Senior Digital Designer

Summary

Join Forbes' editorial team as a designer, contributing to visually compelling content across various platforms. You will create illustrations, photo collages, and other visual assets for daily stories and large-scale projects. The role requires proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and other design tools, along with experience in editorial illustration and visual storytelling. You will collaborate with various teams and manage creative projects from concept to completion. The ideal candidate is a quick learner, conceptual thinker, and passionate about design and emerging AI technologies. This remote position is open to candidates in specific US states.

Requirements

• BA/BFA in design or illustration with 4-7 years of digital design experience, preferably at a media or editorial publishing company
• Advanced knowledge and applied experience in editorial illustration and visual storytelling
• Process rooted in strong conceptual thinking with a sophisticated sense of digital design, composition and typography
• Fluent in the full Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Zeplin and Sketch
• Comfortable using generative AI tools like ChatGPT, GettyAI and Adobe Firefly with the ability to expand your knowledge as new tools enter the market
• Excellent organization skills with the ability to multitask and prioritize in a fast-paced, breaking news environment under tight deadlines
• Strong communication skills
• A portfolio that demonstrates an eye for storytelling, excellent taste, a passion for design and a keen sense of what will perform well on different digital platforms

Responsibilities

• Create art independently for daily feature stories
• Learn new tools and establish best practices, including AI prompt writing, 3D, animation and storyboarding
• Lead larger list packages with the ability to delegate tasks as needed
• Ensure a consistent visual style across all platforms that aligns with Forbes’ Brand Guidelines
• Collaborate with the editorial, photo, video, social, product and tech teams to determine the best approach to storytelling across all Forbes’ digital platforms
• Own all aspects of creative production for 3-4 stories a week or larger list packages
• Lead creative brainstorms
• Create conceptual artwork using photography, original illustration style or art directing an outside illustrator
• Manage the flow of stories with writers and editors using our in house CMS
• Design necessary charts and infographics
• Create promotional assets to run on social media and forbes.com

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Adobe After Effects
• You enjoy staying current on design trends and industry technology, sharing findings with the department to facilitate new ways of thinking, working and problem solving

Benefits

Remote work (within the U.S.)