SHADOW is seeking a Senior Designer to join our Creative team. The ideal candidate has 5-8 years of experience working in a creative agency or brand environment. This role is for a highly conceptual, detail-oriented designer who thrives on solving creative challenges through exceptional craft. As a Senior Designer, you'll lead projects from concept through execution, creating thoughtful design systems, visual identities, presentations, campaigns, environments, and digital experiences.
Working closely with Creative Directors, Art Directors, Strategists, Producers, Writers, and cross-functional teams, you'll help shape ideas into compelling creative that is both strategically grounded and beautifully executed. We're looking for someone who takes ownership of their work, raises the creative standard of the team, and brings curiosity, collaboration, and great design to every project.
A portfolio showcasing strong conceptual thinking and exceptional visual craft is required.
What You'll Bring- A passion for design, culture, and visual storytelling, with exceptional craft in typography, composition, hierarchy, and design systems.
- Strong conceptual thinking with the ability to translate strategy into compelling creative solutions across brand, digital, experiential, environmental, and presentation design.
- Confidence to independently own projects from brief through production and final delivery, balancing creative ambition with technical feasibility.
- Outstanding attention to detail, craftsmanship, and creative judgment, with a proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and collaboration skills, with experience working alongside Creative Directors, Writers, Strategists, Producers, Motion Designers, and external production partners.
- A desire to mentor others, contribute thoughtful feedback, and elevate the creative standard of the team.
- Strong organizational and project management skills, with an understanding of production processes, fabrication, and preparing production-ready artwork.
- Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Keynote, and Google Slides, with a thoughtful approach to integrating AI tools while maintaining originality and craft.
What You'll Do
- Lead creative projects from concept through production across brand, experiential, digital, social, presentation, and environmental design, developing original creative territories, visual systems, and design solutions that bring strategic ideas to life.
- Design impactful brand experiences and creative assets, including presentations, campaign identities, experiential activations, environmental graphics, digital experiences, merchandise, and branded collateral with exceptional attention to craft and detail.
- Collaborate closely with Creative Directors, Art Directors, Writers, Strategists, Motion Designers, Producers, and account teams to develop, refine, and present thoughtful creative solutions.
- Partner with production vendors, fabricators, and external teams to carry projects through production and final execution, ensuring the highest standards of quality and craftsmanship.
- Mentor junior designers, contribute to a collaborative creative culture, and continuously explore new ideas, technologies, and AI tools that elevate the work.
Please note that if you are to progress in the interview process, an assignment will be included as part of the candidate assessment.
A quick note: This job description is meant to provide an overview of the role and its core responsibilities, but it’s not a complete list of everything the position may involve. As our teams and business continue to grow, responsibilities may shift and evolve based on company and client needs.
Annual Compensation
$85K - $120K (commensurate with experience)
What We Provide:
- Medical + dental + vision insurance
- Generous PTO and paid holidays
- Dedicated mental health days
- Unlimited sick time
- Give Back. We want SHADOWs to extend their hearts and give back to their various communities and interests, on the clock! We offer 40 hours of paid VTO annually (voluntary time off)
- 401(k) retirement plan with matching
- Pre-tax commuter and healthcare benefits
- 12 weeks paid leave for new parents
- Individualized career mapping
- Summer Fridays (early close Fridays Memorial Day - Labor Day)
- Hybrid work schedule (1-3 days in office per week, depending on role)
While SHADOW intends to maintain these employee benefits, the Company reserves the right to modify, amend or terminate these benefits at any time and for any reason.
Additional Information
SHADOW promotes a diverse and high performing company culture. SHADOW is dedicated to providing equal opportunities to all qualified persons, and to recruit, hire, train, promote, and compensate persons in all jobs without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Skills Required
- 5-8 years of experience in a creative agency or brand environment
- Portfolio showcasing strong conceptual thinking and exceptional visual craft
- Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite
- Proficiency with Figma
- Proficiency with Keynote and Google Slides
- Strong conceptual thinking and ability to translate strategy into creative solutions
- Exceptional craft in typography, composition, hierarchy, and design systems
- Experience designing across brand, digital, experiential, environmental, and presentation formats
- Ability to independently own projects from brief through production and final delivery
- Outstanding attention to detail, craftsmanship, and creative judgment
- Excellent communication, presentation, and collaboration skills
- Desire and ability to mentor junior designers and provide constructive feedback
- Strong organizational and project management skills and understanding of production processes and fabrication
- Experience partnering with production vendors, fabricators, and external teams to execute projects
- Thoughtful approach to integrating AI tools while maintaining originality and craft
What We Do
SHADOW is a creative marketing and communications agency with integrated disciplines across media relations, influencer marketing, experiential and event production, social media management and content development. Using these services, we shape insights and ideas into stories, animate stories into moments and engineer moments into movements. We are also connectors – we create inter-client synergies to maximize opportunity as well as leverage industry relationships for introductions, partnerships, business development and more. With a robust portfolio of brand campaigns, cross-categorical experience, and a deep rolodex of industry relationships, we have captured the loyalty of some of the world’s most prestigious companies, including luxury and lifestyle brands, retailers, tech start-ups, publishers, personalities, non-profit organizations and hospitality groups. We are a New York-based agency, with a west coast presence made possible through our SHADOWest suite of services.
