JOB: iPad Production Designer – Best Health Magazine, Reader’s Digest Canada (Montreal, Quebec)

November 27, 2012 in Jobs by Ryan Drew Hayward

iPad Production Designer, Best Health Magazine

Reader’s Digest Canada is looking for a Montreal-based production designer to join our award-winning iPad team, working alongside a lead designer to produce the digital Newsstand edition of Best Health magazine. The successful candidate will work on a freelance basis with some time spent in our downtown Montreal office for 2-3 weeks per issue, 7 issues a year.
 
The successful candidate will possess: 

  • strong background in magazine or newspaper production
  • advanced InDesign skills
  • highly organized, efficient, and process-minded
  • good knowledge of current trends in iPad Newsstand magazines produced using Adobe DPS
  • interest in user experience design
  • top candidates will have experience creating DPS magazines (production specs, overlays, basic animations, interactivity, multiple renditions, etc) but we’re also open to those who can demonstrate power skills and a strong desire to learn.

You can view our current Best Health issue for iPad here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/best-health/id548992903?mt=8
 
Please send your resume and a link to your portfolio to denise.williams@rd.com. Please outline your freelance availability and language capabilities. The deadline for applications is Sunday, December 2.