Magazine Art Director

About the role

The Magazine Art Director establishes and executes the overall vision of the magazine as approved by the First Presidency across all channels, including prophetic messages to members worldwide, support for home‑centered gospel learning, and fostering a sense of belonging among the global community of Saints. The role provides design direction for print magazines, social media, web, apps, video, streaming services, and other platforms, as well as creative direction for audience themes, derivative products, and messaging. It works cooperatively with General Advisory Officers, the Priesthood and Family messaging team, product managers, and the Publishing Services Department for ideation, content coordination, planning, creative execution, and all other design needs. This is a strategic leader and decision‑driver position that manages cross‑functional relationships and leads a team of designers across multiple channel products.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex projects and oversee designers, providing leadership and decision‑making to content creation teams; give feedback throughout the publishing process and oversee all aspects of design work.
• Develop design concepts that represent a product, message, story, or experience to meet business and communication objectives.
• Collaborate with colleagues in other creative disciplines to lead overall design, visuals, graphics, and strategy for digital and print products for the assigned audience.
• Write creative briefs and communicate vision, strategy, and messaging goals with contracted vendors to ensure high‑quality products.
• Oversee application of the enterprise brand and style guide while adapting for audience‑specific products to maintain global brand standards.
• Navigate multilevel approval structures to interpret business needs, research, and policy requirements, producing appropriate products and experiences.
• Maintain quality, creative standards, and schedules across a global operations structure.
• Prepare and deliver presentations to executives and project teams to present recommended ideas, concepts, and final products.
• Follow direction of executive councils, officers, and leaders.
• Evaluate analytics on products for the assigned audience regularly to identify needs worldwide and shape short‑ and long‑term product strategies.
• Manage the work of other employees (including mixed workforce); partner with HR on employee management, advancement, promotion, or status changes within the reporting line.
• Lead new projects with minimal detailed direction.
• Perform essential job functions that may require sitting for long periods and using computer monitors/equipment.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Eight years of design experience, with at least two years in a leadership or senior design role.
• Professional portfolio demonstrating strong typography, grid systems, long & short form layouts, and dynamic digital/social campaigns (portfolio link required).
• Demonstrated people‑management experience leading content design teams; ability to inspire excellence and mentor fellow designers.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite; experience with Adobe Premiere, After Effects, and Figma is a plus.
• Versatility in design across print, web, mobile, video, and social media.
• Expert verbal and written communication skills; ability to aggregate and distill information, write solid design proposals and plans, and give credible presentations to executive leaders and project teams.
• Competency in all aspects of a design project’s development and progress, including collaboration with cross‑functional teams, multiple departments, and policy governance stewards.

About us

Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide to the facilities manager who maintains buildings for worship, teaching, learning, and sacred ordinances, our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. The Church is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any legally protected basis. Reasonable accommodations will be made for qualified individuals with known disabilities.