Business Insider is looking for a Graphic Design fellow to create 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 paid role requires you to work for 40 hours a week. Fellowships can be hybrid, and we expect New York-based fellows to come into our offices at least twice per week.
Applications will close on October 18th.
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.
This role reports to our graphic designer and sits on the newsroom's graphics desk.
Key Responsibilities:
The Ideal Candidate Has:
Additionally, all of our editorial fellows should have:
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Are you passionate about this opportunity, but worried that you don’t have 100% of the experience we’re looking for? We still want to hear from you! Apply online and let us know why you would make a great addition to the Insider community.
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