Digital Designer I

About The Position | Major goals and objectives and location requirements 

Dotdash Meredith is looking for a Digital Designer to help create designs to support editorial content across our portfolio of sites. In this role you work closely with the Creative Director and other designers to craft cohesive brand design experiences. You must be collaborative in your approach to internal stakeholders, while simultaneously and vigorously championing the consumer experience. 

As a Digital Designer at Dotdash Meredith you will be responsible for doing competitive research, designing the look and feel of various brand elements and refining and iterating on those ideas for various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Help maintain cohesive expressions of visual identities for multiple brands. 

• Take ownership of assigned design projects, collaborate with stakeholders and other designers, take direction from Creative/Art Directors, and follow established processes to ensure smooth delivery of creative assets. 

• Create digital production art including photo treatments, logos, illustrations, and social media assets. 

• Concept and produce custom artwork as directed for various digital brand channels including Editorial, Social, Video, and Growth.

• Collaborate with the UX design team and Design Tech team as needed.

In-office Expectations: This position is hybrid in-office 3 days per week, with the ability to work remotely for up to 2 days per week. The ideal candidate would be located in one of the following: Des Moines, IA, or Birmingham, AL

About The Team: | The Team and/or Brand.

The Brand Design team at Meredith Digital defines the brand experience for premium brands such as People, Entertainment Weekly, Real Simple, Travel+Leisure, Health and many more. We are building engaging brand experiences that excite users and amplify the voice of our brands.

Design

• Use requirements and stakeholder feedback to produce design assets such as brand guidelines, editorial images, and social graphics

Collaborate with Design and Edit teams

• Attend meetings with stakeholders from editorial, social, video, and growth teams.

• Attend Recurring Design Team meetings and other group functions.

• Present design solutions and help build consensus among a broad range of stakeholders.

• Participate in brainstorming and critique sessions that foster big-picture thinking while identifying opportunities to raise the bar on the details.

Process Management

• Keep project management tickets up to date, communicate progress, keep files organized, follow slack channels, and meet deadlines.

The Role’s Minimum Qualifications and Job Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Design, or equivalent education and experience

Experience: 1-3 years as a designer

Specific Knowledge, Skills, Certifications and Abilities:

• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite

• Strong typography skills

• Strong editorial design skills

• Illustration skills/a portfolio that includes illustration samples

• Publishing industry experience a plus

• Knowledge of motion graphics a plus

• Self-motivated and highly-organized

• Strong attention to detail

• Excellent communication skills

• A team player ready to work in a fast-paced environment