Editorial Designer

OVERVIEW

Morning Brew is seeking a Part-time Editorial Designer to join our growing Design team! This role reports to our Editorial Art Director.

You will be working closely with writers, editors, and our other designers to bring Morning Brew editorial stories to life through visual creation.

You should have a flexible style with the ability to adapt to Morning Brew’s look and feel, and always look for the best approach to tell a story. You should feel comfortable in multiple disciplines of artwork creation, ranging from illustration, collage, data visualization, photo selection, and light motion.

This role requires cross team collaboration and relies on relationship management, so a positive, curious, and open mindset is a must. The ideal candidate for this position is an independent worker, able to make informed decisions, explore visual directions, and solicit feedback when needed. You thrive working in a fast-paced environment, work well with critical feedback, and understand media. 

This is an ongoing contract role, starting at 2-3 days per week for 6 hours per day. This role is a remote position.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL BE WORKING ON

- Work closely with our editorial Art Director and Editorial teams to plan the visual direction of the stories and secure available and appropriate imagery.

- Produce high-quality visuals in the form of illustration, collage, data visualization, or stock photo selection for news, features, and reporting. 

- Manage quick turnaround art selection for Morning Brew’s daily newsletter while being able to respond to art requests from our professional brands.

- Contribute to a library of in-house stock and reusable elements to optimize artwork creation process. 

- Collaborate on guidelines and training decks around quality photo selection.

- Produce artwork for internal use in sales deck materials and RFPs.

- Effectively elevate concerns to higher level designers / managers when necessary

- Archive your work in compliance with Design Team standards

QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of editorial illustration experience, either in-house or freelance

- Portfolio demonstrating a range of  visual problem-solving as well as a clear sense of your personal design voice

- A high level of competency with common design tools such Adobe Creative suite, Figma, etc.

- Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time, meet deadlines, and thrive in a fast-paced environment

- Ability to work on East coast hoursHaving your own Adobe Creative Suite account

- Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey complex visual ideas

- You receive and incorporates feedback well

- You consistently meets deadlines and meets or exceeds other reasonable stakeholder expectations

COMPENSATION $40/hour