New York Jobs

Our client, an award winning branding agency, is in search of a Junior Designer to join their team on a permanent basis beginning with a brief freelance trial period. This role begins on-site in New York City as soon as possible.What you'll be doing:Contributing to the creation and implementation of graphic designs that translate brand messages while maximizing current technologies and trends. Working as part of a team to concept integrated B2B campaigns across channels (branding, communications, film, digital, etc). Collaborate with strategists, project managers, developers, filmmakers, designers, creative director, and agency partners to create amazing design concepts that work across many forms of media to move clients’ business forward. Create and implement branding/marketing initiatives across traditional and digital channels. Manage multiple projects at the same time and meet deadlines. Contribute to a culture of learning by bringing your ideas to the table - also be open to learning from your counterparts. Use storytelling to present creative concepts to clients. Partner with your account and strategy teams to nurture client relationships.About you:2-3 years of design experience. Strong design abilities in a variety of areas including line looks, logos, typography, web, print, basic structural studies and more. You can see projects through from concept to execution on your own. Have designed for corporate identity, web identity, film, rebrands, guidelines, logos, etc. Ability to conceptualize ideas into solid designs Ability to independently manage projects. B2B experience with brand identity and/or advertising. Experience with industry standard design software (Adobe CS) on a Mac. Basic knowledge of social media platforms (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram). Up-to-date resume and portfolio.Please apply with your portfolio today!

Our client is looking for a freelance Product Designer who’s willing to jump in and kickstart a handful of different projects across our product. This is a mid-level role for someone who is both eager to learn a lot about working in a mid-size startup and excited to do design in an interdisciplinary team.This role starts ASAP onsite in NYC!Responsibilities:Working with small cross-functional teams to design better ways for our Culinary and Operations teams to deliver great meals to our customers. Finding answers to design challenges no other company has solved before. Helping define our product strategy and roadmap across all internal tools. Interviewing users to get essential feedback to identify issues and improve future versions of Plated. Collaborating with the entire design team to create a cohesive and magical consumer product experience for our customers.Requirements:2-5 years designing exceptional experiences with a portfolio that showcases your ability to move fluidly between process design, user experience design and interface design. Proven experience creating wireframes, prototypes and UI specs and the flexibility & willingness to move from idea to whiteboard to execution quickly. Ability to make sound design decisions with qualitative and quantitative data as well as know how to acquire the data. A strong practical knowledge of front-end technologies and responsive frameworks. A working understanding of visual design including layout, typography, color, and imaging. A strong sense of ownership. Experience working in an agile environment.Interested! Please apply now!

Adobe CQ Engineer needed for an ongoing contract with a national firm in the general NY area.Adobe CQ with 7+ Yrs Experience. Java/ J2EE architecture and associated best practices / design patterns. Hands-on and implement the solutions along with a high technically focused team to provide technical expertise in the design and planning of the solutions. Build solutions on top of CQ WCM, DAM and SoCo modules. Hands-on contribution as a part of the team and lead the technical day to day activities bringing in excellence in implementation. Working knowledge on SOA, ESB, JMS, Web Services, Spring Framework, JS frameworks, etc.

Our client, a Global Digital Agency, is looking to hire a hands-on Digital Art Director, with an emphasis on responsive web design, for a long-term, to potentially permanent, opportunity. The right candidate won't be afraid to pitch in wherever needed. This position reports into the Creative Director.Requirements for this role include:5+ years experience, ideally in an agency setting.  Background working on digital creative from brief through delivery.  Responsive web design experience and samples to show in portfolio.  Ability to partner closely with both creative and tech teams and understand technical requirement and limits for projects. Strong visual and digital thinker, who is comfortable leading others. Sketch, Zeplin, InVision, Keynote, Adobe Creative Suite and ideally After Effects. Collaborative.Does this sound like you? Apply today!

