The Role
The Graphic Design Manager at Marc Jacobs leads visual systems for the brand across various platforms and ensures high-quality design execution.
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OVERVIEW:
Marc Jacobs International, driven by the visionary leadership of Marc Jacobs, is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Graphic Design Manager to be on our Creative Services team based in our New York City (SoHo) headquarters. They will help define, evolve, and execute the brand’s visual systems across digital, motion, and emerging platforms. This role is ideal for a designer with exceptional taste, strong point of view, and deep curiosity about culture, art, and technology, someone who thinks in systems, not just assets.
This is a hands-on role for a designer who can move fluidly between concept, craft, and execution, bringing modern tools (including AI) into the creative process to push the brand forward.
THE ROLE:
This position sits at the intersection of design, art direction, motion, and experimentation. You are someone who has clear opinions about color, typography, composition, rhythm, and storytelling — and who knows how to translate those opinions into work that feels current, expressive, and distinctly Marc Jacobs.
You are not here to maintain the status quo.
You are here to help shape how the brand looks, moves, and communicates in a video-first, culture-driven world.
Visual Design & Systems
- Contribute to the evolution of Marc Jacobs’ visual language across digital, motion, and print.
- Design and execute visual systems that are flexible, recognizable, and scalable across platforms.
- Bring a strong point of view to color, typography, layout, and composition.
- Design assets for web experiences including homepages, landing pages, content modules, and interactive storytelling.
- Create and evolve email designs that balance brand expression with clarity and performance.
- Develop editorial and campaign assets that support new collections, launches, and brand narratives.
- Design and animate motion assets including video edits, GIFs, animations, and experimental formats.
- Create digital media assets for paid social, programmatic, and brand campaigns with a strong storytelling lens.
- Actively explore and apply AI-powered creative tools and emerging technologies to ideation, design, animation, and workflow optimization.
- Experiment with new visual formats, tools, and approaches that push the brand forward creatively.
- Stay deeply engaged with design, art, fashion, culture, and media — translating inspiration into relevant, modern work.
- Work closely with creative, marketing, e-commerce, and product partners to deliver cohesive, thoughtful creative.
- Receive and integrate creative direction with confidence, craft, and flexibility.
- Maintain a high standard of execution, detail, and finish across all work.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 6–9+ years of experience in graphic design, visual design, or art direction.
- A strong, digital-first portfolio demonstrating exceptional aesthetic judgment, concept-driven thinking, and fluency across static and motion.
- Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects); comfort with animation and video is essential.
- Experience experimenting with or integrating AI and emerging creative tools into design workflows.
- A clear and confident point of view on color, typography, layout, and visual storytelling.
- Strong cultural curiosity across fashion, art, design, music, and contemporary culture.
- Experience in luxury, contemporary fashion, or culturally driven brands is highly preferred.
- Ability to manage multiple projects, move quickly, and maintain quality in a fast-paced environment.
- Open, curious, and collaborative mindset with a desire to continuously evolve creatively.
- A genuine understanding of — and excitement for — the Marc Jacobs brand.
SALARY & BENEFITS/WHAT WE OFFER:
The compensation for this position ranges from $100,000 - $115,000 (annually). The rate of pay offered will be dependent upon candidate’s relevant skills and experience. In addition, we offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package including paid holidays, vacation time, sick and personal time, medical, dental and vision insurance, and 401k matching. We also offer discounts on travel, entertainment, and more through our partnership with PerkSpot. MJ employees also receive discounts on MJ products throughout the year, as well as access to discounts on other LVMH brands.
ABOUT MARC JACOBS
For nearly 40 years, Marc Jacobs has been a driving force in fashion with his philosophy: pioneering designs, an irreverent spirit, the everyday and the extraordinary. Today, the brand continues to make its Marc as rebellious, unpredictable, and original.
Our work is founded on our core brand pillars: unexpected, utilitarian, urban, unisex, and unique. NYC in design and spirit, our teams thrive off relentless authenticity, an openness to standing out, and inclusivity for all.
EEO STATEMENT
Marc Jacobs International was founded on Marc’s vision of celebrating uniqueness and being Perfect as You Are. We are committed to building an equitable and inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, background, and experience – all essential to our spirit of innovation and creativity. In line with this commitment, we believe that the best candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background or may meet the qualifications in different ways. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the listed qualifications.
Marc Jacobs International is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, national origin, religion, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
Top Skills
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop
After Effects)
Ai-Powered Creative Tools
Illustrator
Indesign
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The Company
What We Do
Born in NYC in 1963, Marc Jacobs graduated from Parsons School of Design, where he was youngest designer ever to receive the CFDA's Perry Ellis Award for New Fashion Talent.
In 1992, Jacobs showed his grunge collection for Perry Ellis. In April 1994, he successfully debuted his eponymous collection. Since then, he's spearheaded countless successful ready-to-wear, handbag, fragrance, cosmetics & book launches.
