Visual Designer

The Syndicate is looking for a creative, experienced, and adaptable visual designer. The candidate will work closely with our creative team to create assets for our music, comedy and lifestyle clients.

Our ideal candidate is passionate and knowledgeable about visual art, design, motion, and video (especially within social media and pop culture) and can work efficiently, considering the details in each brief. Applicants should be experienced in working on a number of projects at once with varying brand identities and be able to react skillfully to new incoming design requests, quickly assessing current workload and the time new projects will take to complete. They should have an existing portfolio of graphics, motion, and video, ideally both their own art and client projects.

This individual must be able to work under a creative director’s guidance, but have the confidence and skills to craft their own ideas and push themselves creatively. Must have a passion for pop culture, especially music and be a voracious user of social media and a follower of contemporary design trends.

Qualifications

Fluent knowledge of/experience using the Adobe Suite

• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Premiere
• After Effects

Skills:

• Understanding of contemporary design and video trends with a passion for visual communication
• Understanding of social media editing styles and standards and experience crafting assets in a marketing context
• Ability to both execute client/team briefs and ideate original concepts
• Thorough understanding of both digital and print
• Thorough understanding of motion and video editing
• Basic photo editing (color correcting, light cosmetic edits)

Communication Skills:

• Ability to confer with internal team and/or clients to obtain all information needed, advise on best design, and understand what is desired for each project. Openness to creative critique

Time management skills:

• Ability to juggling several projects almost simultaneously
• Ability to judge quickly (and communicate to team) how much time incoming projects will take

Teamwork skills:

• Must be able to collaborate with the internal teams and in some cases, communicate directly with client.

Bonus Points:

• Music and entertainment super fan!
• Photography or videography
• Front-end website development experience (Wordpress/Squarespace)
• Back-end website development (and custom coding

LOCATION: Hybrid

This is a full-time position. You’ll join a passionate, dynamic and fun team that Works Hard and Plays Hard!

TO APPLY

Interested applicants should send a resume and portfolio to Molly@thesyn.com

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