Be Part of What's Next
Bring bold ideas to life across two of the most iconic brands in media. As Art Director for Cosmopolitan and Seventeen, you'll help shape how millions of readers experience stories across print, digital, social, video, and live experiences—creating compelling visual identities that inspire, engage, and push creative boundaries.
About Hearst Magazines (Why Us?)
Hearst Magazines’ portfolio of 30 powerful brands reaches millions of engaged readers through compelling storytelling across print, digital, social, video, and emerging platforms. As part of a global media company, we’re continually reinventing publishing by combining world-class content, innovative technology, and industry-leading data capabilities to create meaningful experiences for audiences around the world.
Key Responsibilities (What You Are Doing)
- Partner with the Creative Director to develop and evolve the visual identity, creative vision, and design standards for Cosmopolitan and Seventeen across print, digital, social, video, and experiential platforms.
- Design compelling editorial layouts, feature packages, celebrity profiles, and special projects that elevate storytelling through sophisticated typography, imagery, and visual direction.
- Create impactful graphics, logos, branding assets, and creative collateral for websites, social media, video series, live events, and other cross-platform initiatives.
- Collaborate closely with editors, writers, photographers, video producers, social teams, and special projects partners to concept and execute innovative creative solutions.
- Help define, document, and improve creative workflows and design processes that ensure consistency, efficiency, and high-quality execution across teams.
- Commission and art direct freelance illustrators and creative contributors while maintaining brand standards and editorial excellence.
- Oversee image selection, color approval, and photo retouching direction in partnership with digital imaging specialists to ensure exceptional visual quality.
- Consistently deliver thoughtful, high-impact creative work while balancing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced editorial environment.
Qualifications (What We’re Looking For)
- 6+ years of experience in consumer editorial design, including experience across both digital and print platforms.
- Demonstrated expertise in editorial design, typography, branding, and visual storytelling with a refined creative sensibility.
- Proven experience developing brand identity systems, logos, templates, and cohesive visual languages across multiple platforms.
- Strong conceptual thinking skills with the ability to translate editorial ideas into compelling creative executions.
- Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to producing polished, high-quality work.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to build strong partnerships across editorial, creative, and production teams.
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud applications, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Bridge.
- Strong knowledge of magazine design, photography, illustration, color management, and production workflows.
- Ability to thrive in a deadline-driven environment while managing multiple projects with creativity and precision.
- Experience identifying opportunities to improve creative processes and streamline workflows.
- This position is based in New York, NY and follows a hybrid schedule requiring four days per week in the office.
Benefits (What We Offer)
- Work with the Best: Collaborate with top-tier professionals across media, advertising, tech, fashion, lifestyle, and publishing, shaping the future of these dynamic industries.
- Grow Your Skills: Unlock your potential with access to innovative training programs, immersive workshops, and exclusive industry events.
- Work-Life Harmony: Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid work, empowering you to balance professional success with personal priorities.
- Foster Connection & Belonging: Join our Employee Resource Groups and help create a welcoming workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered.
- Wellness First: Prioritize your well-being with a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance from Day 1.
- Plan for Your Financial Future: Enjoy competitive financial perks, including a 401(k) plan with a generous company match.
The base salary range for this role is $101,000–$122,000. This position is not eligible for bonus or commission compensation. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, qualifications, and location.
Hearst Magazines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
This is a position covered under the Writers Guild of America, East, Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Skills Required
- 6+ years of experience in consumer editorial design across digital and print platforms
- Expertise in editorial design, typography, branding, and visual storytelling
- Experience developing brand identity systems, logos, templates, and cohesive visual languages across multiple platforms
- Strong conceptual thinking and ability to translate editorial ideas into creative executions
- Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to polished, high-quality work
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across editorial, creative, and production teams
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Bridge
- Strong knowledge of magazine design, photography, illustration, color management, and production workflows
- Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment while managing multiple projects
- Experience improving creative processes and streamlining workflows
- Ability to work four days per week in the New York, NY office under a hybrid schedule
Hearst Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hearst and has not been reviewed or approved by Hearst.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical plan choice, full in-network preventive coverage, dental and vision, telemedicine, prescription coverage, and fertility resources. Mental-health resources and other wellbeing services (e.g., therapy sessions, crisis support, virtual physical therapy, and chronic-condition programs) further strengthen the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as meaningful through a 401(k) plan with company matching and Hearst covering plan administration fees. Performance bonuses are also noted as available in some roles, adding an additional rewards component beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits include paid holidays, paid sick days, and vacation time with a commonly cited annual range, alongside paid parental leave and family medical leave. A remote work program and flexibility signals are also included as part of the overall rewards experience.
Hearst Insights
What We Do
Hearst is a leading global, diversified media, information and services company with more than 360 businesses. Its major interests include ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; transportation assets including CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; 33 television stations such as WCVB-TV in Boston and KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, which reach a combined 19 percent of U.S. viewers; newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany, New York); more than 300 magazines around the world, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Men's Health and Car and Driver, and digital services businesses such as iCrossing and KUBRA; and investments in emerging digital entertainment companies such as Complex Networks.
