SHADOW is currently seeking to fill a Designer position within its Creative Division. The ideal candidate has a minimum of 3-5 years relevant experience, preferably working with consumer brands or in an agency environment. This individual will report directly to the Art Director and Executive Creative Director, and drive the execution of various visual assets and design elements for a range of projects, both external and internal. This position requires the submission of a portfolio.
What You Bring:
- Creativity and Technical Fluency: Your portfolio demonstrates a high-caliber understanding of visual design across a number of mediums including print, graphics, UI, e-mail, spatial, packaging, merch and more. You can simultaneously push to think outside the box, while working within brand parameters. You have mastery over Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign (Bonus if you have experience working with video.), as well as Keynote and Powerpoint/Google Slides. Proficiency in Figma and SketchUp a bonus.
- Professionalism and project management: You have a buttoned up approach to project management, with the ability to juggle multiple projects at once, both when collaborating as a team and managing independently. You have an exquisite attention to detail.
- Communication and Problem Solving: You are an excellent writer and communicator, with the ability to self motivate, pivot as needed, and voice frictions and roadblocks as they arise. You possess a solution oriented attitude.
What You Do:
- Develop Design Concepts: You work closely with the Creative team on behalf of agency clients to drive the development of visual assets and design elements for a variety of internal and external projects, including strategies, events, social media, digital content, e-mail, identity development and more. This includes the compilation, design and layout of company decks, presentations, client strategies, branded collateral, digital mockups, merch and other miscellaneous materials
- Collaborate: You’ll work seamlessly with art directors, producers and creative director, as well as oversee a junior designer, to take inspiration and swipe to ideate, draft, sketch and execute visual elements end-to-end for myriad projects across the agency’s PR, Event, Influencer and Social operations. This includes social media content, event branding, web experiences, logo development, and photo shoots.
- Vendor management: For projects that require outside production support you may liaise with third party vendors such as production houses or fabricators to ensure that final deliverables achieve a high production value.
Annual Compensation
$60K - $75K (commensurate with experience)
What We Provide:
- Medical + dental + vision insurance
- Generous PTO and paid holidays
- Dedicated mental health days
- Unlimited sick time
- Give Back. We want SHADOWs to extend their hearts and give back to their various communities and interests, on the clock! We offer 40 hours of paid VTO annually (voluntary time off)
- 401(k) retirement plan with matching
- Pre-tax commuter and healthcare benefits
- 12 weeks paid leave for new parents
- Individualized career mapping
- Summer Fridays (early close Fridays Memorial Day - Labor Day)
- Hybrid work schedule (1-3 days in office per week, depending on role)
While SHADOW intends to maintain these employee benefits, the Company reserves the right to modify, amend or terminate these benefits at any time and for any reason.
Additional Information
SHADOW promotes a diverse and high performing company culture. SHADOW is dedicated to providing equal opportunities to all qualified persons, and to recruit, hire, train, promote, and compensate persons in all jobs without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Top Skills
What We Do
SHADOW is a creative marketing and communications agency with integrated disciplines across media relations, influencer marketing, experiential and event production, social media management and content development.
Using these services, we shape insights and ideas into stories, animate stories into moments and engineer moments into movements.
We are also connectors – we create inter-client synergies to maximize opportunity as well as leverage industry relationships for introductions, partnerships, business development and more.
With a robust portfolio of brand campaigns, cross-categorical experience, and a deep rolodex of industry relationships, we have captured the loyalty of some of the world’s most prestigious companies, including luxury and lifestyle brands, retailers, tech start-ups, publishers, personalities, non-profit organizations and hospitality groups. We are a New York-based agency, with a west coast presence made possible through our SHADOWest suite of services.
