Job Description
I am working with a leading media company located in New York City, seeking a contract Junior Designer to join their team.
\nJob Description
\nThe ideal candidate is early in their design career and brings foundational design skills and a hands-on, collaborative mindset to a role built around growing their expertise. This is an overall support role — the candidate will help other designers on the team, execute the production and cross-channel adaptation of creative assets, and build experience across the full creative process, working closely with the Art Director, Senior Designer, and Program Management team.
\nWHO YOU ARE:
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- Detail-oriented, with a strong eye for ensuring visuals, messaging, and interactive elements align with brand standards \n
- Organized and able to prioritize effectively across multiple concurrent projects and deadlines \n
- Proactive and adaptable — you stay current on industry trends and technologies and are open to learning new approaches \n
- A great communicator and collaborator who can share ideas clearly and work well with cross-functional colleagues \n
- Comfortable applying design principles and strategic thinking to execute work that reflects brand standards \n
RESPONSIBILITIES:
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- Support the creative development of captivating digital creative assets — graphics, animations, videos, and other multimedia content — for owned and operated channels (website, email, and app) and paid media platforms \n
- Execute the production and adaptation of creative assets across channels, resizing and adjusting existing campaign creative to meet the specs and needs of each platform \n
- Support other designers on the team as needed, contributing to a collaborative team workflow while continuing to build your own expertise \n
- Ensure all visuals, messaging, and interactive elements are aligned with the creative vision and meet the brand standards of individual brands within the portfolio \n
- Apply strategic thinking and design principles across all aspects of creative development, executing designs that reflect brands and effectively drive consumer business growth \n
- Collaborate with the Art Director, Senior Designer, and Program Management team to leverage data and analytics, contributing to insights on creative performance and assisting with recommendations for asset updates \n
- Maintain regular communication with the Project Management team and colleagues, providing updates on project timelines and progress \n
- Stay current with the competitive landscape, industry best practices, and emerging design and consumer revenue generation trends \n
- Manage and organize raw media and finished assets, ensuring proper storage and backup for internal and external accessibility \n
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:
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- 2–3 years of experience as a designer (recent graduates welcome), with an interest in building a career in consumer-facing, revenue-generating campaign creative \n
- Ability to share a portfolio that demonstrates exposure to a variety of campaign types, an understanding of design principles applied in practice, strong attention to detail, and your participation within the creative process \n
- Foundational understanding of design principles, including typography, color theory, and UX design \n
- Knowledge of ADA-compliant design is desired \n
- Familiarity with motion graphics and animation, good UX/UI design, and social media principles is a plus \n
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Figma, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and After Effects; working knowledge of G Suite and project management systems \n
- Great verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work both independently and within a collaborative, cross-functional team \n