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 — including illustrators, photographers and motion designers — 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