Zero Overview

Zero is a creative studio founded in NYC. 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 background and the ability to succeed with a wide array of motivated and creative individuals. 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 develop thoughtful, original ideas that are on strategy while managing your work independently and occasionally mentoring and overseeing design team members. 

You conceptualize the emotional “why” behind brands and how to express it across all creative mediums. From brand worlds to websites, social platforms and marketing channels, you’re responsible for creating design work that speaks the brand’s language and offers a fresh perspective within the brand’s 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, social media content 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

Skills & Competencies

• Mastery of industry standard software (Figma/Adobe)
• Demonstrate a passion to solve problems and tell compelling strategic brand stories that align with the overall business and audience goals
• Excellent communication and people skills 
• Ability to take direction and constructive criticism, as well as work autonomously
• Ability to present clear and effective ideas
• Solid grasp on design principles and practices such as layout, color theory, typography
• You have worked on at least 8+ branding, packaging or print production projects
• You have completed 3+ content creation projects that included photography, video, illustration or similar

Years of Experience

• 5+ years of design experience in an agency setting including experience in designing for web, social, content, and marketing  
• Past ecommerce design experience
• Past experience collaborating with development teams

Reporting Structure

• The position reports to a Creative Director

Working Location

• Zero has physical studio spaces in Brooklyn and Milwaukee. Staff are expected to occasionally work in these locations during the work week. Additional details can be discussed during the interview process.

Full Time Benefits & Salary

• Annual salary range between $80,000 - $110,000 determined by experience and seniority level
• Multiple medical plans with up to 80% of premiums covered by Zero
• Multiple dental plans fully covered by Zero
• Three weeks (15 days) vacation
• Seven days of paid sick time
• Twelve paid holidays
• Paid holiday break between Christmas and New Years
• Short Term Disability Insurance
• 401(k) with match after (3) months of full-time regular employment
• Charitable Match & Employee Milestone Programs
• Commuter Benefits
• Additional benefits are available with details provided upon request or during onboarding

Closure Date

• This posting will be unpublished on Friday, April 17 unless candidates are identified sooner. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted on a rolling basis or after this date.