Senior Designer

BaseNYC is expanding and to support our growing team, we are looking for an additional Senior Designer. As a Senior Designer at Base, you will work with a Design Director and the project team to conceptualize, create, and manage the day-to-day to ensure the success of a wide range of projects.

At Base Design, we not only accept diversity, we celebrate it. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively seek a wide and varied pool of applicants. We select candidates based on individual qualifications, merit, and business needs. Because we know that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

We are currently searching for both full-time and freelance candidates. For freelance candidates, we are open to remote work. For full-time candidates, we are currently working in a hybrid model and expect candidates to be able to join us in the office at least three days a week.

Responsibilities

Fluently

• Base’s ‘concept first’ approach and ‘creatively strategic’ process to branding and be able to translate a brand essence into a relevant and differentiating brand identity.
• Brand story, Concept, Design, Activate: Be responsible for ideating ownable and differentiating concepts, experiences, and designs that bring the brand to life and develop complex brand ecosystems throughout various touchpoints.
• Defend and Manage: Be the day-to-day design representative to clients and build relationships of trust. When interacting with clients, be persuasive in defending ideas, and interact with them through clear communication and branding knowledge.
• Seek and work with talented collaborators that will enrich the quality of the work (creative developers, animators, art directors, photographers, filmmakers, etc).
• Provide guidance and support to younger designers.

Qualifications

• 4+ years creative experience
• Motion, 3D, type design and illustration experience is a plus
• Fluently works across creative disciplines and media.
• Expert understanding of current industry tools with the ability to adapt to new technologies (Adobe Creative Cloud, After Effects & Premier, Figma, UI, etc.)
• Collaborative. Proactive. Positive. Rigorous.
• Equal parts creative & strategic
• A restless thinker with a desire to challenge, surprise and stretch those around you
• Both highly-skilled & well-rounded (across all channels of graphic design and identity systems, and in many platforms, from digital to physical)
• Be culturally engaged and perpetually curious about the world around you

The salary range for a full-time Sr. Designer role is $80,000 - $110,000. Freelance project fees depend on experience and the needs of individual projects.

Please send the below to jobs-nyc@basedesign.com. Include your full name and Senior Designer in the subject line.

• A CV in PDF format
• Your portfolio and/or website