Associate Creative Director

Job Description

The New York Times is looking for an Associate Creative Director, Culture and Communications. You will conceive, art direct, design, and socialize a wide range of materials that connect and elevate the identities and initiatives of the Culture and Communications team, the External Comms team and the Brand Messaging team. This is a hybrid role based in our New York headquarters, reporting to the Creative Director, Culture and Communications and Live Experience. You can typically expect to be in the office 3 days per week.

About the Role

You will be part of the Internal Communications team led by the SVP, Culture and Communications. As an Associate Creative Director, you will lead and contribute to comms design work across the company, articulating identity needs and visual strategies in collaboration with various leadership and their teams. You will also lead creative development and art direction for our company sites, At The Times and NYTCO.

Responsibilities:

Lead the creative for our internal events—including All Company meetings, State of The Times and the Ochs Awards—briefing the creative agencies, maintaining creative clarity across all content and developing the CEO and Publisher's presentations.

Lead the art direction and visual maintenance for our company sites, At The Times and NYTCO.

Set and uphold visual standards for visual design and video work supporting the Brand Messaging and Trust teams, in partnership with the Executive Producer in the Newsroom.

Manage and mentor a small design team dedicated to the same body of work.

Have an awareness of and strong POV on what makes for effective, mission-focused branding and identity systems.

Actively monitor and understand social media communications and an ability to design for them.

Be adept and imaginative at creating, curating and/or assigning appropriate visuals that originate or extend visual systems with thoughtful impact.

Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world

Basic Qualifications:

10+ years of design experience and collaborative design project management.

Professional Experience with Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Sketch, Figma

Experience mentoring designers and managing a small design team.

Experience prioritizing competing programs, responsibilities, and projects

Current and fluid knowledge of digital environments: web, mobile, motion, video.

Exhibit a detailed typographic sensibility, paired with a nuanced eye and a skill for producing strongly conceived visual concepts in multiple mediums.

Experience collaborating and communicating visual ideas effectively to a wide range of teams and stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

B.A., B.S. or M.A.

Adobe- After Effects and Premiere.

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Additional Compensation and Benefits

For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.

For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.

The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$148,000—$170,000 USD