Senior Designer (NYC / MKE / LA / Remote)

NYC / MKE / LA / Remote

Zero Overview

Zero is a creative studio founded in NYC. We have offices in New York, Milwaukee, Los Angeles as well as working virtually across the world. Our intention is to create an environment where multidisciplinary teams can solve problems for progressive and contemporary brands. We aim to constantly re-evaluate what it’s like to work with a studio and provide a high degree of value and service to our clients and our team.

Our studio seeks an individual with a diverse creative background and the ability to operate with a wide array of personalities (both internally and client-side). We believe that process is at the core of our success - and are continually seeking to evolve ours to get the most out of each engagement. The unique and complex problems that face our clients call for fresh and strategic thinkers. 

Position Overview

As a Senior Designer at Zero, your primary focus is to manage your work independently and occasionally mentor and oversee design team members. 

You can work independently to conceptualize the emotional “why” behind brands and how to express it across all creative mediums. From brand worlds to websites, you’re responsible for creating design work that speaks the brand’s language and offers a fresh perspective within their industry. Whether developing the visual brand tone or working within established guidelines, you can plug into the brand’s mindset and articulate it. You have mastered your design craft as it relates to typography, color theory, layout, and art direction, as well as the ability to develop effective visual communication to fit a variety of personas and brands.    

Roles & Responsibilities

• Contribute to the research and discovery phase through competitive audits, research, and any additional tactics that add value
• Independently develop holistic brand strategies that are unique to the market, true to the audience, and genuine to the beliefs and vision of the brand
• Collaborate with the team to develop presentations that clearly and effectively tell the story of our work and regularly present the work to our clients 
• Independently create effective designs and art direction that deliver on the brand strategies, are unique to the market, and are genuine to the beliefs and vision of the brand
• Collaborate closely with copywriters and developers on brand applications such as branding, art direction, packaging, website, emails, and other mediums to support the brand world
• Effectively manage your time to meet internal deadlines and goals
• Approach every project with a solutions-oriented mindset and clear purpose, ensuring all executions meet business and user goals  
• Contribute to conversations with outside collaborators such as photographers and illustrators, as well as direct them on art direction execution
• Occasionally mentor and oversee design team members on projects

Years of Experience

5+

Reporting Structure

The position reports to a Creative Director and may occasionally mentor team members on a project basis.