Indiewire: Graphic Designer

Indiewire seeks a talented full-time Graphic Designer to forge a unique identity that stands out in the marketplace. You will collaborate with our events, sales, and editorial teams to create marketing assets, art, and other visual elements that support our brand identity and maintain a cohesive visual style with an eye toward the bold, edgy, and artistic. This role is based in Los Angeles.

Primary Responsibilities:

Event marketing. Design and create digital invitations and RSVP materials (including splash pages and confirmation emails) as well as print and digital event logos and signage that support our live media slate. You’ll be responsible for implementing the IndieWire brand look and feel across FYC events, festival studios, receptions, and summits.

Sales marketing. Design media kits, award season decks, client pitch decks, house ads, and campaign wrap reports.

Editorial & brand marketing. Design and create original art, graphics, and other visual creative to support and enhance editorial features, news stories, special editorial packaging, hub design, and social media marketing. These can include original headers, homepage art, and bugs for special packages.

Qualifications:

• 2-3 Years Experience Required
• Strong proficiency of Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, along with excellent retouching and visualization skills
• Strong eye for detail and the ability to deliver accurate and precise designs, ensuring alignment with brand guidelines and project requirements
• Works well both independently and collaboratively
• A positive attitude and a strong work ethic
• Willingness to learn and adapt to evolving design trends, technologies, and project requirements
• Develop original design concepts and deliver polished visual designs
• Highly organized, with the ability to prioritize, manage multiple projects and hit deadlines with quick turnarounds
• Experience in entertainment publishing
• Thrive in a fast-paced and highly creative environment
• Thrive on collaboration, working closely with marketing, events, sales, and editorial staffs
• Work closely with social team on best design practices
• Portfolio and past work examples required

Typical wage range: $67K-$75K. Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range. The total compensation package for this position will also include other elements, a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits including 401(k) eligibility and paid time off benefits.

PMC is committed to the health and wellness of our employees. As part of our company-wide rollout of PMC’s paid healthcare plan, for this role the company pays 100% of the monthly health, dental and vision plan premiums for the employee and their family. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If you have more or less experience than specified on this job posting, please apply and list your salary expectations.

If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors).

It’s all About You…

At PMC, your wellness is top of mind. We offer a comprehensive benefits package to nurture you and your loved ones, including pets! Our package includes Healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) HSA with an employer contribution, FSA (Healthcare, Dependent Care & Commuter), EAP, Life Insurance, 401K with an employer match, Paid Parental Leave, Long-term Disability, generous Paid Time off (PTO), Pet Insurance, and Home & Auto insurance. Our Wellness initiatives rotate yoga, meditation, wellness weeks on a variety of topics, and financial wellness. We continuously elevate our offerings with more, for you.

About IndieWire:

For over 25 years, IndieWire has been covering the business and art of entertainment. With the respect of film and TV creators, executives, and passionate fans alike, IndieWire is known for being ahead of the curve with a unique editorial voice that combines in-depth industry reporting and analysis, breaking news, and its best-in-class Oscars, Emmys, and crafts coverage. IndieWire began in July 1996 as an online chat room and evolved to become one of the earliest online entertainment news outlets. As IndieWire grew, its coverage expanded beyond film festivals and the independent film industry to include all aspects of Hollywood and the expanding universes of TV and streaming and has continued to do so since being acquired by Penske Media Corp. in 2016.

About PMC:

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading global media and information services company whose award-winning content attracts a passionate audience of over 300 million globally. Since 2004, PMC has been a pioneer in digital media reaching viewers on all screens across its ever-growing constellation of iconic brands, which includes Variety, Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Dick Clark Productions, WWD, SHE Media, Robb Report, Deadline, TVLine, Sportico, BGR, ARTnews, Fairchild Media, Vibe, IndieWire, Artforum, Gold Derby, Spy.com and Luminate, the premier data and analytics company. PMC’s journalists and content creators deliver daily the most comprehensive news and information in their industries and areas of coverage, unequaled in ambition, depth, and courage. In addition, PMC owns several vital cultural events such as SXSW, LA3C, Life is Beautiful, Latin Music Week and ATX Television Festival. Headquartered in New York and Los Angeles with additional offices in 14 countries worldwide, PMC believes companies should not only be profitable but also forces for good. PMC is committed to fostering a working environment that is inclusive and responsible, where we value a company culture built on all backgrounds, voices, and experiences. For more information on the company, please visit www.PMC.com