Art Director - Newspaper

The Vineyard Gazette is seeking an Art Director to play a crucial role in the award-winning historic weekly newspaper. The black and white broadsheet is one of the few full-size newspapers in the country that prints each week in the Edgartown office on Martha’s Vineyard. The art director will oversee the design and layout of the weekly newspaper and digital news website. The visual look of the paper should adhere to our historic roots but also incorporate modern techniques. The art director will work hand in hand with editors to create the esthetic face of the paper. A successful candidate will be someone with an artistic eye, a journalistic sensibility, and a desire to be part of a community.

Responsibilities: Lay out paper weekly, post stories and photos on website daily, assign photographers, edit photos, choose art, archive photos and news stories

Skills and Qualifications:

Newspaper art director experience 5+ years

Strong photo editing skills

Experience with black and white photography

Journalist sensibility

Artistic eye

Tools: InDesign, InCopy, Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Lightroom and Illustration

This position is based in Edgartown, Massachusetts.

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