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Senior Designer- Freelance

UNAVAILABLE, New York, NY, USA

Pay: $50-$80/hr

Job type: Temporary


Job Description
Role Summary

The need here is for a freelance, as needed, Senior Designer. As a Freelance Senior Designer you are expert in determining initial design strategy to final sign-off, you are involved in all phases of design development with a strong focus on execution. You are often working on several projects at a time under the direction of a design lead. Your specialty: Adobe Creative Suite, Figma you mastered it. You have strong leadership skills and train and mentor designers.

Additionally, since you are in the freelance lane you are used to tight deadlines, quick turn-arounds and staying up to date and timely on all deliverables.

Responsibilities

Leadcreative concept developmentfor internal marketing initiatives, brand campaigns, culture programs, and agency communications

Translate business goals, cultural priorities, and strategic direction intocompelling creative narratives and visual systems

Partner with leadership and marketing teams to shapecampaign themes, messaging frameworks, and storytelling platforms

Contribute to the evolution of the agency’sbrand voice, tone, and visual identity

Design and producehigh-quality creative assetsacross digital, experiential, environmental, motion, and presentation formats

Create materials including (but not limited to):

Internal brand campaigns

Executive presentations & keynote decks

Agency announcements & communications

Recruitment marketing assets

Culture & engagement initiatives

Social and digital content

Maintain an exceptional standard ofcraft, consistency, and attention to detailacross all outputs

Championbrand excellenceand help ensure consistency across all internal-facing materials

Build scalable design systems, templates, and toolkits that empower teams while maintaining brand integrity

Partners with team members to ensure projects meet objectives.

Qualifications

7+ years of professional design experience, ideally within creative agencies, brand studios, or in-house creative teams

Proven experience leading concept development and execution across complex, multi-channel creative initiatives

Strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking, brand storytelling, and exceptional design craft

Mastery of design tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Keynote / PowerPoint, and motion tools

Deep understanding of brand systems, visual storytelling, typography, layout, and composition

Strong presentation skills—able to clearly articulate creative ideas and strategic rationale

Experience designing for digital, experiential, and presentation environments

Strategic thinker with a maker’s mentality

Highly collaborative and comfortable navigating ambiguity

Curious, proactive, and driven by creative excellence and cultural impact

Strong attention to detail paired with big-picture thinking.

Additional Information
At Publicis Groupe, we offer medical and voluntary benefits to our freelancers and temporary employees. Voluntary benefit options include supplemental medical insurance, transportation, and parking benefits, legal benefits, pet insurance, and auto and home insurance. You must be actively employed for 90 consecutive calendar days in order to be eligible for Publicis medical and voluntary benefits. You will also be eligible to participate in the Publicis 401(k) Plan after you complete 1,000 work hours in a consecutive 12-month period.

Razorfish is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: $50 - $80hourly. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 3/25/26.

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