Freelance Senior Designer

We Are Social; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

A dynamic creative agency based in New York is seeking a Freelance Senior Designer to craft sophisticated visual stories and lead strategic branding initiatives. Responsibilities include managing campaigns, presenting ideas to clients, and leveraging emerging technologies like generative AI. The ideal candidate will possess over 5 years of design experience, strong mastery of Adobe Creative Suite, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Join a team where creativity meets technology and innovation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a design, motion, or editing role.
• Portfolio showcasing short-form content best practices.
• Experience in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Contribute strategically to large-scale campaigns.
• Present creative ideas directly to clients.
• Manage multiple projects, ensuring focus and quality.
• Defend design choices to senior leadership.
• Identify trends in social media.
• Create content that suits the client and moment.
• Design visually engaging presentations and mockups.
• Propose innovative brand activations using generative AI.

Skills

Design

Motion graphics

Editing

Collaboration

Adobe Creative Suite

Client presentation

Job description

We Are Social is looking for a Freelance Senior Designer to join our growing team! This role is responsible for being a strategic visual powerhouse and mentor within the team. You bridge the gap between high-level client strategy and flawless creative execution, crafting nuanced, sophisticated visual stories that solve complex business challenges. Most importantly, the work you create demonstrates your strong social media craft and gets people talking.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Contribute strategically to large-scale campaigns, ensuring that every design choice is nuanced, sophisticated, and aligned with long-term brand goals
• Present creative ideas directly to clients with confidence; decode ambiguous client feedback into actionable, high-priority tasks for the broader creative team
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, maintaining extreme focus and quality under the pressure of shifting requirements
• Confidently defend sophisticated design choices to senior leadership while navigating constraints such as budget, evolving scopes, and brand integrity
• Identify trends and opportunities as they emerge in social that stay true to our brands
• Create a wide range of content, from photography to videography, design, and platform tools that always suits the client, moment and idea
• Ability to switch between styles while still experimenting and looking for unique opportunities to make work ownable and talked about
• Ideate, build, shoot, and edit effective stories that match the quality of each social platform
• Design visually engaging presentations, create mockups & light retouching as needed that help sell creative ideas to top clients in the industry
• Work collaboratively with a large team of creatives from ideation to execution, helping to ensure ideas are created and brought to life
• Identify and propose innovative brand activations using generative AI, transforming emerging tech capabilities into tangible creative opportunities for clients
• Leverage tools to develop production ready visual concepts and storyboards for major pitches and client presentations
• Utilize Gemini for Google Slides to transform creative briefs into compelling, professionally designed presentation decks rapidly

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of experience in a design, motion, or editing role, with a portfolio showcasing an understanding of short‑form content best practices and channels
• Experience working in a fast paced environment, and managing multiple projects at a time
• Expert‑level mastery of the Adobe Creative Suite and advanced knowledge of motion/video workflows
• Comfortable collaborating across departments, build relationships and navigate team dynamics