WHO WE ARE

New York Magazine obsessively chronicles the ideas, people, and cultural events that are forever reshaping our world. The New York brand includes the groundbreaking magazine New York, which is published biweekly in print, and six thriving verticals: Intelligencer, delivering national news and sharp commentary on politics, business, technology, and media; the Cut, covering the conversations that matter most to women today; Vulture, the premier destination for culture news, criticism, and service; the Strategist, dedicated to shopping the internet smartly; Curbed, covering cities and city life; and Grub Street, home to food news and authoritative restaurant criticism.

New York Magazine is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about what’s now, what’s next, and what’s possible.

As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, and our platforms, products, and partnerships.

New York Magazine is looking for a Senior Designer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have experience in both brand design and editorial, as this role will straddle editorial and consumer revenue and serve as both a key member of our editorial digital design team and the lead creative responsible for creating marketing assets and campaigns that support and enhance New York’s subscription offerings.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Commission and create original illustration and graphics in collaboration with story and top editors across our six verticals
Serve as the lead designer responsible for the conception and development of marketing assets in collaboration with Senior Director of Brand & Growth Marketing for Consumer Revenue, supporting New York’s subscriptions business on a range of weekly assignments, seasonal campaigns and ad hoc projects
Create a holistic and cohesive design approach to subscription marketing that aligns with editorial voice / vision in collaboration with stakeholders across editorial and consumer revenue
Create replicable templates and guidelines for photo collages and treatments and other visual assets, including social story promotion elements using Creative Cloud and Figma
Create GIFs, short animations and motion graphics for web, email marketing, ad placements and social media
Develop mood boards and visual treatment concepts for new projects or refreshes for both editorial and consumer revenue
Contribute to ongoing creation of a comprehensive and diverse portfolio of artists suited to the style and visual voice of New York and its brands
Become proficient in using Clay, our content management system, to best support the visual expression of individual stories, and provide design and visual guidance to editors and producers as they build a range of stories

WHO YOU ARE

A passion for New York magazine
5+ years of experience in editorial and/or brand design
Expert photoshop skills creating digital photo collages with supplied imagery
Ability to generate, execute and iterate on ideas quickly
Ability to resize designs for different platforms as needed
Ability to multitask and prioritize in deadline driven and fast paced environment
Comfortable working with many stakeholders, including business teams, and editors across several editorial teams
Comfortable both giving and receiving feedback, and an excellent communicator
Experience commissioning illustrations
Organized, detail oriented and proactive
Experience working with digital asset management systems and content management systems is a plus

If you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! We’ve hired chefs who became editors, DJs who became UX designers, and sommeliers who became writers.

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

This job is located in New York and we require employees in office 3 days per week.

WHY VOX MEDIA?

WHAT WE OFFER

This is a permanent, full-time position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefits here.

This position is covered by the collective bargaining agreement between the Company and The NewsGuild of New York, CWA Local 31003, AFL-CIO.

OUR DEI+ COMMITMENT

Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves and create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products and services come from people with all manner of backgrounds and experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work and sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights and best practices. We keep our diversity data public for the sake of accountability, transparency and communication. Learn more about our values here, and our approach to corporate citizenship here.

Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our People & Culture team (recruitment@voxmedia.com).

WHAT COMES NEXT

Our recruiting team will go through applications in a timely manner. Please note that our recruiting team will only contact you from @voxmedia.com email addresses, never via text message. Read more about how our recruiting team operates, and how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud, here.

PAY TRANSPARENCY

The salary range listed below represents the minimum and maximum base pay for this position at the time of this posting. Final salary offered to the candidate selected for the position will be based on factors including but not limited to the candidate's skills and experience.

Pay Range$85,500—$120,000 USD

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