Lead Digital Designer - Motion & UX (NY Studio)

2×4; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

2×4 is seeking a senior graphic designer for our Digital team in our New York studio. The role requires leading design execution across digital media from web to large-scale installations, ensuring alignment with client needs, technical best practices, and studio goals.

You will lead creative work on projects, mentor junior designers, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver compelling, research-backed, and technically sound designs. Strong typography and motion coding skills are valued.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of relevant professional experience in design and digital media.
• Bachelor or MFA in design or related field.
• Experience leading small digital media projects and contributing to large-scale sites or installations.
• Proficiency in user research, user journeys, content strategy and IA.
• Strong interface and interaction design with emphasis on digital typography.
• Motion design and/or creative coding abilities.
• Proven ability to produce developer handoff materials.
• Expert level with Figma, After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign; proficient with Gmail/Docs/Slides.

Responsibilities

• Act as creative lead of small-to-mid-sized projects and phases of larger projects.
• Develop concepts, implement designs, produce client-facing presentations, and handoff docs for delivery to implementation partners.
• Participate in stakeholder interviews, user research, site analysis, and user journeys, content strategy, IA.
• Create, prototype, and test designs, including motion sketches and scalable prototypes.
• Lead creation of client-facing presentations.
• Mentor interns and junior/mid-level designers.
• Participate in project planning.

Skills

User research

User journeys

Content strategy

Information architecture

Digital typography

Motion design

Creative coding

Education

BS/BA/BFA or MFA in design or related field

Tools

Figma

After Effects

Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

Job description

2×4 is seeking a senior graphic designer for our Digital team in our New York studio. The role requires leading design execution across digital media from web to large-scale installations, ensuring alignment with client needs, technical best practices, and studio goals.

You will lead creative work on projects, mentor junior designers, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver compelling, research-backed, and technically sound designs. Strong typography and motion coding skills are valued.