Senior Designer (Manhattan) Job at Creative Niche in Manhattan

Sr Designer

Location: New York City (Tribeca) hybrid, 3 days/week

Our NY-based client is seeking a thoughtful, cutting edge Sr. Designer to build their visual language, systems, and brand identities for their 2 distinct products.

This is a true startup Swiss Army knife design role. Youll own the brand expression end-to-end, build systems that create cohesion across every touchpoint, and help our client evolve a the brand as they grow.

We're looking for an in-house designer who can take initiative, bring strong opinions, and drive work forward with real ownership - with thoughtful oversight and guidance from the Director of Brand & Creative.

Brand systems & identity

• Evolve and tighten the current brand foundation (typography, colour, fonts), making it more dynamic and launch-ready.
• Build and document brand guidelines and design systems that translate consistently across channels.
• Define how motion, illustration, and other creative elements show up in their world (freelancer collaboration supported).

Marketing & growth design

• Create high-impact social templates and campaigns rooted in brand strategy.
• Design marketing assets beyond social: sales decks, one-pagers, landing pages, OOH concepts, and launch materials.
• Help them identify what makes their brand special - and express it clearly through visual storytelling.

Product-oriented design (nice-to-have but valuable)

• Collaborate closely with the product team to bring brand into the app experience.
• Contribute to product and web concepts, especially landing pages and early product surfaces that need brand-led thinking.

Creative partnership

• Work collaboratively with a small team, presenting work-in-progress, aligning early, and iterating quickly.
• Bring a strong discovery and moodboarding process to each assignment - clear rationale, clear direction.

Were open to a range of experience - this could be a strong Director/Principal/Senior level with standout ownership instincts.

You are:

• A builder who thrives in ambiguity and wants to create, not just execute.
• Confident owning projects from idea to final delivery.
• A designer with high EQ, strong opinions, and the courage to speak up thoughtfully.
• Proactive, sleeves-rolled-up, find a way energy - you see urgent moments as opportunities to move the needle.
• Excited by technology and culture, with a habit of studying whats working in the market and adapting it into fresh, original work.

You bring:

• A portfolio that shows brand systems + applied work, not just static identity.
• Strong craft in typography, layout, and visual storytelling.
• Experience translating brand into real-world outputs (social, web, product surfaces, decks, campaigns).
• Comfort working without heavy process or layers but a desire to systematize the design practice for future Designers as the team grows.
• Passion projects or self-initiated work that shows curiosity and taste.

Why join

• Massive ownership: youll define the systems that shape how this startup grows.
• Small, sharp team: direct access to key decision-makers and fast feedback loops.
• Well funded scaling organization: get in on the ground level.
• Great in-office environment, with snacks/drinks, and lunch provided on all in-office days.

If this sounds like you, wed love to see your portfolio - especially work that shows systems thinking and bold brand ownership.