Senior Designer

Designed, Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Vision insurance

Job summary

Texas Monthly Studio in Austin seeks a Senior Designer to lead visual ideas, execution, and delivery for multi-platform campaigns across digital, video, print, social, and events. You’ll collaborate with a national team and translate client KPIs into high-end visual storytelling while maintaining brand standards.

You will own day-to-day visual development, work with editors and production teams, and guide external illustrators and motion designers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of graphic design and/or art direction experience at an advertising agency, digital agency, studio or in-house team
• A strong portfolio of brand work demonstrating craft and visual hierarchy
• Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and Webflow or comparable platforms
• Experience leading end-to-end design projects with editorial, strategy and production teams

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of design and art direction for 360 campaigns across digital, social, print and events
• Design and adapt campaign creative across paid, owned and earned channels
• Present and communicate design ideas to clients and internal stakeholders
• Collaborate with the Studio team to translate ideas into engaging visuals
• Lead build of digital designs and pages using Webflow
• Coordinate external talent for illustrations, photography and motion design
• Identify and implement process improvements in design workflows
• Develop understanding of Texas Monthly Advertising products and Studio standards

Skills

Graphic design

Art direction

Brand storytelling

Presentation

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in design

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Webflow

Job description

Texas Monthly Studio is seeking an enthusiastic and highly-motivated Senior Designer, based in Austin, to join our creative services team. Reporting to our Director of Operations, you will be part of the Studio, working alongside our team of creatives, project managers, developers, and marketing managers. In this role, you will lead the visual ideas, design execution and delivery of innovative multi-platform experiences that help brands engage and inform audiences across Texas Monthly. You will be responsible for leading the day-to-day visual development and delivery of advertising campaigns, ensuring work is designed at high standards across digital, video, audio, social, print, and events.

Responsibilities:

• Take full ownership of design and art direction concepts and execution of 360 campaigns, ensuring high quality visual storytelling across digital, social, video, print, and events.
• Design and adapt campaign creative across paid, owned and earned channels, including digital, social, and email, in line withTexas Monthlybrand standards.
• Confidently present and communicate design ideas to clients and internal stakeholders, translating client KPIs into elegant and high-end visual storytelling solutions.
• Collaborate closely with the Studio team to help translate their ideas into engaging visual storytelling.
• Collaborate with, and solicit feedback from, internal team members to ensure design work exceeds expectations and is created in a timely and collaborative manner.
• Work closely with our Product team to ensure accurate and efficient build of digital designs across platforms. Also, lead and execute page builds for client projects using Webflow.
• Identify and manage project deliverables from external talent including illustrators, photographers and motion designers.
• Proactively identify and implement solutions to improve our design processes and workflows.
• Develop and employ a deep understanding of Texas Monthly Advertisingproducts and Texas Monthly Studiostandards.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of graphic design and/or art direction experience at an advertising agency, digital agency, studio or in-house team, with a focus on marketing or advertising creative.
• B.A., B.F.A. or M.F.A. in graphic design, visual communication or another related design discipline — or equivalent professional experience and portfolio that demonstrates comparable design training and craft.
• A strong portfolio of brand work that demonstrates high-quality design and attention to detail, a refined sense of craft, typography, pacing and visual hierarchy.
• Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and Webflow or comparable development platform.
• Experience leading design projects end-to- end that incorporate photography, illustrations, text, audio, and video while collaborating with editorial, strategy and/or production teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Editorial and visual storytelling experience, with the ability to translate complex narratives into simpler, compelling visual experiences.
• Experience in brand storytelling, digital marketing, content strategy, or copywriting
• Enthusiasm for designing and making great branded experiences for Texas Monthly Events.
• A belief in the value of journalism, and genuine curiosity about Texas, our work and company. Ideally, you enjoy reading, watching, and listening to Texas Monthlyjournalism and products.

In-Office and Travel Policy:

• This onsite position offers the opportunity to collaborate with a dynamic team in a vibrant work environment. One remote workday per week is permitted, excluding Mondays.
• Little travel required. Examples include participation required for in-person Texas Monthlyevents such as BBQ Fest, TCR Fest, and Taco Fest.

Final candidates will be asked to perform an authentic task designated by the hiring manager.

To keep our hiring process as fair and authentic as possible, all candidates are expected to submit their own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process.

Texas Monthly is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other legally protected class.

NO PHONE CALLS OR WALK-INS ACCEPTED.

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person