Designer (Temporary)

Description

The company is a news organization whose newsroom reports from nearly 160 countries. Its marketing and advertising design group is hiring a mid-level designer for a temporary assignment of 3 to 6 months.

The design group supplies steady, high-volume support to the wider marketing and advertising teams and keeps a high quality bar across many projects.

You will work alongside the Senior Designer on social, newsletter, presentation and small event assets. The role suits an organized designer who moves quickly between tasks, takes feedback well and carries work from brief to finished piece.

Responsibilities

• Apply the company's typography, color and layout guidelines to everything you produce.
• Create graphics for social channels, newsletters, presentations and events.
• Help the Senior Designer and Design Director across several projects at the same time.
• Turn briefs, messaging and stakeholder feedback into clear visuals.
• Handle multiple projects as priorities change.
• Work with colleagues across the marketing and advertising organization.
• Support the value the company places on journalistic independence and its pursuit of truth.
• You report to the Design Director.

Requirements

• 3 to 5 years of professional design experience in an agency, in-house, media or marketing setting.
• Hands-on experience across social, event and presentation design.
• Strong skill in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
• A refined eye for typography and layout.
• Experience designing for several formats and channels, including presentations and digital communications.
• Working knowledge of basic motion design.
• A digital portfolio showing polished, finished design work.
• Experience with Google Suite and Keynote.
• Preferred: experience supporting marketing, advertising, media or brand teams.
• Preferred: ability to grasp a brief quickly, set priorities and work independently with suitable direction.
• Preferred: strong communication and collaboration skills, especially with non-design partners.
• Preferred: comfort in a high-volume environment with shifting priorities and short timelines.

Conditions

Temporary, part-time contract of 3 to 6 months at 20 to 25 hours per week, with hours that may shift with business needs.

Remote work on Eastern Time hours, or hybrid from the New York City headquarters.

Annual base pay of $73,000 to $83,000 USD.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of legally protected characteristics, including citizenship.

Benefits

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