Designer Job at Barbarian in New York

As a member of the Barbarian Creative department you will influence changes in consumer behavior through ideas, creativity and the use of interactive media. You will make a difference to digital communications, marketing, advertising and inspire the best global brands.

You will be working closely with the design team to grow your design skills, deliver small design jobs, and work alongside an art director to design on bigger jobs. You will work with copywriters on ideas and to understand the clients’ varying brand aesthetic, designing compelling and on brand visuals.

Contributing to Barbarian’s Creative values: Innovation, Service, Craft and Thought; you will be excited about being part of our success. You will thrive when faced with new challenges and will constantly strive to improve the way things are done for our clients.

What you do:

• Deliver and inspire award-winning work from both yourself and others who work with you, influencing where appropriate a dramatic change through ideas, creativity and the use of interactive media.
• Consistently deliver high quality work on time.
• High level internal and external client satisfaction.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Learn new skills and stay abreast of technical and digital design developments and successfully apply these to work practices.

Key technical competencies

• Creative briefs: Listens to and responds to a brief, understanding where/if there are gaps. Knows what questions to ask during the briefing session in order to act upon it; understands how to respond to a brief.
• Idea generation: Plays an active role in brainstorming or idea generation with senior members of the Creative team to visualize world-class, innovative ideas that deliver successful solutions. Communicates ideas and thoughts clearly.
• Creative craft skills: Demonstrates excellent execution of innovative and effective digital communications, interface design and interaction design experiences across different digital platforms.
• Supplier management skills: Responsible for asset management, collation and archiving. Always applies archiving principles and ensures others in the team follow due process.
• New business development: Contributes to creation of assets for pitches working with CD/ CCO

Barbarian Creative Competencies

• Innovation: Displays an enthusiasm for creating pioneering ideas and is excited by the challenge of moving in new (and potentially more difficult) creative directions. Able to understand the value of analyzing what has worked in the past and applying these learnings to future thinking.
• Service: Able to balance specific client demands with project realities and can reliably close the loop on all open issues in a timely manner. Has a strong sense of personal responsibility for their work and that of their teammates and will proactively provide assistance (no matter the situation) to ensure delivery of highest quality work within required timeframes.
• Craft: Possesses a strong bias to action and is able to consistently deliver high quality work within required timeframes. Goes the extra mile to ensure deliverables meet the highest standards and strives for creative perfection. Is positive, upbeat and committed to their working life and makes a positive contribution to team morale.
• Thought: Has the ability to think issues through before acting and knows when to escalate. Possesses strong listening skills and asks open-ended questions to ensure full understanding. Able to present information effectively via multiple channels and is at ease presenting ideas or solutions in team meetings or the occasional larger group setting.

What you need:

• Proven experience in designing (online or offline) including ad campaigns, social media campaigns / emails, online campaigns, microsites, websites and mobile experiences.
• Experience using the most common software: Adobe Photoshop, Word, Powerpoint and other relevant software.
• A degree in Design, Advertising Communication or other design/writing-related courses preferred by not required.
• Some experience working in a creative/agency environment is advantageous.

Benefits of Working at Barbarian:

At Barbarian, we consider our people to be our greatest asset. We have benefits and policies in place to create an inclusive and inspiring environment.

• Comprehensive medical benefits, including health & wellness support
• Competitive Parental Leave that gives you time to bond with your family.
• 401k matching, 50% up to the first 5%
• $5,000 employee referral bonus
• Financial incentive for new business introductions
• Flexible PTO

Location: NYC, hybrid

Salary range: 90-110K

The starting salary will match the skills and experience in the role assessed during the interview process.

Barbarian is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We strongly support diversity in the workforce.