About the position
Gannett is seeking a talented Design Editor to join our team, responsible for producing high-quality content across multiple Gannett newspapers. This remote position allows for flexibility, as it can be based anywhere in the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii. The Design Editor will play a crucial role in conceiving and designing engaging content, including centerpieces for section fronts, tailored for print, digital, and social media platforms. In this role, the Design Editor will employ journalistic principles to assess the importance and fairness of stories, ensuring that the content is presented in a compelling manner. The responsibilities include designing content for various platforms, creating sophisticated cover pages, and utilizing alternative story forms that reflect the tone of the content and the target market. The Design Editor will also be responsible for producing or selecting appropriate illustrations to enhance visual storytelling, adhering to Unified style guidelines and best practices in workflow management. Collaboration is key in this position, as the Design Editor will work closely with site editors, planners, and staff to optimize the use of resources and newshole. The role involves assigning stories to pages based on the site's booking philosophy and news judgment, while also being mindful of co-workers' workloads to ensure deadlines are met. Attention to detail is essential, as the Design Editor will proofread display type, run spell-checks, and track jumps, correcting any errors as necessary. Additional duties may be assigned as needed, making this a dynamic and engaging role within the organization.
Responsibilities
- Conceives and designs content including centerpieces for section fronts for multiple sites within Gannett for print, digital and/or social products.
- Employs journalistic principles to determine importance and fairness when deciding how to play stories.
- Responsible for designing content for multiple platforms including print, digital and social, including sophisticated cover pages with alternative story forms.
- Produces or selects appropriate illustrations when needed for visual storytelling, following Unified style guidelines.
- Collaborates with site editors, planners and staff to maximize use of newshole and resources.
- Assigns stories to pages based on site's booking philosophy, news judgment and page-flow requirements.
- Aware of workload of co-workers during shift and offers support to ensure deadlines are met.
- Proofreads display type, runs spell-check and tracks jumps as assigned and corrects errors.
- Performs other duties as necessary and as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in graphic design and/or journalism required or comparable experience.
- Experience with graphics and page design on a daily or college newspaper designing features pages using graphics, photos and photo illustration required.
- Good communication skills, solid news judgment and importance of story play on pages a must.
- Experience designing under pressure in a deadline-driven environment required.
- Experience in digital and social media design experience as well as in graphics, illustrations skills experience and strong writing skills preferred.
- Ability to work independently and with people especially under deadline.
- Must organize and package numerous elements, resolve production issues and communicate effectively to meet deadlines.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in digital and social media design experience as well as in graphics, illustrations skills experience and strong writing skills preferred.
