Senior designer

  • Full-time

Company Description

The Star Tribune Media Company is the upper Midwest’s largest source of news and information, delivering more of what matters to Minnesota all day, every day.  In the 16th-largest U.S. market Star Tribune reaches more consumers than any other media brand, with the country’s 5th-largest Sunday newspaper, the most-visited local website, numerous mobile and tablet apps, and a portfolio of print and digital products. In 2013 the company was recognized with two Pulitzer Prizes as well as the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce “Best in Business” award. 

Job Description

We are looking for a senior news designer who will focus on projects and Sunday A1. This person will work with journalists and editors around the newsroom to strengthen our storytelling across all platforms. The ability to conceptualize content and articulate it to stakeholders is essential, as is a portfolio that demonstrates a design aesthetic that is sophisticated, clean and classic. This person must excel at seeing accessible ways to present information and tell stories, and should embrace working in an environment in which rigorous editing for visuals and content is the norm. The person in this role will represent our visuals team with our most important work as well as chip in with daily designs as needed. The boundaries of the position will at times push beyond Sunday A1, some of which will and may include redesigns, special sections and product innovation. There will also be the occasional need for spot daily work. We place a premium on collaboration and creativity, and must have a person in this role who would thrive in that environment and help evangelize it. No challenge should be too big or too small.

It's a great time to be part of our team. We’ve recently relocated to a state-of-the-art facility, and we took home 43 awards and a Top 10 finish in the Society for News Design’s most recent Best of News Design competition. We're growing and constantly looking for ways to tell great stories. 

The Twin Cities annually rank among the most livable places in the nation (http://livability.com/top-10/health/top-10-healthiest-cities/2015/minnesota/minneapolis). We’re home to thriving arts and cultural institutions, beautiful outdoors attractions, a rising culinary reputation and vibrant, diverse communities. Minnesota is also an emerging hot bed for breweries. And we love a good microbrew. Four major professional sports franchises are represented here, and a fifth arrives in 2018 with MLS expansion team Minnesota United FC. A new billion-dollar Vikings stadium debuts in 2016 and huge sporting events are on the way: the Ryder Cup (2016), Super Bowl LII (2018) and the Final Four (2019). Our market also ranks first nationally in several other areas, including newspaper readership, voter turnout, giving for the arts, volunteerism, and Fortune 500 companies per capita.

Design contacts: Derek Simmons, AME/Visuals, and Josh Penrod, Presentation Director for Digital and Print


Qualifications

Proven visual communication and collaboration skills are all a must. The ideal candidate will exhibit mastery of page design, typography and the layering of information to attract readers of various interest levels. She or he will work well with picture editors and content editors to find a perfect marriage of visuals and words for our News, Sports and Business sections. We use InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator regularly at the Star Tribune, and fluency in those applications is preferred.



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