Head of Brand Design / Creative Director

Charney Companies, LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental insurance

PTO and holidays

Professional development support

Job summary

Charney Companies is seeking a Head of Brand Design / Creative Director to shape the creative vision and ensure alignment between strategy and execution across campaigns, editorial content, social, paid media, web, and more. You will drive brand systems with consistency, scalability, and flexibility across every touchpoint.

You will develop brand guidelines, toolkits, and templates for development properties and third-party clients, advocating design excellence and cinematic, editorial branding

Qualifications

• 8+ years in creative direction or brand design.
• Portfolio showing cinematic, modern and editorial work.
• Fluent in Adobe Creative Suite; Canva familiarity okay.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative direction for campaigns, openings, and product launches.
• Design marketing materials across digital and print channels.
• Develop brand guidelines, toolkits, and templates for properties and clients.
• Collaborate with marketing, BD and tech teams to execute the content calendar.

Skills

Creative direction

Brand design

Art direction

Adobe Creative Suite

Canva

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

InDesign

Job description

Head of Brand Design / Creative Director — Charney Companies # Head of Brand Design / Creative Director## About Charney*Charney Companies is a fully integrated real estate development, construction, brokerage, and management firm focused on developing, owning, and operating first-class residential and commercial real estate in the New York City Metro area. From ground-up construction to adaptive reuse and value-add repositioning, Charney plays an integral role in all aspects of the development process – combining creative vision with a tech-driven approach to deliver superior products to the marketplace and best-in-class returns for investors. Beyond their own portfolio, Charney extends their expertise to third-party clients through brokerage and property management services, bringing the same standard of excellence to every engagement. Charney owns, operates, and is under construction on over three million square feet throughout Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan and has earned awards and recognition from municipal organizations and media outlets for their work.**Our work blends architecture, culture, community, and lifestyle, and we hold a high bar for visual storytelling across every platform. Our creative output reflects who we are as a brand: cinematic, modern, minimal, design forward, and editorial in tone. As we grow, we are building an in-house content team that elevates our story and showcases the developments, neighborhoods, and people that define Charney.*## What You Will Do* Help shape and lead Charney’s creative vision, ensuring alignment between strategy and execution* Own creative direction across the full funnel: campaigns, editorial content, social, paid amplification, web, and more* Define and maintain brand and visual standards across all corporate and property-level brands, evolving the brand systems to bring consistency, scalability, and flexibility across every touchpoint* Design a wide range of marketing materials, including digital and print ads, website elements, email templates, presentations, etc., ensuring brand integrity and creative excellence* Develop brand guidelines, toolkits, and templates for development properties and third-party clients* Advocate for design excellence, brand consistency, and creative innovation across the organization## Key Responsibilities* Lead creative concepting and art direction for campaigns, launches, and property openings, from concept through final execution* Execute graphic design work across Charney Brokerage, Charney Companies, and individual property and agent projects, from concept through final files* Direct and review photo and video shoots, ensuring visual storytelling matches our cinematic, editorial brand voice* Partner with marketing, business development and social media teams to turn content calendars into fully realized creative## Who Are You* 8+ years in creative direction, art direction, or brand design, ideally with both in-house and agency experience* A portfolio showing strong art direction with a point of view that is cinematic, modern, and editorial* Fluent in Adobe Creative Suite and Canva; comfortable partnering with developers on web execution* Highly organized, able to run multiple concurrent projects and brands without losing quality* Lifestyle brand experience is a strong plus* Comfortable being both strategist and hands-on executor## Perks & Benefits* Comprehensive benefits package including health and dental insurance* Paid time off and company holidays* Professional development support and industry exposure## Tell us about you PDF, DOC or DOCX — maximum 30 MBPDF, DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, JPG or PNG — maximum 30 MBPDF, DOC or DOCX — maximum 30 MB5-26 46th Avenue Suite 2A Long Island City NY 11101