Sports Page Designer, The Washington Times

The Washington Times, a 100,000 circulation daily newspaper in our nation's capitol, is seeking a creative page designer to work in our award-winning sports department. We are looking for someone who can help maintain our high standards for journalism design while being a part of a fast-paced sports department.

Our coverage area includes a variety of Division I colleges and professional teams, including the Redskins, Nationals, Capitals, Wizards, D.C. United, Georgetown and the University of Maryland.

Candidates should have an eye for good design, while being able to adjust to breaking news and tight deadlines.

Responsibilities for this position include design of the Sports cover two or three nights a week, daily inside pages and occasional special pages and projects. Night and weekend work required.

Candidates should be familiar with such applications as Adobe Illustrator, PhotoShop and QuarkXpress.

Questions about the job? Contact:

Harrison Goodman, Assistant Sports Editor/Design
hgoodman@washingtontimes.com
(202) 636-3263

or

John Taylor, Assistant Sports Editor
jtaylor@washingtontimes.com
(202)636-3237

Submit cover letter, resume and portfolio (up to 10 pages ) to:

Mark Hartsell
Sports Editor
The Washington Times
3600 New York Ave. NE
Washington, D.C., 20002

 

Hey John, what happened to that copy editor position? Is it still open?

 

Again, Harrison Goodman is a kick-ass designer and one of the good guys in this business. If I were single, I'd be all over this in a heartbeat. Definite Doc Seal of Approval here, folks.

 

Howdy folks.

Copy editor position is still open. There are a couple of them open actually, and we'd like at least one of the people we hire to have some pagination skills.

This opening is new and unrelated; we just had one of our main designers (not Harrison) give his notice yesterday, he's bound for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Needless to say, this means we have a few openings approaching the busiest time of the year. ... so we'd like to find some talented, motivated folks and move fast to fill these positions.

 

To echo what John said, there's plenty of work to go around right now so I wouldn't worry about being stuck on inside pages shifts for five days a week. If anything we'd like the right candidate to be doing the front and helping to work on advance projects for most of the week. If there's any questions, feel free to email or PM or whatever.

And thanks for the kind, yet false, compliments, Good Doctor. I'm actually just an average designer and a jackass.

 

I still wonder about the pay. I've heard that, for the price of living there and the size of the paper, that the pay isn't that good. I'd be happy to be told I'm wrong, but that's what I've heard.

 

John's somewhat addressed this in past posts.

Knowing friends who live in the D.C. area, I can tell you that there always are plenty of people looking for roommates and the like.

 

The question hasn't been asked yet, so: Who left?

 

The offices are located on the edge of the MD/DC border, so you're probably better off living outside the city anyway. Not only is it cheaper, but it's an easier commute than driving with rush hour traffic leaving the city (trust me). The job definitely pays enough to live by yourself, maybe not in downtown DC but in plenty of nice areas.

Brandon Ferrill, he accepted a job with the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

 

Is this still open? C'mon folks, somebody seriously needs to move to DC and work alongside the greatness that is Harrison Goodman.

Just don't make fun of Jack Bauer in front of him, or your ass is grass.

 

According to the thread for the Daily Progress opening in Charlottesville, Drew Hansen is headed from C'ville to the Times. Don't know for sure that it's this position, but I'd assume so.