What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Designer (Content) position at Carter Murray?
Our client, a rapidly growing NYC-based company in the beverage industry, is seeking a hands-on Sr. Designer to produce high-quality assets for digital and retail channels, support urgent brand needs, and collaborate with internal teams and external freelancers. This role is a mix of production, conceptual design, content creation, and light operations/project coordination.
4 days onsite and 1 work from home day weekly.
Applicants who do not submit a digital portfolio will not be considered.
Responsibilities
- Create, iterate on, and deliver design assets for digital (web, social) and physical/retail (merchandising, in-store displays, POS) channels
- Develop clear, usable content for different audiences and mediums (staff training cards, sales decks, event collateral)
- Rapidly respond to time-sensitive requests (press hits, sales pitches, merchandising opportunities) and pivot priorities as urgent business needs arise
- Coordinate and manage freelance designers and external vendors to deliver projects on time
- Work from briefs and monday.com (or equivalent) project boards; partner with brand managers, sales, and other internal stakeholders to prioritize work
- Translate concepts into production-ready files suitable for each distribution channel and format
- Communicate confidently with internal stakeholders; escalate/manage capacity and timelines proactively
- Assist with light operational tasks (tracking project budgets, scheduling, handoffs) as needed
Qualifications
- 7 years of professional design experience post-graduation
- Proven portfolio showing digital and physical/retail design, content-driven work, and examples of translating work across channels
- Strong content skills: information design, copy, content flow for different formats
- Experience coordinating or working with freelance designers and external vendors
- Comfortable with fast-paced, small-to-mid sized team environment and direct cross-functional communication
- Bonus: experience or interest in beverage industry (useful but not required)
Required Skills
- Excellent visual and content design sensibility; pragmatic approach to design-for-production
- Ability to update websites using WordPress - Must have!
- Strong communicator; confident presenting work to non-design stakeholders and able to manage up
- Ability to prioritize, pivot quickly, and keep stakeholders informed
- Organized, familiar with project management tools (e.g., monday.com) and basic budgeting/tracking concepts
Salary : $80,000 - $100,000