Senior Designer

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New York, NY, US

2 days ago Requisition

Senior Designer

Full-Time
· New York, NY
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Reports to:

Director, Creative

ABOUT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER

The mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center is to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education, and advocacy.

We believe jazz is a metaphor for Democracy. Because jazz is improvisational, it celebrates personal freedom and encourages individual expression. Because jazz is swinging, it dedicates that freedom to finding and maintaining common ground with others. Because jazz is rooted in the blues, it inspires us to face adversity with persistent optimism.

Jazz is one of America’s most profound and enduring cultural contributions, inseparable from the story of this country, its history, its struggles, its democratic ideals, and its continuing evolution. We are stewards of that legacy. The three pillars of our work— performance, education, and advocacy —are one mission expressed three ways, each reinforcing and requiring the other two. You cannot perform without honoring the history that gives the music meaning.

You cannot educate without the conviction that what you are teaching deserves to outlast you. You cannot advocate without the lived experience of the art itself. We look for people who feel that wholeness in full, across all three pillars.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Senior Designer is responsible for developing and delivering creative marketing and promotional assets that support Jazz at Lincoln Center’s performances, fundraising initiatives, and institutional priorities. Working across print, digital, social, environmental, and motion graphics platforms, this role translates creative briefs and strategic objectives into compelling visual communications that strengthen the Jazz at Lincoln Center brand, engage audiences, and advance institutional, programmatic, and fundraising goals.

The Senior Designer takes ownership of projects from concept through final delivery, including developing design concepts, establishing visual direction, managing production, and ensuring that final creative meets both brand and project objectives. This role works closely with teams across the organization and serves as a creative lead, bringing design expertise and art direction to a range of signature programs and events.

The Senior Designer leads and collaborates on creative development for signature programs and initiatives, including Essentially Ellington, the annual Gala, and season photo shoots, as well as other institutional, marketing, and fundraising campaigns. In addition, the Senior Designer provides production oversight, manages freelance graphic designers and other creative collaborators, and works directly with third-party partners to bring projects from initial concept through final execution.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Design and Creative Development

• Design and produce marketing and promotional materials across print, digital, environmental, and experiential platforms.
• Develop creative concepts and visual direction for signature programs and initiatives.
• Maintain brand consistency across all creative assets.

Collaboration and Production Oversight

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver effective visual communications.
• Art direct and oversee the work of freelance designers, photographers, illustrators, and other creative partners.
• Supervise print production and installation.

QUALIFICATIONS

REQUIRED

• BA in Graphic Design or equivalent professional experience.
• Min. 5+ years of professional design experience with a strong portfolio.
• Expertise in Adobe CC including…