Job Description
Job Type
Contract
Description
The Cato Institute is looking for creative minds with a background in comics to help us develop the next Cato Illustrated Supreme Court Review. The Illustrated Supreme Court Review is a graphic novel style accompaniment to the Cato Supreme Court Review. Each chapter provides illustrations of a case, including its factual background, relevant context, outcome, and rationale.
As a Comic Artist, you will use emerging technologies to quickly create engaging and accessible illustrations of consequential Supreme Court decisions. Working together with legal scholars at Cato's Center for Constitutional Studies and Project on Criminal Justice, you will help storyboard comic-style pages, use AI to help generate images for each panel, and then finalize a single, coherent chapter for each Supreme Court case using your own graphic design and illustration skills. All Comic Artists and Illustrators will be credited for their work in the final publication.
We are looking for experienced designers with a comprehensive understanding of comic layout and composition, broad mastery of the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, & InDesign), and who are flexible, adaptable, and able to work within the tight time frames that this project necessarily entails given the brief period between the end of the Supreme Court's term and the publication of the work.
About Cato The Cato Institute is a public policy research organization - a think tank - dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, and free markets. Its scholars and analysts conduct independent, nonpartisan research on a wide range of policy issues.
Founded in 1977, Cato owes its name to Cato's Letters, a series of essays published in 18th-century England that presented a vision of a society free from excessive government power. Those essays inspired the architects of the American Revolution. And the simple, timeless principles of that revolution - individual liberty, limited government, and free markets - turn out to be even more powerful in today's world of global markets and unprecedented access to information than Jefferson or Madison could have imagined. We believe that social and economic freedom is not just the best policy for a free people, but an indispensable framework for the future.
The Cato Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Responsibilities - Help storyboard comic pages for the Illustrated Cato Supreme Court Review together with our scholars.
- Use AI Software to rapidly develop panels against tight deadlines.
- Use your illustration abilities to bring panels together with a consistent visual style.
- Prepare the chapter for print publication through a rigorous quality-control process.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience drawing comics (print preferred, but not required).
- 2+ years of graphic design, vector illustration, or traditional illustration experience.
- Ability to collaborate with Cato scholars to develop comic pages-and in particular, the creative judgment necessary to help scholars design a layout that executes their vision.
- Ability to work independently to carry out projects with little direction and supervision.
- Reliable with a strong work ethic, consistently completing tasks on time.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and an enthusiastic and positive attitude.
- A keen attention to detail, quality, and accuracy, and a willingness to respond to team feedback across multiple revisions.
- Positive and professional mindset.
Experience with: - Adobe Photoshop (Advanced)
Preferred Qualifications - Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Familiarity with AI platforms such as StableDiffusion, Midjourney, and DALL•E
How to Apply: Please provide all of the following:
- Your resume
- A portfolio showcasing your work in comics, illustration, and graphic design.
Optionally, feel free to also provide a short cover letter explaining why you want to work with the Cato Institute.
Job Tags
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