Freelance Senior Brand Designer

This is the studio behind some of the most recognised brand identities of the last decade. It has expanded from a best-in-class identity shop into an end-to-end creative group spanning brand, campaign, experience, digital and production, and it’s building a bench of Senior Brand Designers to work on it in New York.

This is a talent-network booking rather than a single confirmed seat. We’re placing experienced brand designers into short- and long-term contracts with this group, with some placements carrying temp-to-perm potential.

You’ll lead brand design across the full arc of a project – strategy, concept, execution – rather than sitting at the production end of someone else’s idea. That means launching new brands, evolving established ones, and building the digital experiences, editorial systems and cultural work that extend them. You’ll originate ideas and own components of meaningful projects, presenting and defending your thinking directly to creative directors and clients.

You might work solo or embedded in a team alongside strategists, writers and developers. The through-line is a distinctive creative point of view applied to high-stakes brand moments – the work that changes the course of a company, not the work that fills a guidelines document.

• $650 – $900 per day
• Hybrid working
• Access to a network of short- and long-term contracts
• Potential temp-to-perm conversion

You have 6+ years’ experience, most likely built inside a leading branding or design studio. Your portfolio is anchored in identity work – new brands and evolutions – with real fluency across digital, campaigns, editorial and physical applications.

You move confidently between strategy, concept and execution, with sophisticated command of typography, composition and visual systems. Comfortable presenting to clients, taking ownership, and knowing when to collaborate. NYC-based or able to work EST hours is preferred, not required.