Global Digital Agency is looking to hire an IA/UX Designer to start as soon as possible, for a ~3 month project. You will consult with their client on UX capabilities, to help define and re-examine the information architecture and taxonomy for their website -- and eventually move into involvement for further stages.Requirements include:5+ years experience as an Information Architect or UX professional, with some experience acting as an advisor to key stakeholders Effective communicator Background holding kick-off meetings, creating templates, attending breakout sessions in conjunction with product teams, advising on UX best practices Participate in content strategy and UX sprints Wireframes, prototypes, personas, sitemaps, user flows, site maps Strong understanding of usability and related concerns for accessibility Comfortable presenting work 

Large publishing company has an immediate need for a freelance integrated designer. This role will be onsite in NYC starting ASAP and ongoing into 2019.You will be working on a variety of projects across digital and print for the consumer marketing team of an iconic publication. You will work as part of the design team on the design and production of creative assets for the consumer marketing team. You must have experience with presentation / deck design, and email layout and design to be considered for this role. We are specifically looking for direct marketing experience with a specific call to action in the email design.Requirements:Proficient in Photoshop and Sketch. Experience designing presentations with the samples that show it. Strong understanding of direct marketing design - specifically email call to action. Strong use of typography, and understanding of how it drives branding initiatives. Ability to work fast and efficient in a deadline driven environment. Well-rounded digital graphic designer with proficiency in business presentation/deck creation Experience creating multi-channel marketing assets --- emails, site ads, landing pages and social media units. An elevated design aesthetic in fashion or relatable industry. An understanding of direct response best practices and how design influences consumers to take an action. Required skills: keynote, powerpoint, sketch, photoshop, project management system such as Basecamp, some basic animation.Please apply with your portfolio!

Our client, a large Marketing company in NYC is looking for a Traffic Coordinator to join their team for a 1-2 month project heading into 2019. This role will be working closely with the project management teams, as well as have a large presence within the Social Media output of the organization.Requirements:1-2+ years experience is Traffic/Project Management experience Experience posting within Social Media outlets Any experience working with Basecamp as a PM tool is a major plus Strong communication skills Ability to juggle multiple projects at one time Team playerThis position is looking to get started within the next 1-2 weeks for the right candidate, please apply within!

Our client, a retail consulting firm has an immediate need for a freelance project manager. This role sits onsite in NYC and is scheduled to last for 2+ months.You will be stepping in to an established project management process. You will be working on a project that is already in motion, and will work with the team to ensure timely delivery. The project is a website design and build. The website will support a subscription based business model. You will be working with internal stakeholders up to the C-Suite, as well as offshore development teams. It will be your job to manage the development milestones to ensure timelines and budgets are adhered to.REQUIREMENTS:Project management for large scale website builds - design, content generation, development (front end and back end), and QA Experience working with external offshore development teams Strong understanding of the capabilities and limitations of content management systems Manage workflows to incorporate stakeholder feedback with specific development milestones Identify potential risks, and escalate appropriately Create/manage project plans, status reports, and daily project meetings 2+ years Project Management experienceInterested?  Please apply today!     

Our client, a boutique Global Design and Branding agency, is looking for a freelance Packaging Designer to start immediately!The ideal candidate will have experience working in packaging (preferably on agency side), be a proactive, hands-on individual with 2 or more years’ experience doing packaging production and mechanicals in a fast-paced team environment.Responsibilities & Experience:CPG packaging design experience and samples. Adapting existing packaging design. Strong understanding of the packaging production process. Ability to confirm the accuracy of copy and legalities. Adobe Creative Suite.Does this sound like you? Apply today! 

Our client, a New York based online luxury fashion retailer, is looking for a mid-to-senior level UX Researcher to join their team on an ongoing freelance capacity to help build out the UX Research process in their growing Product team. Our client is motivated to hire and is looking to bring talent in on a temp-to-hire structure beginning immediately on-site in NYC.What you'll be doing:Audit the company's current Product development process, research and roadmap. Work with the design team to determine project objectives, plan out the research roadmap and the tools that will be used to execute user research. Obtain important insights about users through different methods of research including things like ethnographic observation, diaries, usability studies, interviews, surveys or even something you create yourself. Partner with data analytics teams to gather quant and qual data and determine how to leverage to improve process. Take research findings and translate into usable insights and actionable design tools including things like personas, design principles, requirements, etc. Share your research insights with team including designers, product managers, engineers and the executive team to inform all product and business decisions. Conduct user testing on-site at our client. Other tasks may apply.About you:5+ years of experience in the user and UX research spaces. Professional experience conducting live and remote usability studies and interviews. UX Research experience in the web and mobile application spaces doing experience testing for mobile across iOS and ideally Android. Ability to synthesize data into actionable insights. Experienced in setting up and executing mobile user testing on-site and digitally. Demonstrated ability to own and execute a user testing plan. Bonus: have experience working on eComm, mobile retail and fashion. Very strong at expressing your insights through different mediums (storytelling, writing, hands-on workshops). Familiarity with the product and design process (mobile & desktop) Must have portfolio of previous case studies to share.Interested in this opportunity? Apply with your resume now!