Avenue Edmonton, an award winning city lifestyle magazine, requires an Art Director with a proven track record in producing innovative magazine pages.
If you are:
- Creative and exceptionally detailed
- Excellent with typography
- Experienced in team management
- Able to provide leadership in executing ideas
- Driven by challenges and deadlines
And if you have:
- Ability to create exceptional design solutions under tight deadlines
- Excellent knowledge of the Adobe creative suite
- Post-secondary education in visual communications or equivalent
- Five years or more experience in magazine art direction or equivalent print design experience
Then you could be the next Art Director of Avenue Edmonton.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Working under the supervision of the Editor
- Working in conjunction with the Creative Director and the editorial staff
- Creating compelling layouts that meet the objectives of the brand
- Managing production time lines, budgets, internal and external freelance artists to create visuals for the magazine
- Participating in all planning, strategy, review and brainstorming meetings
- Assigning photographers and illustrators to stories, reviewing artist rough sketches; attending and supervising photography shoots when required
- Producing pages, including preparation and colour correction of images and placement of ads
Avenue Edmonton is published by Odvod Publishing Inc.; a partnership between Odvod Media Corp. and RedPoint Media Group Inc., one of Western Canada’s largest independent publishers.
The company offers you an exciting, educational and ultimately rewarding experience in the Canadian magazine industry. We provide a fun and creative work environment with a vibrant atmosphere.
Please submit your resume with a cover letter to
Colin McGarrigle, Editor
Avenue Edmonton Magazine
E-mail: colin@odvodpublishing.com
