Junior Designer

Crooked believes that we need a better conversation about politics, culture, and the world around us—one that doesn’t just focus on what’s broken, but what we can do to fix it. We are a media network that showcases stories, voices, and opportunities for activism that inform, entertain, and inspire action, because it’s up to all of us to do our part to build a better world.

Job Summary:

A junior designer at Crooked Media supports the senior design staff. You’ll work on a wide range of projects – from social content to animations to merchandise design. You will also need to provide hands on production support – sourcing images, outlining and color correcting photos (the nitty gritty tasks that make a design team function). The news cycle moves quickly so a Crooked designer needs to be flexible and organized.

Crooked has adopted a hybrid work model for our entire staff. We believe that the best work is done in a hybrid capacity as it combines the flexibility of working from home with in-person collaboration. We are ideally looking for Los Angeles-based candidates, or candidates willing to relocate within the first 3 months of accepting an offer. 

How You’ll Spend Your Time:

• Create visuals across a range of mediums: Design for social media, merchandise, websites, email/newsletters, live shows, and other brand touchpoints. 
• Design production tasks: Source and outline images, resize assets for social media, and handle photo editing and color corrections.
• Newsletter support: Creating daily newsletter graphics and newsletter ads.
• Daily design tasks: Social media graphics, creating podcast episode art from templates, creating support material for campaigns, help with pod art refreshes.
• Some project management - everyone at Crooked manages a portion of their own project management. You’ll spend some time moving your projects along in Asana, managing feedback that comes in and making sure you’re hitting your own deadlines 
• Misc support: Everything from participating in brainstorms and contributing creative ideas, to creating signage for the office.

What You’ll Bring To The Table:

• 2+ years of professional design experience
• A working knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects specifically)
• Working knowledge of Canva
• Familiarity with project management software (Asana, Notion, etc)
• Working knowledge of Keynote, Google Drive - Docs, Sheets, Slides
• The ability to shift quickly between projects
• Good organizational skills and an awareness of deadlines
• A willingness to accept and respond to feedback
• An interest in politics
• Experience in or familiarity with industries such as media, entertainment, political campaigns, or marketing 

This job description provides a summary of how you’ll spend your time but is nowhere near exhaustive, so other duties may be assigned over time. 

Pay and Perks: 

At Crooked, we believe in paying employees competitive market salaries. And we also believe in providing holistic and rich benefits to all full time staff, including: 

• Paid healthcare, with most individual plans paid fully by the company
• 401k match 
• Generous vacation and paid leave including, sick, bereavement, pregnancy loss, and disability leaves
• 20 weeks of paid parental leave
• Commuter reimbursement or paid parking
• A monthly communications stipend 
• Professional development opportunities
• And did we also mention our offices are closed at the end of the year? 

For this role, the salary is $80,000 and this position is covered under the Writers Guild of America East Collective Bargaining Agreement.

To Apply: 

In addition to your resume, please submit a portfolio showcasing your previous work and any relevant experience.