Are you a highly creative and collaborative graphic designer with a passion for print publications?

RIBA (Royal Insitute of British Architects) is seeking a designer to redesign its

flagship print magazine, RIBAJ (The RIBA Journal), building on RIBA’s rebranding and the relaunch of RIBAJ.com in late 2025.

RIBA is a global professional membership body that serves its members and society in order to deliver better buildings and places, stronger communities and a sustainable environment.

RIBAJ is all about architecture in the making, exciting, inspiring and

practical content about architecture. It uncovers lessons learnt from award-winning architects and from talents theyare yet to discover; exploring the ideas, forces and techniques behind their designs.

Following extensive reader and stakeholder research and a review, RIBA is reinventing the print magazine, seeking to capitalise on the expansiveness of print.

As a leading magazine in the design and construction sector, RIBAJ reaches architects in all corners of the UK and internationally, from design innovators to the architects of high-rise towers and prestigious cultural buildings, to small town architects in micro practices designing better places and crafting life-enhancing community hubs and house extensions.

RIBAJ is the UK’s largest-circulation architecture magazine, reaching 24,405 members and subscribers. It is made up of daily articles on ribaj.com, regular newsletters and webinars, and a print magazine.

RIBA is seeking a designer to develop a new look and feel for the magazine, to produce templates for its regular sections and features, and to provide initial oversight when these are applied by our in-house designers.

You will be

· A brilliant, inventive designer

· Rigorous

· Interested and knowledgeable on print design, typography and use of photography

· Drawing on experience designing or laying out magazines

· Fluent in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop

· Willing to immerse yourself in the visual landscape of architecture

· With a strong portfolio of designs you can share with us and a history of close collaboration with your clients

· Available to work on this project through July to Dec, for January 2026 launch

Contact us by 13th June, with evidence of how you fit the bill and your portfolio to richard.blackburn@riba.org, when further details on fee and brief will be supplied.

First interviews with Eleanor Young, RIBAJ editor, and Richard Blackburn, RIBA Publishing head of production and design19th June

Second interviews with Eleanor Young, RIBAJ editor and Chris Foges, contributing editor 27, 30th June