Associate Creative Director

Description

The company runs a newsroom with journalists reporting from nearly 160 countries, and it publishes its journalism in print, audio, and on its digital platforms and app.

The company is hiring an Associate Creative Director for Culture and Communications. You will conceive, art direct, design, and present materials that strengthen the identities and initiatives of the Culture and Communications, External Comms, and Brand Messaging teams.

This is a hybrid role at the New York headquarters. You will report to the Creative Director, Culture and Communications and Live Experience, and you can usually expect to be in the office 3 days a week.

You will sit on the Internal Communications team, led by the SVP, Culture and Communications. You will shape identity needs and visual strategy with company leaders and their teams, and you will lead creative development and art direction for the company's sites, At The Times and NYTCO.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creative for internal events, including All Company meetings, State of The Times, and the Ochs Awards. Brief the creative agencies, keep the creative consistent across all content, and build the CEO and Publisher presentations.
• Lead art direction and ongoing visual upkeep for At The Times and NYTCO.
• Set and enforce visual standards for design and video that support the Brand Messaging and Trust teams, working with the Executive Producer in the Newsroom.
• Manage and mentor a small design team working on the same body of work.
• Form a clear point of view on mission-driven branding and identity systems that work.
• Track social media conversations and design visuals made for those platforms.
• Create, curate, or assign visuals that build on or extend existing visual systems with real impact.
• Uphold the company's commitment to journalistic independence and its mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of design experience, including managing design projects across teams.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Sketch, and Figma.
• Experience mentoring designers and leading a small design team.
• A record of balancing competing programs, responsibilities, and projects.
• Up-to-date knowledge of web, mobile, motion, and video.
• A detailed sense of typography and a sharp eye, with the ability to develop strong visual concepts across multiple media.
• Experience explaining visual ideas clearly to many kinds of teams and stakeholders.
• Preferred: a B.A., B.S., or M.A.
• Preferred: Adobe After Effects and Premiere.

Conditions

Hybrid role based at the New York headquarters, with about 3 office days a week.

Annual base pay range is $148,000 to $170,000 USD.

Candidates are judged without regard to legally protected traits, including citizenship, sex, age, race, disability, and others.

Benefits

• For US roles, depending on the position, you may be eligible for variable pay such as an annual bonus and restricted stock.
• US benefits may include medical, dental, and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts, a company-matching 401(k), an employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, and professional development programs.
• For roles outside the US, benefit details are shared during the interview process.