Senior Designer, MAKERS

• Job Description:
  MAKERS is looking for a senior graphic designer to oversee all design aspects for the MAKERS brand. S/he will be responsible for conceptualizing and executing digital creative work across channels including MAKERS.com, digital campaigns, mobile, social and email. S/he will also collaborate with content and marketing stakeholders to deliver a best-in-class, consistent brand experience across channels and touchpoints. The senior graphic designer will manage an associate designer, providing clear direction, constructive feedback and prioritizing workload to ensure projects are delivered on time and to the highest standard. With support from the associate designer, they will deliver all digital and print assets for the annual MAKERS Conference and MAKERS@ programming including event collateral, invitations, agendas, recaps, mailers and social assets. Responsibilities include: • Translate business goals into actionable design directives and effectively communicate creative rationale (orally and visually) to key stakeholders. • Initiate MAKERS email campaigns, and develop/optimize templates. • Develop wireframes and design templates for MAKERS.com, MAKERS Conference App and MAKERS Stories App. • Drive creative brainstorming, concept development and design execution • Manage external creative agencies and effectively collaborate with internal OATH creative stakeholders. • Remain on the cutting edge of emerging tech, trends, tools and apps.
• Position: Art Director
• Area of Focus: Design
• City: New York City
• Region: NYC tri-state
• Duration: Other
• About Our Company: MAKERS is a storytelling platform for the trailblazing women of today and tomorrow. MAKERS inspires through the largest and most dynamic digital collection of video stories about groundbreaking women, famous and undiscovered, from every generation.
• Company: MAKERS
• Contact Email:michtan@oath.com
• Contact Name: Michelle Tan
• How to Apply: Please send your cover letter, résumé and design samples (no larger than 10MB) or a link to your online portfolio to with senior designer in the subject line. No phone calls, please. Email:michtan@oath.com
• Job Requirements: Qualifications: • Robust design portfolio highlighting a range of diverse digital and print work samples. • Best-in-class layout and branding skills • Continuously explore current design trends in order to keep up to date of MAKERS aesthetic and understanding of what drives audience and engagement in digital design now • Passionate designer and a self-starter and innovator who is eager to remain on the cutting edge of design trends. • Minimum 4 to 5 years of professional experience including art direction, design and event design; start up experience a plus • Minimum 1 to 2 year of managing junior designers • Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite and Sketch • Proficiency with Google Slides, Powerpoint and Keynote • Retouching experience Preferred Qualifications: • Experience with Sailthru/Mailchimp preferred • Experience using content management systems preferred • Illustration skills preferred • Animation skills a plus