Digital Director for Content and Design

CompanyFederal Reserve Bank of New York

When you work at the New York Fed, you have the opportunity to make an impact in our communities and across the nation. Our mission-driven, curious, and dedicated colleagues apply their diverse perspectives and unique talents to support the strength of the U.S. economy and stability of the global financial system. At the Bank, we work full-time onsite with our teams. We believe being physically together allows us to draw on our collective strengths, while recognizing that the ability to work flexibly from time to time remains important to achieving our mission.

Our Unique Work:

The Digital Strategy function within the Communications & Outreach Group is seeking a Director for Content and Design. The team is responsible for developing and delivering the Bank's external communication strategy for the constituents in the district.

How You’ll Make an Impact as The Director for Content and Design: This senior manager leads a team of 3-4 content strategists, designers, and creative technologists. The team develops content strategy and design for digital products and platforms, working on projects that typically last 1-6 months.

• Lead with creativity and strategy – As a “player coach”, guide the team in developing critical projects for our stakeholders, including microsites, webpages, mobile experiences, data visualizations, social media content, photography, and video

• Drive digital innovation – Stay at the forefront of technology trends and champion digital transformation across our platforms

• Balance innovation with responsibility – Apply your understanding of operational risk to help your team explore new opportunities within the Bank's risk framework

• Make an impact – Help diverse audiences understand and connect with the important work happening at the Bank, especially related to our Markets content.

The Unique Skill Set We’re Looking For:

• Proven leadership skills with a passion for developing creative talent to deliver digital products on deadline

• Extensive experience in design and developing content strategy, ideally within a complex financial institution

• Solid understanding of Markets content and data visualization

• Demonstrated experience translating complex content and data into accessible, user-friendly designs that resonate with diverse audiences.

Other Things to Know:

Please include a portfolio with examples of your content strategy and design work for digital products.

Application Deadline: Monday, May11th 2026.

Salary Range: $ 230000 to $330000 / year

We believe in transparency at the NY Fed. This salary range reflects a variety of skills and experiences candidates may bring to the job. We pay individuals along this range based on their unique backgrounds. Whether you’re stretching into the job or are a more seasoned candidate, we aim to pay competitively for your contributions.

How We’ll Support You:  

Our programs and benefits are designed to support you through all your life stages: 

• Learning & Growing: Educational assistance, career development tools, and stretch opportunities 

• Supporting Your Family: Parental leave, adoption assistance, back-up dependent and elder care, college planning resources, and more 

• Managing Your Health: Comprehensive insurance plans, leave policies, onsite Health & Wellness Center, and onsite Fitness Center 

• Optimizing Your Finances: Pension plan, 401(k) with generous match, financial planning resources, and subsidized public transportation program 

Our Culture is deeply grounded in our Touchstone Behaviors— By working with us, you’ll have the opportunity to develop and demonstrate your ability to Communicate Authentically, Collaborate Inclusively, Drive Progress, Develop Others, and Take Ownership. These competencies shape our culture here at the Bank. They also provide a shared language for how we work together and achieve success and set clear expectations for leading with impact at every stage of your career. Learn more.    

The New York Fed expects its employees to perform their duties with honesty, integrity, and impartiality, and without improper preferential treatment of any person. Learn more about our code of conduct and conflicts of interest rules.  

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is committed to a diverse workforce and to providing equal employment opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, or military service.

This position requires access to confidential supervisory information (CSI) and/or Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) information. Access to CSI and FOMC information is limited to U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, individuals who meet the definition of “protected individual” under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3), and certain other nonimmigrants. All non-U.S. citizens authorized to access CSI and/or FOMC information must sign a declaration of intent to expeditiously become a lawful permanent resident and thereafter a U.S. citizen when eligible.  

We value accessibility for all candidates and are happy to provide an accommodation or assistance. Please email us at [email protected] and we’ll be glad to help. Please note, this is a dedicated e-mail box designed exclusively to assist applications with accommodation requests in relation to our recruiting process. All other inquires including the status of applications will not receive a response from this e-mail box.   

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, performance standards or requirements, efforts, skills or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change.

Full Time / Part TimeFull time

Regular / TemporaryRegular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)Yes

Job CategoryCommunications/Public Relations Family Group

Work ShiftFirst (United States of America)

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