Graphic Design Fellow (Summer 2024)

Business Insider is looking for a Graphic Design Fellow to join the newsroom's graphics team and focus on creating conceptual illustrations, photo composites and graphics for features, investigations, lists, and news stories.

Business Insider is for people who are driven, optimistic and always looking forward. Our mission is to inspire action through thought-provoking stories. We tell our audience what they want and need to know to improve their lives and the world with storytelling that is accessible, smart, sometimes unexpected, and always helpful. Our team members embody and uphold Business Insider’s three core values: we are all one team, we are effective, and we strive to get better every day.

The Business Insider Fellowship Program is for early career journalists who want to spend six months learning from a newsroom full of passionate, dedicated journalists. Fellows are assigned to teams and become experts in digital storytelling. They produce real work that is distributed to our audience of millions, and by the end of six months, they are prepared for the next phase of their journalism careers. This role requires you to work for 40 hours a week. Fellows are encouraged to come into our New York, LA, or San Francisco offices two times a week.

Applications will close on April 15th.

The Role & Team:

This fellow will assist with daily assignments which will include working with reporters and editors to create story art for a wide range of topics and verticals. Projects can range from basic Photoshop and Illustrator requests like cutting out images, resizing, cropping, and retouching photos to creating unique, thoughtful, intriguing, and conceptual artwork for stories and packages. For freelance assignments, you will help find diverse illustrator options, communicate regularly between the freelancers and reporters/editors, and provide clear and concise feedback throughout the process. You will also help set up contracts and pricing for projects.

As both an individual contributor and art director, you will be responsible for reading and understanding the goal and framing of a story, creating (or sharing) sketches, and discussing and incorporating feedback from editors to complete a project. This role requires juggling multiple projects at once, meeting tight deadlines, and communicating clearly and often. 

As a Graphic Design Fellow, you'll gain valuable experience collaborating with journalists and designers in a fast-paced and fun work environment, all while expanding your techniques and approaches as a designer in an editorial setting. This role will both require you to adhere to Business Insider’s story art visual language and brand, while also innovating and bringing your own style and skills to projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Experience creating conceptual graphics
• Experience creating photo collages and composites
• Knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
• Excellent use of color and attention to detail
• A great eye for strong illustration and knowledge of different styles
• Excellent use of color and attention to detail
• Experience art directing or working with illustrators a plus
• Experience with typography and branding a plus
• Mac proficiency

The Ideal Candidate Has:

• A passion for visual storytelling and journalism
• The ability to brainstorm, iterate, and execute ideas quickly
• Openness when receiving and giving feedback and critiques
• Thoughtfulness when working on sensitive and difficult stories
• Desire to include representation and diversity in your illustrations
• The ability to work under a deadline and juggle multiple projects at a time
• Eagerness to work in a collaborative and fast-paced creative environment
• Excellent communication skills with teammates and Senior Editors
• Willingness to expand and practice skills outside their expertise or comfort zone
• Confidence to pitch and defend your work comfortably
• Interest in building a diverse and expansive network of illustrators to work with
• Desire to include representation and diversity in your illustrations

Salary & Benefits:

• Fellows are paid $20 per hour (overtime when needed and approved)
• PTO and paid holidays
• Eligible for medical, dental, and vision benefits on 91st day of employment

If you’re looking for the chance to create stunning graphics and work with an award winning team of designers, illustrators, and photo editors, apply with a portfolio, resume, cover letter and specify why you're interested in joining the Graphics Team. If you’d like some tips, check out our best practices guide.

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