Senior Designer

As the Senior Designer for Podcasting at Vox Media, you will personally lead branding and design for one of the fastest growing networks in the industry, helping us elevate our design work to meet the high bar set by the content itself. 

In this job you’ll ultimately be responsible for making sure all consumer-facing design work from our network is strategic, eye-catching and effective. That will mean personally developing the show branding for our highest priority new shows and projects, creating key visual assets for launch like tile artwork, social assets, YouTube thumbnails and brand guidelines, and selling that work in to key stakeholders. You’ll support on special projects like live events, network branding, media design for ad products, and web projects, providing direction and feedback to our growing team of freelancers in their visual design work. And you’ll also act as our visual tastemaker for the network, advising on visual assets and best practices for our production, event and marketing teams.

Our ideal candidate is a designer who is adaptable, experimental, organized, thoughtful and curious; someone who will take the time to understand the podcast landscape, learn its visual conventions, and decide which ones to blow up. This person should have modern tastes but should also be able to stretch across a range of genres and styles, from sports to business and tech to culture and back again, driving us to push the boundaries of what’s possible in each.    

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Personally create branding and key launch assets for our highest priority new shows, including hero artwork, YouTube assets and social graphics
• Vet, manage and provide feedback to a range of freelance designers, photographers and other creatives, ensuring they’re meeting our quality standards and adhering to best practices
• Present and “sell” design work to talent, leadership and external stakeholders when needed, showing our strategic thinking and expertise
• Plan and oversee the creative process for talent photoshoots
• Lead,oversee, and project manage the design work for special projects like our podcast website redesign or live events, with support from contractors/freelancers as needed
• Develop and maintain templates and best practices for key assets like YouTube thumbnails, tile artwork, social assets, etc 
• Provide visual direction and feedback on key visual aspects of new show launches, including set design and motion graphics
• Assist with occasional timely, one-off requests like thumbnails, unique in-episode graphics and special promotional assets

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• Superb design taste and a high bar for creative quality
• 7+ years of design and branding experience experience, preferably in YouTube, podcasts or similar media
• A flexible approach to design that can adapt to different genres, audience targets, and tones
• Experience guiding the work of other designers and creative partners
• Comfort leading creative reviews with multiple stakeholders, including podcast hosts and talent
• Strong communication, organizational and time-management skills 
• A proven ability to manage and prioritize work and time across multiple projects
• Awareness of what media competitors are doing in this space
• Direct experience creating branding for podcasts or YouTube a plus

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

This is a New York based position. 

WHY VOX MEDIA?

WHAT WE OFFER

This is a permanent, full-time position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefits here.

OUR DEI+ COMMITMENT

Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves and create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products and services come from people with all manner of backgrounds and experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work and sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights and best practices. We keep data regarding the demographics of our employees public and you can access it here. Learn more about our approach to corporate citizenship here. 

Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our People & Culture team ([email protected]).

WHAT COMES NEXT

Our recruiting team will go through applications in a timely manner. Please note that our recruiting team will only contact you from @voxmedia.com email addresses, never via text message. Read more about how our recruiting team operates, and how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud, here.