"We are looking for an experienced news designer to join our design team on a freelance basis for an exciting onsite project. The ideal candidate will be an outstanding creative thinker with a strong understanding of editorial design and an excellent grasp of typography, photos, and news hierarchy.
Skills and requirements:
Excellent news layout skills and ability to conceptualize templates and pages
Proven time management skills for live projects with the ability to quickly handle multiple changes, prioritize, and consistently meet deadlines
A reputation for flawless attention to detail and maintaining high quality of work under deadline pressure
Able to tell stories in innovative ways, with a desire to constantly push the creative envelope
Develop illustrations, logos and other designs as needed
Rigorously follow and develop brand guidelines wherever needed
Work with editors and copywriters to produce final design
Ensure final graphics and layouts are visually appealing and on-brand
Effective communicator who is quickly able to grasp concepts and instructions as well as get along with a diverse team
Able to handle production of bulk editorial content under unrelenting deadlines
Five to eight years of experience in news and graphic design
Self-starter who needs minimal creative supervision and guidance
Must have In-dept knowledge in latest version of Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Acrobat
Able to produce print ready PDF pages.
Knowledge of publishing workflow and good grasp of design principles.
Applications without a portfolio will not be considered.