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About the Role

The Multimedia Designer creates engaging multimedia storytelling experiences that support editorial, audience, and client-facing initiatives across Crain brands. This role collaborates with editors, reporters, content managers, designers, and other creative professionals to concept, design, edit, and enhance storytelling experiences across digital platforms, translating complex information into compelling visual narratives.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with editors, reporters, content managers, and stakeholders to develop visually compelling multimedia storytelling experiences.
Edit video content for editorial and client-facing initiatives while guiding the visual execution through motion graphics, typography, branding, animation, and audience-focused design.
Design engaging social-first video content optimized for digital and social media platforms.
Create motion graphics, animations, lower thirds, title sequences, and supporting visual assets that elevate storytelling across platforms.
Establish and maintain visual standards and best practices for video storytelling across Crain brands.
Design and develop multimedia presentations and audience-focused storytelling experiences that combine graphics, motion, video, audio, and interactive elements.
Contribute creative ideas and storytelling concepts that improve audience engagement and user experience.
Create cohesive storytelling experiences across web, mobile, social, and multimedia platforms.
Support alternative story formats and digital storytelling initiatives in partnership with Digital Designers and Art Directors.
Build and maintain digital storytelling projects using established design and development best practices.
Implement web accessibility standards and usability best practices where applicable.
Support web production needs, as needed, to ensure timely publishing and execution.
Manage assigned projects and deadlines across multiple Crain brands.
Collaborate with team members to troubleshoot multimedia, design, and user experience challenges.
Stay current on emerging storytelling formats, multimedia technologies, social media trends, accessibility standards, and audience engagement best practices.
Assist with the development of reusable multimedia templates, motion graphics packages, storytelling frameworks, and workflow standards.
Contribute to a collaborative creative environment by sharing ideas, supporting teammates, and continually exploring innovative storytelling approaches.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree, preferably in visual design, graphic design, digital media, multimedia design, communications, or a related field.
3+ years of experience in multimedia design, video editing, motion graphics, digital storytelling, or a related field.
Advanced proficiency in professional video editing workflows, including editing for digital, mobile, and social-first platforms.
Strong understanding of visual storytelling principles, audience engagement strategies, and interactive storytelling.
Experience designing content optimized for social media platforms and mobile-first audiences.
Strong understanding of SEO best practices and digital content optimization.
Experience using AI-assisted creative tools to enhance storytelling, improve workflow efficiency, and support content production.
Ability to translate complex ideas into visually compelling and accessible storytelling experiences.
Experience developing creative standards, templates, or best practices that improve quality and consistency.
Advanced proficiency with Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Creative Cloud.
Experience with design tools such as Figma and Ceros.
Familiarity with HTML, CSS, and digital publishing workflows.
Experience working with content management systems such as Arc XP or WordPress.
Strong verbal and written communication skills in a hybrid work environment.
Excellent organization, time management, and prioritization skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Positive, collaborative, and solutions-oriented mindset.
Experience working within a newsroom, publishing organization, agency, or custom content environment.
Experience working within a centralized creative team, balancing priorities and collaborating across multiple brands and stakeholders.
Experience providing creative direction or art direction for multimedia, digital storytelling, or cross-platform editorial and client-facing projects.
Demonstrated project management skills with the ability to coordinate multiple multimedia-related initiatives.
Experience mentoring or providing creative guidance within a collaborative design environment.

Skills

Multimedia design
Video editing
Motion graphics
Digital storytelling
Visual storytelling
Audience engagement strategies
Interactive storytelling
Social media content design
Mobile-first audience content design
SEO best practices
Digital content optimization
AI-assisted creative tools
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Creative Cloud
Figma
Ceros
HTML
CSS
Digital publishing workflows
Arc XP
WordPress
Project management
Creative direction
Art direction
Mentoring
Creative guidance

Location

On-site
Remote
Hybrid

Work Type

Full-time
Exempt

Experience Level

3+ years of experience

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in visual design, graphic design, digital media, multimedia design, communications, or a related field

Salary/Compensations

$75,000 to $100,000

Benefits

Retirement plan savings contributions
Bonus opportunities based on individual and company performance

About the Company

Crain Communications is a leading business news and information company with a portfolio of 24 media brands that provide indispensable coverage and data for professionals globally and across sectors, including advertising, automotive, finance, healthcare, staffing, and workforce solutions.
Many of Crain’s brands are the most influential media properties in the industries and communities they serve, including Ad Age, Automotive News, Pensions & Investments, Modern Healthcare, Staffing Industry Analysts, as well as Crain’s regional business brands.
For more than a century, our dedication to deep sector expertise and journalistic integrity has enabled us to provide trusted insights across all our platforms, empowering today’s business leaders to make industry-shaping decisions.

Equal Opportunity

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)