Art Director

Habitat Magazine, the leading special interest publication serving New York’s co-op and condo board director community (since 1982), is currently looking for an Art Director. This is a unique opportunity to staff a one-person art department and design/produce everything we publish and need to run a small media company. Habitat Magazine (print and digital) is the centerpiece. We’re looking for someone with a temperament that can calmly and expertly interact with both editorial and advertising staff, and who is super organized. We have a lot of moving parts that we publish and the art director is key to keeping our team on track.

Our team is a small group of magazine enthusiasts. Since Covid, we work remotely. However, a couple of times a year we host photo/video events where we all gather. We meet via Zoom each morning, and stay connected throughout the day with RingCentral (sort of a slack-lite phone/video/messaging app). All staff members are provided with recent Mac computers, and we contract with an IT team to handle any tech problems.

Benefits: The office is closed on summer fridays, giving us a four-day work-week. Health insurance and Simple IRA retirement plan included.

Location Requirement: While we are primarily working remote, this position requires residence in the New York metro area. 

Position Responsibilities:

• Art direct and design covers, feature articles, departments for monthly print magazine (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Assign photo shoots, illustrations and research stock art
• Construct and maintain templates and grids for print magazine
• Manage the production of each issue; help track editorial through the process
• Style and typeset all copy for print magazine
• Input editorial corrections into print magazine
• Color correct images
• Preflight/prepare files for printer (Quad) 
• Review “blueline” and submit corrections online
• Prepare files and manage the creation of digital editions (BlueToad)
• Research stock art for each issue
• Export final PDFs for distribution
• Collaborate with the Sales Department
• Create a “map/imposition” for each print magazine issue showing ad placement
• Design ads for advertisers
• Preflight and place ads in print magazine
• Create in-house print and web advertisements and all marketing materials (house ads; promotional collateral; media kit)
• Research stock art and size images for weekly eNewsletters and website
• Create bi-weekly web-only digital digest through BlueToad (Week by Week)
• Assist with the design and implementation of emailed products using Constant Contact
• Construct web graphics and photo elements as needed for emails, website and social media
• Provide graphic assistance for any audio/video projects (Headliner)

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