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Alberta Views magazine is looking for a design intern to join our small but dedicated staff. This is a paid, full- or part-time, temporary position running from June to August, based in our Calgary office.

Aim: Provide outstanding support to our art director. Create layouts, illustrations and in-house promotional materials that are consistent with our magazine’s mandate and visual identity.

Hours: To be negotiated.

Qualifications:

• Student or recent graduate in a recognized post-secondary design or arts program.
• Experience with InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
• Experience as an illustrator would be an asset.
• Understanding of magazine design would be an asset.
• Experience creating info-graphics would be an asset.
• Interest in politics, culture, the arts.
• Ability to read and analyse magazine content and come up with visual concepts to communicate the purpose or essence of the original writing.
• Independent/proactive/cooperative/ability to work as part of a team.

Responsibilities:

• Design.
• Work with art director on visual concepts for magazine articles.
• If appropriate, create illustrations for magazine articles and in-house promotional materials.
• Create magazine layout using AV templates and InDesign stylesheets.
• Create branding and marketing materials for subscription and advertising campaigns that demonstrate an understanding of the magazine’s mandate and identity.
• Production and other tasks.
• Prepare client advertisements for publication by checking file for colour, resolution, etc.
• Communicate with visual contributors, obtain permissions for publishing images.
• Research existing images and art for use in the magazine.
• Participate in layout meeting.

Please send your resume and cover letter to bethe@albertaviews.ca. Please provide samples of your work or a link to your online portfolio.