Designer (Temporary)

The New York Times Company; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 83,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Stock options

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k)

Paid vacation

Paid sick days

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

The New York Times Company is seeking a mid-level Designer for a 3–6 month temporary assignment to support NYT Advertising/Marketing Design. You will provide reliable, high-volume design support across the broader marketing organization, delivering social, newsletters, presentations, and event assets.

The role is 20-25 hours per week, part-time, with remote EST hours or hybrid based in NYC headquarters. Collaboration with the Design Director and Senior Designer is required, with strong design

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional design experience in a design/advertising environment.
• Strong proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience across social channels, newsletters, presentations, and events.

Responsibilities

• Follow and apply NYT Advertising branding, typography, color and layout guidelines.
• Design assets for social channels, newsletters, presentations, and events.
• Support the Senior Designer and Design Director across multiple projects.
• Translate briefs and stakeholder feedback into clear visual work.
• Manage multiple projects and shifting priorities.
• Collaborate with partners across marketing and advertising.

Skills

Design experience 3-5 yrs

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Typography

Presentation design

Motion design

Google Suite

Keynote

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Office: New York, NY
Department: Creative — Graphic/Visual Design

Job Description

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

NYT Advertising / Marketing Design is looking for a mid-level Designer for a 3–6 month temporary assignment. You will provide reliable, high-volume design support across the broader marketing and advertising organization, helping the team deliver a range of work while maintaining a high standard of quality.

You will work with the Design Director and Senior Designer, taking on a variety of projects across social channels, newsletters, presentations, and small event assets. This is a hands‑on role for a thoughtful, organized designer who can move efficiently between assignments, respond to feedback, and contribute strong design execution from brief through delivery.

This is a 3-6 month temporary, part‑time position (20-25 hours per week based on evolving business needs). This role can be remote (working EST hours) or hybrid based in our New York City headquarters.

Responsibilities:

• Follow and work within the New York Times Advertising branding, following typography, color and layout guidelines.
• Design assets for social channels, newsletters, presentations, and events.
• Support the Senior Designer and Design Director across a variety of concurrent projects.
• Translate briefs, messaging, and stakeholder feedback into clear, visual work.
• Manage multiple projects and shifting priorities
• Collaborate with partners across the marketing and advertising organization.
• 3–5 years of professional design experience in an agency, in‑house, media, marketing environment.
• Experience working across social, event, and presentation design.
• Strong proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Show a refined use of typography and design layout.
• Experience designing for multiple formats and channels, including presentations and digital communications.
• Working knowledge of basic motion design.
• A digital portfolio demonstrating design craft and finished work.
• Experience using Google Suite and Keynote

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting marketing, advertising, media, or brand teams.
• Ability to quickly understand a brief, identify priorities, and work independently with appropriate direction.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, particularly with non-design partners.
• Comfort working in a high-volume environment with changing priorities and short timelines.

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Additional Compensation and Benefits:

For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.

For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.

The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$73,000 — $83,000 USD

Candidate Use of GenAI Tools:

We’re excited to learn more about you and your experience. To keep our hiring process as fair and authentic as possible, we ask that you submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process.

If you’re an engineering candidate, we’ll let you know what specific GenAI tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment.

The New York Times Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism. To do so, we embrace a diverse workforce that has a broad range of backgrounds and experiences across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

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