounds & experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work & sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights & best practices. We keep our diversity data public for the sake of accountability, transparency & communication. Learn more about our values here, & our approach to corporate citizenship here.
Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer & qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our People & Culture team (recruitment@voxmedia.com).
WHAT COMES NEXT
Our recruiting team will go through applications in a timely manner. Please note that our recruiting team will only contact you from @voxmedia.com email addresses, never via text message. Read more about how our recruiting team operates, & how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud, here.
|
