1stDibs is a one-of-a-kind online marketplace that connects design lovers to more than one million extraordinary pieces, from furniture and fine art to jewelry and fashion. As a leading global marketplace for design lovers, we enable shoppers to discover beautiful things and engage with top sellers from around the world. We encourage our shoppers to interact with sellers throughout all stages of the transaction, including item inquiries, price negotiations and customization requests.
As our Senior Marketing Designer, you will be a visual storyteller sitting at the intersection of brand marketing, editorial content, social media, and digital product experience. You will lead multi-disciplinary creative projects from concept through execution, creating high-impact visual touchpoints that elevate our brand authority and drive key business objectives. You will bring a growth mindset to our design ecosystem, anchoring your creative choices in data, user insights, and strategic reasoning.
You must share a link/password to your portfolio to be considered.
What You’ll Do
- Visual Storytelling & Editorial: Design narrative-driven editorial experiences, social content, email campaigns, and content-rich site pages that showcase our extraordinary inventory and seller community.
- Campaign & Brand Execution: Own the end-to-end design for marketing campaigns, paid media, promotional initiatives, motion/video assets, and occasional print collateral (catalogs, direct mail, event assets).
- Site & Digital Integration: Collaborate closely with Product and Marketing teams to contribute to digital site design initiatives, ensuring a seamless, on-brand journey from campaign touchpoint to platform.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner effectively across Editorial, Merchandising, Product, and Growth teams, acting as a strong advocate for design rationale that supports overarching business goals.
- Design Systems & Quality: Elevate team standards through constructive feedback, system-level thinking, and the thoughtful application of design best practices.
What You’ll Bring
- Experience: 4+ years of visual design experience in an in-house brand/product team or agency environment.
- Multi-Disciplinary Portfolio: A strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in brand, marketing creative, and digital site design, with clear stories of how your design choices solved specific business challenges.
- Technical Mastery: High proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, and familiarity with emerging AI tools/workflows.
- Strategic & Autonomous Mindset: Ability to drive projects independently, articulate design reasoning clearly to stakeholders, and translate complex brand narratives into elegant visual solutions.
- Collaborative Spirit: A genuine desire to Succeed Together by partnering cross-functionally and seeking continuous feedback.
Nice to Haves
- Prior e-commerce marketplace experience, particularly within luxury, fine art, or high-end design sectors.
- Hands-on experience with video editing and motion graphics/animation.
Our overall compensation package is made of several parts, base compensation being one of them. At 1stDibs we value and are proud of our culture, innovation, professional development and training workshops, trust and giving back to the community. Equity, a comprehensive benefits package, and incentive (IF APPLICABLE) are all are components of your total compensation package. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.
The 1stDibs mission, to enrich lives with the extraordinary, can only be achieved when diversity, equity and inclusion are embedded into our values, culture and the way we do business. Enabling access to and celebrating unique and diverse perspectives is at the very core of what we do. We are committed to attracting and retaining the best talent in the industry, who are reflective of the diversity of our communities, and fostering an environment where every individual feels they belong, are valued and heard. As a leading design marketplace, we leverage the power of our platform and brand to empower historically underrepresented individuals, and the businesses they own, across the art and design industries.
Total Compensation Statement
1stDibs views the value of the employees’ compensation package in its totality. The package may comprise base salary, variable compensation (either equity or cash, where applicable), and health and work-life benefits, and is reviewed annually. Ultimately, we'll determine your pay based on your location, experience, and other job-related factors.
Benefits (US based positions)
- Competitive medical/dental/vision benefits, including a $0 single medical plan, with HSA employer contributions. Health plan includes gender affirmation and infertility care.
- We are flexible with our PTO. We generally expect employees take around 15 days/year.
- All employees enjoy ownership in 1stDibs in RSUs, through new hire grants, and/or annual refresh grants, if eligible.
- The choice to work in our New York headquarters, with monthly in-office meals and mixers, and happy hours, and/or the option to work completely remotely. We truly prioritize flexibility for all employees.
- Fully paid wellness benefits, including One Medical membership and WellHub.
- Fully paid parental leave, leave to care for a family member, and bereavement leave, including reproductive loss.
- Company match of donations to 501c3 charities, up to $250/year.
- Full benefits package includes FSA, life and disability insurance, EAP, commuter benefits, and more.
1stdibs New York, New York, USA Office
51 Astor Place, Third Floor, New York, NY, United States, 10003
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