Online/Integrated Art Director

Rodale Inc. is currently seeking an Online/Integrated Art Director for Rodale Marketing Solutions Department, located in New York City.

 

Rodale is a global media company with a heritage, mission and authority dedicated to the health and wellness of the individual, community and planet. Through a broad portfolio of leading media properties, Rodale reaches more than 70 million people around the world through multiple distribution channels, including magazines, books, online, e-commerce, direct-to-consumer and video. The company publishes some of the best-known health and wellness lifestyle magazines, including Men's Health, Prevention, Women's Health, Runner's World, Best Life, Bicycling, Running Times, and Organic Gardening, and is the largest independent book publisher in the U.S. with a collection of best-selling titles, including Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, The South Beach Diet and Eat This, Not That! Rodale is also a leader in direct-response marketing and has more than 25 million active customers in its database. www.rodale.com


Responsibilities include:

-Develop and create visual design of integrated marketing programs from initial presentation and comps to execution of program elements including microsites, online ads and banners, email blasts, in-book advertorials and high-impact units, direct mail, etc.

-Developing strategically sound creative to meet client objectives and creative excellence

-Design sales materials including sales presentations and proposals, invitations, corporate brochures, to trade ads

-Participate in concept development/brainstorming sessions with marketing and sales team

-Interact with all Rodale marketing and art departments -- individual brands, events, books, custom publishing as appropriate

-Manage freelance design staff and venders to insure best pricing and production results

-Help build reliable freelance creative resources

-Work within established budget and maintain cost efficiencies

-Collaborate with RMS marketing and sales teams to support overall business initiatives and goals

-Position reports directly to the Executive Director, Rodale Marketing Solutions


The ideal candidate will possess:

-A minimum of 7-10 years promotion art design experience ideally including management responsibilities

-3-5 years of Web design experience that includes knowledge of Flash, HTML, DHTML, CSS, and Dreamweaver

-Very strong sense of design and ability to maintain consistency across a wide range of design components including web and print

-Strong time-management skills, demonstrated ability to establish and meet deadlines and be an efficient multi-tasker. Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities

-Extremely familiar with technical design tools including PowerPoint, Flash, Photoshop and Quark

-Must be comfortable working independently and as member of cross-functional team

-Strong communication skills - must be comfortable discussing design treatments in a meeting setting

 

Please apply online at www.rodale.com or directly to this link http://www1.recruitingcenter.net/clients/rodale/publicjobs/controller.cfm?jbaction=JobProfile&Job_Id=11253&esid=az

 

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