Gannett seeks production artist intern

Title: Production Artist Intern

Reports to: Creative Director

Department: Marketing / U.S. Community Publishing

Purpose: Production design support for the Creative Marketing Group.

Salary: $15
Fall Intern, 14 weeks, Mid-Sept. through Mid-Dec. (flexible)
20 hours per week / 4 hours per day

Contact: Heather Grimstead
hgrimste@gannett.com

Responsibilities:
• Use Adobe Creative Suite 4 to produce creative materials.
• Set up design files for variable data printing using StudioID plug-in for InDesign and output PDFs.
• Use Microsoft PowerPoint to create presentation slides.
• Prep and upload materials to the Creative Marketing Library and ongoing library maintenance.
• Assist with email campaigns including uploading images and HTML to ExactTarget.

Qualifications:
• Candidate must have taken relevant coursework in graphic design.
• Must be intermediate and/or advanced user of Adobe Creative Suite 4 including InDesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Flash.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office including PowerPoint and Excel.
• Position requires a basic understanding of sales and marketing.
• Successful candidate will have great attention to detail, ability to multitask, excellent interpersonal skills.

About Us:
Gannett Co., Inc. is a Fortune 500 international news and information company operating on multiple platforms including the Internet, mobile, newspapers, magazines and TV stations. Gannett is an Internet leader with hundreds of newspaper and TV Web sites; CareerBuilder.com, the nation's top employment site; USATODAY.com; and more than 80 local MomsLikeMe.com sites. Gannett publishes 83 daily U.S. newspapers, including USA TODAY, the nation's largest-selling daily newspaper, and more than 650 magazines and other non-dailies including USA WEEKEND. Gannett also operates 23 television stations in 19 U.S. markets. Gannett subsidiary Newsquest is the United Kingdom's second largest regional newspaper company with 17 daily paid-for titles, more than 200 weekly newspapers, magazines and trade publications, and a network of Web sites.