Design Jobs Board

The Jewish Chronicle is excited for a new Junior designer to join our Team. The successful candidate will be a designer with some experience in newspapers and magazines. The main focus of the position will be the news section of the newspaper. Trained in graphic design, the candidate will have a can-do attitude and be happy to help out with all types of art related tasks across print and digital.

Responsibilities:

• Design the newspaper, supplement and magazine pages with meticulous attention to detail
• Design digital materials for the newspaper and magazines
• Design print and digital advertising for the newspaper
• Image research for print and web
• Image editing and correction for print and web

Required experience:

• Experience working with Editorial design for newspapers and magazines
• Proven ability to design layouts and communicate visually for news and features

Required skills:

• Adobe Suite, especially Photoshop, Indesign and Illustrator
• Excellent attention to detail – this is a must have. On press days you will be able to perform all requested changes by the Editors and the Creative Director before sending the pages to production
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment

Bonus points:

• Desire to constantly grow your skillset, eagerness to learn and to apply cutting-edge techniques to projects
• Experience working in digital and video
• Experience creating content for social media platforms
• Experience designing for mobile and digital platforms

Details

• The hours are 9:30 to 5:30 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. On Wednesday, our press day, we leave when the newspaper is sent to print. A rota system is used for Wednesdays.
• Hybrid work – we are currently working 2 days a week in our Kings Cross office and 3 days at home. We hope to go back to being based full-time in an office soon.

To apply, please email your CV and portfolio with a covering note. Please state your salary expectations and notice period.