This document provides a checklist for the steps required to complete an assignment to design a magazine. It includes 10 steps: 1) Choosing a magazine brief, 2) Preliminary research on magazine layouts, 3) Drawing magazine cover and contents page designs, 4) Creating a digital magazine cover and contents page, 5) Evaluating preliminary work, 6) Researching genre conventions of music magazines, 7) Analyzing covers, contents pages and spreads of existing magazines, 8) Creating additional analysis through a video discussion and inspiration collage, 9) Researching potential target audiences through existing magazine profiles and a created reader profile, and 10) Conducting primary audience research through a questionnaire.