Overview
Fortune is seeking an Art Director to serve as the day-to-day steward of Fortune magazine's visual identity. Reporting to the Executive Creative Director, this person will own the look and feel of every print issue, from covers and feature packages to recurring sections and signature franchise issues like the Fortune 500, Most Powerful Women and 40 Under 40.
The Art Director will be a hands-on designer and a careful custodian of the magazine's design system. They'll work closely with editors, the photo team and production to bring stories to the page on deadline, and help carry magazine work into its digital and social extensions so the brand stays cohesive wherever readers find it. The role also offers room to grow into other areas of Fortune's creative work, including video, live events and brand initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Lead the creative direction and visual design of Fortune’s U.S., Asia, and Europe editorial products across print and digital, including covers, feature packages, and regional editions.
- Shape the visual identity of major Fortune franchises, lists, rankings, and special projects—including Fortune 500, Most Powerful Women, and emerging editorial properties.
- Partner with editors, writers, photo teams, and designers from early story development through production to create compelling, audience-first editorial experiences.
- Establish and maintain cohesive visual systems across print, web, newsletters, social, video, events, and other brand touchpoints.
- Guide the design team and external creative partners, providing clear direction, constructive feedback, and high standards for craft and execution.
- Commission and direct illustration, photography, typography, and other creative assets, matching talent and visual approaches to each project’s editorial and brand objectives.
- Manage relationships with freelance artists and vendors, including rate negotiation, onboarding, and allocation of creative resources.
- Lead logo and identity development for Fortune franchises, accolades, editorial initiatives, and live-media programs.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to evolve Fortune’s brand standards, including typography, color, graphic systems, and guidelines; identify scalable ways to make these resources accessible across the organization.
- Serve as a strategic creative partner to teams developing new editorial, video, social, and event franchises, ensuring that new initiatives launch with a distinctive and consistent visual identity.
- Help develop Fortune’s digital illustration and visual storytelling capabilities, including art direction for news, features, and special-project content.
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant creative leadership experience in editorial design, publishing, media, agency, or a similarly fast-paced brand environment.
- A portfolio demonstrating exceptional editorial design, brand identity, art direction, typography, and visual storytelling across print and digital channels.
- Experience leading creative work for a recognized media, consumer, cultural, or premium brand with a high bar for craft and consistency.
- Demonstrated ability to develop visual identities and flexible design systems that translate across platforms, including print, web, social, video, events, and marketing.
- Strong editorial judgment and a deep understanding of how design, photography, illustration, and typography can elevate storytelling.
- Experience managing and mentoring designers, as well as directing freelance creatives, illustrators, photographers, and other external partners.
- Proven project-management experience, including commissioning creative work, negotiating rates and usage, and prioritizing resources.
- Excellent communication, presentation, collaboration, and project-management skills.
- Ability to balance strategic vision with hands-on execution, manage multiple high-visibility projects, and make thoughtful decisions under deadline.
- Deep fluency in industry-standard design tools and production workflows, including Adobe Creative Suite; familiarity with evolving digital brand-management tools is a plus.
- A commitment to inclusive, thoughtful creative work and a curiosity about business, leadership, innovation, and the forces shaping the global economy.
Compensation: $145,000-$160,000 total compensation
Location: NYC; hybrid flexibility
A Few Of Fortune’s Perks And Benefits
- 20 vacation days and 2 personal days on top of 11 company holidays and an honor-based sick leave policy
- Health, dental, and vision coverage (90% paid for individuals and families), along with flexible spending accounts where Fortune contributes to your HSA
- 401(k) plan
- Generous parental leave
- Dependent care, commuter, and cell phone benefits
- Tuition reimbursement program
- A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture
About Fortune
At Fortune Media, our mission is to change the world by making business better. We achieve that by providing trusted information, great storytelling, rigorous benchmarking and world-class community building. And our key values are humility, ownership, and transparency.
The policy of Fortune Media is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, caste, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Fortune Media affirmatively seeks to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity and values diversity and inclusion.