Senior Designer/Art Director

About the role

The Working Assembly is an award-winning, design-led creative agency based in New York City and working globally. Our clients range from emerging startups to Fortune 100 companies. As a Senior Designer/Art Director, you will join our dynamic creative team, bringing your visual expertise to elevate TWA's design work across diverse creative deliverables. You'll collaborate directly with our Design Director and talented designers, strategists, copywriters, and brand managers to create impactful visuals for social campaigns, websites, packaging, videos, presentations, and other content. Your eye for design will guide and inspire our creative team, and you'll be hands-on in ideating and executing concepts that align with strategic goals and audiences.

Responsibilities

• Drive creative concepts across multiple touchpoints, crafting visually compelling designs aligned with strategic objectives.
• Collaborate with creative, brand, content, and client leads to deliver design solutions that resonate with client goals and audience needs.
• Lead and mentor junior creatives, fostering an environment of growth, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
• Communicate design rationales effectively, adapting your approach for both creative and non-creative audiences.
• Oversee and contribute to the creation of diverse design assets, including digital and print collateral, social media assets, motion design, and interactive web elements.
• Stay ahead of design trends and push boundaries in visual storytelling across digital platforms and customer touchpoints.
• Establish and maintain brand guides and asset libraries, ensuring consistency and high quality across all deliverables.
• Balance hands-on involvement with strategic oversight, ready to step in as needed to support design production and execution.
• Assist, as needed, with new business development design concepts and production.

Qualifications

• Self-motivated with a positive attitude.
• Great communication skills and ability to conceptualize and execute impactful visual storytelling that aligns with strategic goals.
• High proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Portfolio showcasing exceptional visual design and art direction skills and a variety of work across creative deliverables such as brand development, web, and social media campaigns.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in an agency environment in an art direction or creative leadership role.

Pay

Salary Range: $100,000–$140,000 depending on level of experience.

Applicants located in the NYC area are preferred for in-person team collaboration.