Responsibilities
- Take full ownership of design ideas and execution of large-scale international 360 campaigns, ensuring high quality visual storytelling across digital, social, video and print.
- Design and build presentations, decks and advertising mock-ups for client pitches.
- Confidently present and communicate design ideas to clients and internal stakeholders (sellers, program managers, strategists, editors and audience experts), translating client KPIs into elegant and high-end visual storytelling solutions.
- Collaborate closely with the editorial team to help translate their ideas into engaging webpages, interactive articles, and other visual storytelling.
- Collaborate with, and solicit feedback from, senior design team members to ensure design work exceeds client expectations and is created in a timely and collaborative manner across time zones and geographies. Also, mentor junior designers and interns.
- Work closely with our internationally-based Developer to ensure accurate and efficient build of digital designs across platforms. Also, lead and execute page builds for projects using Webflow.
- Identify and manage project deliverables from external talent โ including illustrators, photographers and motion designers โ to expand our creative vendor network.
- Proactively identify and implement solutions to improve our design processes and workflows.
- Develop and employ a deep understanding of NYT Advertising products, as well as newsroom and T Brand Studio standards.
- Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
- You will report to the Creative Director, T Brand Studio International.
Basic Qualifications
- A strong portfolio of brand work that demonstrates high-quality design and attention to detail, a refined sense of craft, typography, pacing and visual hierarchy.
- Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma and Google Slides.
- Strong working knowledge of HTML/CSS for front-end styling; proficiency in Webflow is preferred for building pages and supporting team workflows.
- Experience leading design projects end-to-end, collaborating with editorial, strategy and/or production teams.
- Editorial and visual storytelling experience, with the ability to translate complex narratives into simpler, compelling visual experiences.
- Experience designing responsively across mobile, tablet and desktop platforms.
Preferred Qualifications
- A network of designers, creators and vendors
- Experience in photography and filmmaking
