Hasta La Ideas

Keep your eye on Money, the country’s most widely circulated financial publication, because Kate Elazegui (pictured at left) has just joined the Time Inc.-published magazine as director of design. Today was her first day on the job.

In a memo sent to his staff yesterday, Craig Matters, managing editor of Money, announced Elazegui’s appointment and provided a run-down of her experience. “An expert packager with a knack for taking complex material and making it inviting to readers, Kate will bring her formidable talents—recognized repeatedly by SPD, ASME, and editors who have worked with her—to Money.” After four years as art director of New York, Elazegui decamped last year to now defunct Radar, where she was design director.

Meanwhile, Money art director Davia Smith will leave the magazine at the end of the month. In his memo, Matters lauded Smith’s “design vision and hard work over the past four-plus years” as having been “crucial to the success of Money‘s consumer franchise.”

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