Freelance Senior Brand Designer

Craft Agency Ltd; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Access to network of short- and long‑m

Temp-to-perm conversion

Job summary

Craft Agency Ltd in New York is building senior brand designers for short- and long-term contracts. You will lead brand design across strategy, concept and execution, from inception to delivery, shaping brands and digital experiences.

You might work solo or with strategists, writers and developers, bringing a distinctive creative point of view to high-stakes brand moments. Hybrid working is offered with contract opportunities.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience, likely in leading branding or design studios.
• Portfolio anchored in identity work with fluency across digital, campaigns, editorial and physical applications.
• Ability to present to clients and collaborate with teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead brand design across strategy, concept and execution from inception to delivery.
• Launch new brands, evolve established identities and build digital experiences.
• Own components of projects and defend thinking to creative directors and clients.

Skills

Brand design

Identity work

Digital campaigns

Typography

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

This is the studio behind some of the most recognised brand identities of the last decade. It has expanded from a best-in-class identity shop into an end-to-end creative group spanning brand, campaign, experience, digital and production, and it’s building a bench of Senior Brand Designers to work on it in New York.

This is a talent-network booking rather than a single confirmed seat. We’re placing experienced brand designers into short- and long-term contracts with this group, with some placements carrying temp-to-perm potential.

The Role

You’ll lead brand design across the full arc of a project – strategy, concept, execution – rather than sitting at the production end of someone else’s idea. That means launching new brands, evolving established ones, and building the digital experiences, editorial systems and cultural work that extend them. You’ll originate ideas and own components of meaningful projects, presenting and defending your thinking directly to creative directors and clients.

You might work solo or embedded in a team alongside strategists, writers and developers. The through-line is a distinctive creative point of view applied to high-stakes brand moments – the work that changes the course of a company, not the work that fills a guidelines document.

The Package

• $650 – $900 per day


• Hybrid working


• Access to a network of short- and long-term contracts


• Potential temp-to-perm conversion

The Person

You have 6+ years’ experience, most likely built inside a leading branding or design studio. Your portfolio is anchored in identity work – new brands and evolutions – with real fluency across digital, campaigns, editorial and physical applications.

You move confidently between strategy, concept and execution, with sophisticated command of typography, composition and visual systems. Comfortable presenting to clients, taking ownership, and knowing when to collaborate. NYC-based or able to work EST hours is preferred, not required.