JOB SUMMARY
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Job ID# Posted: Company: Location: Title: Type: Terms: Experience: Education: Base Pay: |
3283107828 February 2, 2010 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Art Director, Notre Dame Magazine Publishing FT Employee 10+ years Undergraduate Degree Unspecified |
JOB DETAILS
Art Director -- Notre Dame Magazine
The University of Notre Dame (www.nd.edu) invites applications for the Art Director opportunity within Notre Dame Magazine (http://magazine.nd.edu/) responsible for the look of the university's primary print vehicle through which it communicates with its 150,000 constituents. He or she does all page design and layouts, commissions and supervises the work of freelance artists and photographers, and manages the quarterly's production, from conceptual planning through printing. The Art Director works closely with the editor, helps design and manage the magazine's expanding website and serves the Office and Public Affairs and Communication by performing various design projects for AgencyND, the university's print and web marketing communications group.
Specific duties involve the following:
- Conceptualize and design Notre Dame Magazine - This involves creating the high-quality look and feel of the quarterly publication to best reflect, strengthen and represent Notre Dame's image with its diverse audiences - and to then design and layout each issue according to those standards. The content and subject matter of this periodical provides various design challenges and requires a proper level of design sophistication and expertise, blending the institution's sense of tradition with its contemporary freshness and vitality.
- Commission and supervise the work of freelance artists, photographers and illustrators who contribute to the magazine - This involves identifying first-rate artistic contributors in various geographic locations from coast to coast and then directing their creative work and negotiating time and fee considerations. Each issue of the magazine contains about 70 images, almost all being original to the magazine. This also includes the art director contributing his/her own photographs and artwork as appropriate.
- Build each issue of the magazine and direct it through production and printing - Beyond page design, the design and art director performs those technical production tasks required to deliver each issue for printing and then works with the printer from prepress through proofing through press checks.
- Help design and manage the magazine's website - As the magazine bolsters its online presence, the art director will commensurately contribute his or her expertise and skills to its design, expansion and function.
- Take on and complete various design projects for AgencyND - This will involve, under the direction of the magazine editor and the creative director of AgencyND, performing various tasks for the agency, including collaboration and consultation, designing and seeing to completion assorted jobs and projects in support of the Office of Public Affairs and Communication, the division home to both Notre Dame Magazine and AgencyND.
Minimum Qualifications:
The Art Director should be trained in the arts of visual communication with skillful competencies in both print and electronic media. A Bachelor's degree is required with a Master's preferable. The design and art director must be skilled in typography, photography, illustration and various forms of desktop publishing software (InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator) necessary to create a magazine digitally. The standards of Notre Dame Magazine require a person with at least 10 years of experience in the design of print communication, preferably much of that time designing a magazine of substance.
Application Process:
Please apply online at http://ND.jobs to Job #10042. For additional information about working at the University of Notre Dame and various benefits available to employees, please visit http://hr.nd.edu/employment/working_at_nd.shtml.
The University of Notre Dame is committed to diversity in its staff, faculty, and student body. As such, we strongly encourage applications from members of minority groups, women, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and others who will enhance our community.
The University of Notre Dame, an international Catholic research university, is an equal opportunity employer.
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