Job title: The Seattle Times, a Politzer Award, is looking for a Politzer Award for Drawing and Design Director to join our team. The director of graphics and design is a major pioneer in the newsroom whose role is equal in the creative missionaries, mission coordinator and project manager. The director is responsible for defending a creative visual report; Supporting the standards of accuracy, ethics and comprehensiveness; And the awareness of the Seattle Times mission.

The director will support the administrative editor, and will benefit from the maximum benefit from the Seattle Times drawings and data press on all printed and digital platforms, directing and building new forms of presentation, and helping to oversee the print design and production. This leader will supervise the artists, designers and developers of the newsroom, which ensures that all the show options are considered from the start of the story.

In this role, the director will facilitate brainstorming sessions with correspondents, editors and artists, and he works closely with video and photos. This is a practical role in which the director will contribute to creating the Foundation’s news drawings and experts, digital story shows, and to provide ideas, expertise and instructions that the drawings must be developed around and the model they must take.

Responsibilities:

• The principles of design, drawings of graphics developers and newsroom applications are strategic and political discussions in the newsroom.

• Implement the Seattle Times’s Cross-Platform Visual strategy, ensuring that the company has a strong and coherent optical presence in order to attract readers and turn them into subscribers in printing, digital and liquefy our visual press. This strategy should benefit from photos, videos, graphics, illustrations and databases on all our digital platforms and printing, with the realization that many readers prefer to consume information visually instead of the text.

• Directly supervising a team of graphic artists and developers of the newsroom applications and designers. Set clear priorities and goals for the team members, and train them to achieve these goals and provide regular and repeated notes on successes and failures, including annual performance reviews.

• Managing the graphics and news applications to ensure the maximum revenues on the dollars spent.

• Developing, maintaining and recruiting employees with appropriate skills to achieve multiple press goals in the news room, with a special focus on increasing diversity – including ethnic, sex and age – when employing new employees.

• Determine strategic opportunities to develop and build new products, molds and patterns that can be used to enhance subscriber experiences.

• Cooperation with product, information technology, marketing and advertising to determine and design new features, standards and functions for digital products.

• The leading brainstorming sessions with visual teams, correspondents, editors and other news staff to determine innovative methods of displaying news and forming visual story concepts.

• Create graphics, maps, graphics, interactive graphics, or visual projects for transformation on the same day, as well as projects that may take longer.

• Working quickly and efficiently under the tight timing dates, and making sound decisions about the corners of the story and technical curricula.

• A comprehensive mental employment. Embrace the value of acting and avoid visual stereotypes.

• Tell stories with humanity: Use good reporting techniques and sympathy to gain a better understanding of your story and people in it.

Compensation: The full salary range of this position ranges from $ 99100 to $ 140,000. We usually pay between $ 99100 and 126,400 dollars, depending on experience and qualifications.

benefits:

• Medical insurance, teeth insurance and long -term deficit

• Employee Helping Program

• Optional insurance for life and long -term care insurance

• Plan 401 (K) with the employer match

• 10 days of annual holidays, with an increase with a period of up to 20 days

• 10 days of the annual patient entitlement; A patient’s unused patient’s wages accumulate to an extended pathway

• 9 paid holidays

• Supported transport cards

• Subscribe to Seattle Times for free

• Wellness program

• Parent leave options

Job requirements: Qualifications: We are committed to diversity and the creation of a comprehensive newsroom and encouraging members of the representative societies an imperfect representative to apply. If your profile does not match this exact job description, you may remain a candidate for this position. Please inform us how your skills and your experience are related to the role and their goals in your coverage letter.

• 3-5 years of experience as a designer, technical manager, or other creative courses.

• It showed the ability to lead and inspire others.

• Strong project management skills.

• Management experience or a record of gradually responsible leadership roles.

• The experience of progress in fairness and integration in news coverage.

• He master the principles and programs of design, including photographer and Photoshop.

• Experience with front development and data analysis.

• Setting priorities, organizing and communication skills.

• Proved the ability to train and the teacher.

• Cooperation through teams to produce influential press.

• Show a deep interest in current affairs and local news events.

Job type: Graphics and design

city: Seattle

Country/Country: Wa

period: Full -time

a company: Seattle Times

About our company: The Seattle Times is enlightened, informs it and participates with the story of stories that are dynamic and vibrant like our region. Our coverage directly affects our local society and changed public policy. We are steadfast in our commitment to providing initial journalism, quality, public service and continuing innovation to ensure the future of the local free press.

How to apply: Submit an application on our website: https://seattletimes.applytojob.com/apply/de0fynubsv/director-of-graphics-and-design?