Albuquerque Business First is hiring a creative services director. The position reports to the publisher and ensures the highest possible design and story-telling standards are met by Albuquerque Business First on all platforms — day in and day out online, and week in and week out in print. The ideal candidate should be well-versed in visual storytelling, with a solid background in publication design and photography. This position is responsible for driving new and creative forms of storytelling and is expected to contribute to, and edify, planning discussions at all levels across all departments. This is a management position with direct report(s).

This is an exciting time at ABF as we have been working with renowned design consultant Mario Garcia and our parent company, American City Business Journals, on a content reinvention. We launched our redesign at the beginning of this year.

DUTIES

  • Execute company-wide design format, standards and style guide for printed weekly edition
  • Work with editorial news team to creatively present stories and data
  • Generate graphics, images and layout to drive reader engagement
  • Design special sections and reports
  • Direct Creative Services department and oversee graphic designer
  • Oversee marketing and advertising campaigns, including print ads, digital ads, Power Point presentations, flyers, email newsletters and other collateral materials
  • Oversee creation of print and digital house ads following the ABF’s standards

SKILLS

  • Must be proficient in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop; HTML/CSS also preferred
  • Strong visual storyteller who can drive non-narrative story forms
  • Has experience editing photos and brainstorming ideas with photographers
  • Strong communicator, able to articulate the design vision to editorial and business staffers alike
  • Works cooperatively and collaboratively with all colleagues and professionally with sources and vendors

EXPERIENCE

  • Minimum of 3 to­ 5 years of publication design experience
  • The ideal candidate will have managerial experience, and a diverse background working with editors, designers, photographers and department heads

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred

ABOUT US

Albuquerque Business First and its 39 sister publications are part of American City Business Journals, the No. 1 source for local business news in the nation. We publish daily online, weekly in print and deliver multiple daily email products, as well as host monthly events attended by hundreds of business executives. The Creative Services department is responsible for the design support of all departments in the office, including editorial, advertising and marketing across all platforms.

TO APPLY

Email resume, cover letter with salary requirements and a link to design samples to Creative Director Jon Wile at jwile@bizjournals.com. Only applications with design samples will be considered (please do not send work samples as PDFs or attachments). No phone calls please. No relocation available.

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