Renaissance Publishing a local magazine publishing company is looking for a graphic designer with excellent design skills and is self-motivated for a fast-paced workload. You’ll be working with other designers, sales representatives, and the marketing team to provide technical design help, creative input and process support and improvement.

Renaissance Publishing publishes seven regular frequency magazines, as well as custom publishing projects, which are created on a client’s schedule. As a production designer, you will work on ads for all these publications, in addition to ads for our websites.

Once print publication deadlines are finished, you’ll also work to process and upload content from the magazines onto the websites, so our publications are accessible in print and online. 

You’ll also work with our marketing team and web editor as needed to create collateral for contests, events, and promotions. Some past collateral has included landing pages, web and print advertisements, custom-printed brochures, and more.

We’re looking for someone who’s comfortable with high-priority work, can perform well under deadlines and is confident in their ability to self-start. All workflow is cloud based. 

Typical day to day tasks—

•                     Receive and process as-is creative for print or web

•                     Use provided materials and stock photos to create print or web ads to suit client’s needs

•                     Work with Art Directors and Production Manager to update completed print files

•                     Send quick responses to small questions, specification checks and technical queries

•                     Set-up newsletter templates and place ad banners within Active Campaign

Technical skills—

•                     Fluent in Adobe Creative Suite, with an emphasis on InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator

•                     Comfortable working with Dropbox and a remote server

•                     Familiar and comfortable with Google Drive and Google Sheets

•                     Experience with WordPress back end is appreciated but not required

•                     Familiarity with Issuu (software) is a plus

•                     Familiarity with Active Campaign (or other newsletter platforms) is a plus

•                     Understanding of print processes and terms (crop, bleed, CMYK vs. RGB) is a plus

Benefits—

•                     Salary plus benefits

•                     Vacation and sick time

•                     Health Insurance, dental and vision also available

•                     401(k) and paid holidays

Please provide a portfolio (either as an attachment or in a link) for us to review when submitting your resume to Rosa@myneworleans.com