What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Designer, Senior Associate position at Manhattan Strategies?
THE OPPORTUNITY
We're looking for a Senior Designer who's ready to do the best work of their career. Someone with strong instincts, fast execution, and the confidence to walk into a client conversation and own the room when it comes to creative.
THE FIRM
Manhattan Strategies is an award-winning design-forward consulting firm specializing in crafting powerful visual narratives for leading and emerging brands. Manhattan Strategies was founded on a simple hypothesis: if you communicate visually, you maximize your power to compel action. We combine an attentive communications agency with a boldly ambitious design studio, and the combination is what makes us different.
We've been recognized by ADWEEK among the fastest-growing agencies and by Inc Magazine as one of the fastest-growing companies in America. We've won dozens of awards across design, branding, web development and video production. The team is sharp, collaborative and genuinely passionate about making things that look and work great.
THE ROLE
As Senior Designer, you'll be a key creative voice across the studio. You'll take projects from brief to delivery, translating strategic direction into compelling visual stories, while working closely with our communications, marketing and account teams. This isn't a role where you'll be handed specs and told to execute. You'll have real creative responsibility, real client exposure, and real ownership of the work. If you want a seat at the table, you'll have one.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
– Design and deliver visual work across digital and print, including social media assets, presentations,
reports, brand collateral and video storyboards
– Work primarily in Figma, creating clean, well-organized files and systems that scale across projects
– Lead web and interface design in Figma, creating clean, scalable files and systems using components, variants, auto layout and styles to support web-ready implementation across projects
– Use Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign; After Effects a plus) as part of the core design toolkit
– Translate strategic and editorial direction into strong visual concepts and polished execution
– Collaborate with communications, marketing and account teams to align creative with objectives
– Participate in client-facing discussions, presenting work and explaining creative decisions
– Maintain visual consistency and brand integrity across platforms and deliverables
– Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines in a fast-paced agency environment
WHO YOU ARE
– 3–5 years of design experience at an agency or studio, you know what it means to work at pace
– A portfolio that shows real range: print, digital, social, presentation design ,and a point of view
– High proficiency in Figma; solid working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud
– Strong command of typography, layout, hierarchy and visual storytelling
– You have opinions about design and the communication skills to back them up
– Comfortable in a collaborative, you like being around the work and the people doing it
– Calm under deadlines, clear under pressure, and quality-obsessed throughout
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
– $67,000 – $84,000 base salary, commensurate with experience
– Bonus eligibility
– 401(k) with company match
– Paid family leave
– Healthcare and dental insurance
Manhattan Strategies is an equal opportunity employer. We believe diverse teams make better work.
Salary : $67,000 - $84,000