Senior Designer

New York, USA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Description

At Midnight Sunday, we partner with iconic hotel brands and hospitality groups to create elevated storytelling through design, content, and production. Our culture values creativity, precision, and collaboration - with every project reflecting our passion for beauty, storytelling, and strategic impact.

This role offers the opportunity to contribute to global campaigns, evolve luxury brand aesthetics, and grow within an agency where creative excellence is at the core of everything we do.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Senior Designer is a multidisciplinary creative who plays a pivotal role in bringing Midnight Sunday's creative vision to life across design, social media, and brand campaigns for our luxury hospitality clients. This position is both strategic and hands-on — balancing elevated design execution with creative leadership.

The Senior Designer ensures that all creative output reflects the refinement, sophistication, and imagination that define Midnight Sunday's standard of work.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

Creative & Design Execution

  • Lead the design of digital and social assets — including social grids, Meta content, TikTok visuals, campaign creative, and editorial-style layouts.
  • Translate creative strategies and campaign concepts into visually striking, conceptually rich, and polished design work that aligns with both client and agency aesthetics.
  • Adapt fluidly across multiple brand aesthetics while maintaining an elevated, consistent standard of output.
  • Design and prepare creative discovery decks, brand presentations, and campaign visual frameworks.
  • Support in photo and video direction, including mood boards, shot lists, and on-set creative guidance where needed.

Content & Video

  • Edit and produce social video content with a strong sense of pacing, storytelling, and platform-native performance.
  • Collaborate closely with animators to bring motion and dynamic content to life.
  • Understand what resonates visually across platforms and apply that instinct to every deliverable.

Brand Development & Campaign Support

  • Partner with the Creative Director to develop and evolve visual identities, ensuring design integrity and brand consistency across all channels.
  • Support campaign development from concept to execution, maintaining creative excellence throughout.
  • Contribute to ideation sessions and bring new visual ideas that push our clients' brands forward.

Leadership & Collaboration

  • Mentor and provide constructive feedback to mid-level and junior designers.
  • Collaborate closely with copywriters, strategists, and account managers to deliver cohesive creative outcomes.
  • Present design work with confidence and clarity during internal and client-facing reviews.

Innovation & Growth

  • Stay ahead of trends in design, social media, and digital storytelling, incorporating new tools and formats into Midnight Sunday's creative output.
  • Leverage AI tools for image and video generation — integrating them into your workflow to accelerate ideation and production.
  • Bring strong prompting skills and a genuine curiosity for testing and adopting emerging creative tools.
  • Proactively explore design innovations that can strengthen the agency's visual language and creative impact.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

  • 4+ years of professional design experience, ideally within an agency or digital-first environment.
  • A multidisciplinary portfolio showcasing digital, social, video, and brand design — ideally within the luxury, fashion, or hospitality sectors.
  • Strong visual foundation across composition, color, and typography, with the ability to adapt across brands while keeping output elevated.
  • Advanced skills in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects), Figma, and related design tools.
  • Comfortable editing video, particularly social-first content, with an understanding of pacing and storytelling.
  • Experience using AI tools for creative generation and workflow integration.
  • Deep understanding of social platforms and what drives visual performance across each.
  • Strong sense of design craft, attention to detail, and creative precision.
  • Excellent communication skills and comfort collaborating across global teams.
  • Self-driven, organized, and adaptable to fast-paced creative workflows.

COMPENSATION

$85,000 per year

  • This role reports to the Creative Director/Chief Creative Officer.
  • Four weeks paid annual leave.
  • Salary subject to review and adjustment at twelve months, in recognition of performance and commitment to the agency. Benefits package details provided during the interview process.
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Midnight Sunday

Midnight Sunday is a global social media, creator and production agency specialising in hospitality, travel and lifestyle.We work with leading hotel and brand teams, including global luxury and lifestyle groups, on social strategy, creator partnerships, paid media and content production - helping brands show up in ways that feel current, considered and in step with how people engage.With teams across North America and Australasia, we operate globally while building a stronger presence in Australia.From hotel openings and brand campaigns to the day-to-day rhythm of social, our focus is on work that resonates with people and supports broader brand and commercial objectives.We like work that travels well - across platforms, places and audiences

Founded in 2018
New York, New York, USA
15 employees (7 in marketing)