Senior Designer

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day design function for Hearst Magazines’ centralized commerce editorial team, supporting shopping content across a portfolio of 20+ brands.
• Create compelling visual assets, including lead images for shopping stories, while developing scalable creative templates for web, social, and emerging platforms.
• Establish, refine, and maintain design systems, workflows, templates, and best practices that improve consistency and efficiency across the team.
• Identify operational opportunities and implement scalable solutions that enhance creative output, collaboration, and overall team performance.
• Partner closely with editorial, commerce, and brand-level art teams to ensure creative work reflects each brand's unique identity while supporting business goals.
• Drive projects independently, balancing speed, quality, and competing priorities in a fast-paced, high-volume commerce environment.
• Help evolve the long-term structure of the commerce design function by introducing processes that support growth and scalability.
• Manage freelance design resources and budgets as needed to support business priorities.

• 5+ years of professional design experience in digital editorial, commerce, or a related content-driven environment.
• Demonstrated ability to combine hands-on creative execution with strategic thinking around design systems, workflows, and operational improvements.
• Strong visual storytelling skills with the ability to design across multiple brand aesthetics, audiences, and digital platforms.
• Experience developing scalable creative processes, templates, and design systems that improve team efficiency.
• Advanced proficiency with Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
• Familiarity with motion design, GIF creation, illustration, video, and content management systems is a plus.
• Excellent organizational, communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills with the ability to lead initiatives and influence cross‑functional partners.
• Comfortable working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment with minimal oversight and a continuous improvement mindset.