Designer, Social Media

Summary

Join New York Magazine as a Designer, Social Media and contribute to the visual expression of its brands across social networks, primarily Instagram. Reporting to the Senior Visuals Director, you will maintain brand style guides, create templates, translate print articles for social media, edit video content, and develop visual concepts. You will collaborate closely with social media editors and stay updated on visual trends. This remote, full-time position offers benefits and is covered by a collective bargaining agreement. The ideal candidate possesses experience in editorial design, illustration, and video editing, along with strong communication and collaboration skills. The salary range is $81,765–$95,000 USD.

Requirements

• Knowledge of current visual trends in the social media space
• Passionate about New York magazine and digital media
• Experienced editorial designer/ illustrator
• Experienced video editor
• Ability to generate, execute and iterate on ideas quickly
• Ability to multitask and prioritize in deadline driven and fast paced environment
• Comfortable working with many stakeholders and editors across several editorial teams
• Comfortable both giving and receiving feedback, and an excellent communicator
• Ambitious, organized, detail oriented and proactive

Responsibilities

• Maintain digital brand visual style guides for social assets
• Create replicable templates using Creative Cloud and Figma
• Translate our print articles and editorial packages for promotion on social media
• Edit short-form video content
• Create GIFs, short animations and motion graphics for web and social media
• Develop mood boards or decks for visual treatment concepts for new projects or editorial refreshes
• Work closely with the social media editors on strategy
• Keep up-to-date with visual trends in the social media space

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with digital asset management systems and content management systems

Benefits

• This job is remote
• This is a permanent, full-time position
• This job is benefits-eligible