Junior Designer, T Brand Studio International

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About T Brand Studio

T Brand, the content studio of New York Times Advertising, crafts award-winning multimedia branded storytelling about the interesting people, incredible places and inspirational ideas of today. Our international team is based in London, Paris and Singapore and creates content for global advertisers to tell meaningful stories for New York Times audiences.

Overview

T Brand Studio International is looking for an enthusiastic and highly-motivated junior designer based in London to join our design and development team in the advertising department. You will be part of the international creative content studio that spans offices in London, Paris, Singapore and New York. You will report to the Art Director, working alongside our in-house team of designers and developers, as well as editors, project managers and strategists, helping to create original advertising content across The New York Times premium ecosystem.

The junior designer will work under the guidance of senior design team members to deliver creative and engaging design work for 360 advertising projects. You will be contributing to the entire production process from pitch to production, creating pitch decks, event presentations, digital web page mock-ups, image research, social media posts, display units, print ads and assisting in the development of creative technology prototypes. You will be expected to proactively help others, share your ideas, communicate challenges and provide solutions that support the team's overarching goals.

We would welcome any enthusiastic designer who is passionate about their creative work – spanning design, video or animation. Our ideal candidate may have just started in their creative career or pivoted into the world of digital design and loves exploring their craft, learning new skills and has a keen eye for detail. This is a team that is open to fresh ideas and risk taking, but also remains diligent to adhere to The New York Times style and the advertiser's objectives for their campaign.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting design team members, managers and department leaders to create beautiful, impactful and dynamic visual design work for advertising campaigns.

• Supporting the senior creative team members in the pre-sale process, by designing mockups, moodboards and visual references to help communicate and pitch ideas.

• Assisting the full design team – from brainstorming a great creative idea to final launch execution. Deliverables may include digital or print advertising, mockups, prototypes, creating or adapting social media assets, organizing and archiving resources, image research and more.

• Contributing ideas and offering creative input during brainstorms, team meetings and in slack channels.

• Creating beautifully designed communication materials for client outreach, client meetings, or industry events, such as email newsletters, event invitations, speaker presentations and event decks.

• Proactively identifying and proposing solutions to support the team's goals, anticipating needs without waiting for direction.

• Delivering projects on time, within budget and following feedback from managers.

• Actively seeking feedback to improve, showing resilience and eagerness to learn.

• Occasionally working independently on design projects from ideation to launch.

• Juggling multiple projects while maintaining effective time management skills.

Requirements:

• A portfolio of high-quality design work that includes examples of digital creativity (this can include university, school or work projects)

• Experience using Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and Google Slides

• Understanding of UI/UX web and responsive design solutions for multiple devices

• A sophisticated sense of digital design, composition and typography

• Knowledge of emerging digital and print design trends

• Be interested in the publishing and media industry

• Openness to feedback, to learn and improve