Senior Art Editor (Internal Applicants Only)
Immediate Media Co, United Kingdom
Job Description
Senior Art Editor (From 45,000 - to 47,500)
Immediate is the special interest content and platform company. Our fast-growing, multi-platform media business is home to more than 1,000 people across several business units, based in London, Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester. We focus on special interest markets, engaging with more than 75 million people globally each month, through world-class content, innovative new digital products and services and live events. Immediate Media was voted the UK’s Best Media Company to work for and 4th across all UK companies by Glassdoor in 2022.
About the role
The role of the Senior Art Editor is to lead, develop and progress the design direction of the print and digital platforms for Gardening at Immediate Media, ensuring that work is produced to deadline, to the brand's standards and the requirements of the Senior Leadership team.
As a Senior Art Editor you will be responsible for;
- Directing and contributing creative print, photographic and illustrative design ideas for the magazine and bookazines
- Designing and developing pages for the magazine and bookazines
- Leading the Art team to ensure layouts for print hit repro deadlines each month (main magazine and bookazine)
- Selecting, commissioning and briefing illustrators and photographers
- Working on covers and other key and specialist brand items as required
- Working closely with the Content, Offers and Marketing team on visual content creation across all current and future brand platforms
- Designing assets, and briefing asset design, across all brand platforms, print and digital to include magazine, bookazines, live events, web, app, podcasts, CRM (email) and video
- An overall awareness and understanding of design within the Gardening and Lifestyle publishing arena and the ability to reflect and update this accordingly
- Overseeing the freelance budget allocation
- Directly managing the Deputy Art Editor and a Multimedia Designer(s) to support and develop your team, including annual appraisals and reviews, 1-2-1s, setting and reviewing objectives and short- and long-term career goals.
- Managing and motivating freelance design staff
- Building and maintaining relationships with relevant central teams within Immediate Media such as Production, Repro, Central Marketing
- Building and maintaining relationships with brand team colleagues across content, marketing, and commerce
- Attend relevant internal meetings with various teams including commercial, content, publishing, marketing, events
- Work closely with content, marketing, events and other teams to ensure optimal processes are in place, work is of the highest standard and projects run smoothly at all times and any challenges are resolved as quickly as possible with minimal disruption
Requirements
- Strong design skills showing both innovation and creativity in a consumer content environment
- Experience of leading designers, with a supportive, developmental team culture
- Mentoring of designers of all levels, across all disciplines
- An innovative approach, hungry to learn and keep up to date with industry developments
- Good communication skills (both written and verbal).
- Ability to work under the pressure of tight deadlines in a collaborative environment
- Ability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships and demonstrate that you value input and feedback and are willing to learn from others.
- Ability to work in close collaboration with other creative departments
- Ability to communicate visual ideas to non-art department members
- Ability to liaise and communicate accurately and confidently with senior executives
Benefits
- A relaxed working environment with regular socials including a summer festival
- Immediate Community webinars, well-being initiatives and Mental Health First aiders
- 25 days holiday plus a day for your birthday. Our offices will be closed between Christmas and New Year’s which are in addition to your annual entitlement
- Tailored training and development through our Love Learning platform
- A progressive and transparent culture with clear career progression
- Flexible / hybrid working plus early finish Fridays
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced Family Policies including paternity, adoption and surrogacy leave. We also provide a pregnancy loss, fertility, and carers policy
- Competitive pension plans and Life Assurance
- A newly renovated modern office with lots of collaborative spaces
We pride ourselves on our open, collaborative, and dynamic culture. This encourages our people to thrive, and give their best whilst being supp