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Designer, HR and Culture & Communications (Contract)

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

Mission Overview & Responsibilities:

The New York Times is seeking a Designer to support Human Resources and related employee experiences. The Designer will create design systems and visually unify Human Resources communications to create understanding of our offerings and help strengthen our culture.

We seek a candidate who shares this ambition, and is a trusted steward of our mission across the organization, while reinforcing the values that have sustained us over the past 170 years.

As the designer, you will work in close collaboration with the Creative Director, Culture and Communications on extending design systems in use and applying them to a range of scaled initiatives. You will identify ways to bring Human Resources (HR) to life and will contribute ideas towards developing and expanding the internal identity system across a range of touch-points, including guidelines and toolkits, campaigns, posters and templates. You will help translate an idea from high-level concept to production and execution. As the designer, you will need to assess and organize HR content as a part of the design process. It will be essential that the designer be able to engage with people from different backgrounds and experiences, flourish in a hybrid work culture, and partner across all levels of the company. This is a contract role based in our New York City Headquarters in Times Square. #LI-Hybrid

Responsibilities:

Develop identities and assets for internal culture-building campaigns and events
Design digestible and engaging foundational colleague-facing HR materials (performance, compensation)
Design signage systems and maintain those standards across our buildings globally
Design templates to support HR leadership in driving their vision with other leaders
Unify type, color, composition, illustration, iconography and video elements – and of course, messaging – for all things HR
You will report to the Creative Director, Culture and Communications

Basic Qualifications:

3+ years of graphic design experience
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma is required
A portfolio demonstrating refined typographic and design systems skills

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in both strategic brainstorming and execution
Experience producing signage design
Experience with motion graphics design
Attention to detail and big picture thinking
A desire to further develop our DEI initiatives through design

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The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$70,000—$80,000 USD

The New York Times is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, one that reflects the varied global community we serve. Our journalism and the products we build in the service of that journalism greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. The New York Times Company will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws. Individuals seeking an accommodation for the application or interview process should email reasonable.accommodations@nytimes.com. Emails sent for unrelated issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

The Company will further consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable "Fair Chance" laws.

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