Marketing Designer, Penguin Young Readers (Open to Remote)
Bertelsmann-Jobs
New York City, NY (Remote)
In-houseFull-timeMid level2+ years exp.
12 hrs ago
Designer
District of Columbia, USA (Hybrid)
Salary Not AvailableContract
Posted 3 months ago
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Job Description
Hello, internet đź‘‹
We’re looking for a midweight to senior designer or art director to join our team here in Logan Circle, DC. We’re a small agency that’s more interested in finding a person that’s the right fit, rather than a person with the right resume or title, but in this position, visual design and expressing ideas visually will be the core part of the role.
The right candidate will have had a title like "designer" at some point in their career, and have identity design / graphic design experience.
We’re looking for someone who can —
- Make incredible brand design work
- And is equally excited to make conceptual comps like OOH and stunt ideas
- Be a conceptual thinker in addition to a strong designer
- Create presentation decks that tell the story of the creative work that's been done
- Present work in a charismatic, fun, engaging way that's as strong as the work itself
- Manage 1-2 interns
For what kinds of projects?
- Brand Identity
- Integrated campaigns
- Social retainer accounts
- Miscellaneous fun creative challenges
You should apply if you're excited to —
- Join our goofy, fun 20-ish person team
- Grow! We are looking for the right person to invest in who can grow within our team
- Learn by doing, not being afraid to take initiative, step up, and figure something out
- Make a lot of fun, weird, cool things!
Quick Facts About This January —
- We have a killer, dog-friendly office on 14th Street/Logan Circle
- We work in-person at the office on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays (we WFH Weds/Friday)
- We have healthcare and vacation days, it's all pretty standard...
- One thing that's non-standard is we close the office for 3 weeks per year, so that we're 100% sure everyone gets a break
How to apply for this role —
- All we need is your portfolio link!
- We'd also love to hear about your role in your top 2-3 projects. What was your contribution in one or two sentences?
- In this position, your taste is a big factor. What's one place we can see a peek at that? Your Instagram? Your are.na? (This is a bonus!)
This January
THIS JANUARY® is an independent creative agency built for next year. We create culturally relevant stories that resonate with real people across modern mediums — from OOH to TikTok.+++We grew up in the world of big, holding-company-owned advertising agencies. Places with offices in most time zones. Shops where a twenty-five-person meeting was most meetings.From the outside, there was a lot to admire about those agencies. The offices looked like you would imagine. There were grand, imposing conference rooms. There were encouraging murals on every floor.On the inside, though, the toll of the last three decades was unmistakable. By the time we arrived, every big three or four letter agency was owned by something still bigger — something far, far away. CPAs wandered the halls with grim expressions.Those holding-company-owned agencies were a fascinating paradox: they were enormous and always under resourced. They were obscenely expensive and forever broke. They were supposed to be shapers of culture and yet they felt fixed in amber in 1990-something.We saw what we did not want to be.This January is a modern advertising agency. We were founded on a simple conviction, firmly held: an independent, senior team makes better work. At our agency, the creative partners that founded the company work on projects — not pitches.We are obsessed with craft. It animates us, inspires us and keeps us up at night. We’re equally fixated on delivering the highest level of execution without outsourcing every frame to a London-based VFX shop or a Hollywood director between movies. We can do more with modest budgets.The world is full of the bland, boring and shoddily produced. We’re certain that interesting has better ROI. And we want to make it together.
