Brand-Forward Visual Designer for Hospitality & Campaigns

Trailborn; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Trailborn, a hospitality-focused brand studio in New York, seeks a self-driven Visual Designer to craft smart, beautiful work from concept through final production. You’ll own organic social assets, marketing templates, sales materials, and brand upkeep across hotel and restaurant brands.

The role involves close collaboration with marketing and partnerships teams and may expand into new brand concepts as Trailborn grows.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of visual design experience across agencies, studios, in-house, or freelance.
• Ability to build and flex between dynamic visual identity systems.
• Fluency in Adobe, Figma, and Canva.
• Working knowledge of Asana, Google Apps and Office.
• Motivated and proactive; able to push projects forward.
• Strong interest in social media and digital touchpoints including Instagram and TikTok.
• Experience concepting with copywriters and other creatives.
• Familiar with AI capabilities for time-saving workflows.
• Illustrate and animate; After Effects and Procreate a plus.
• Experience collaborating with photographers and illustrators a plus.
• Strong opinions but open to feedback; eager to help evolve a fast-moving brand.

Responsibilities

• Concept, art direct and execute organic social and partnerships templates and assets.
• Execute ongoing marketing campaigns and pre-opening digital assets; scale art direction across media.
• Create email templates and pre-launch ads and social posts; support across scopes.
• Design and deliver internal materials, OS&E and merch; maintain usable templates.
• Respond to briefs and ensure templates allow partners to edit and build materials efficiently.
• Support photo and video shoots; curate imagery libraries for easy access.

Skills

3+ years experience

Brand identity

Social media awareness

Team collaboration

Proactive mindset

Time management

Copywriter collaboration

AI for time-saving workflows

Illustration & animation

Photographer/illustrator collaboration

Tools

Adobe Suite

Figma

Canva

Asana

Google Apps

Microsoft Office

After Effects

Procreate

Job description

Trailborn, a hospitality-focused brand studio in New York, seeks a self-driven Visual Designer to craft smart, beautiful work from concept through final production. You’ll own organic social assets, marketing templates, sales materials, and brand upkeep across hotel and restaurant brands.

The role involves close collaboration with marketing and partnerships teams and may expand into new brand concepts as Trailborn grows.