Design Analyst (New York)

Job Title: Junior Designer - Analyst

Location: New York, NY 10282 (Onsite)

Duration: 1 year - longer if possible

Pay Rate: $33.00/HR (Rate is firm)

Work Schedule: M-F 9-6

Portfolio: Portfolio of designer's work as weblink or PDF is required.

Role Overview

• This Analyst, Designer will sit within the in-house design team in Asset Management Marketing in New York. This role is responsible for conceptualizing and executing high-quality visual assets that communicate the firm's market insights, product offerings, and brand values.
• The designer must balance creative innovation with strict regulatory compliance and global brand standards. This role will execute at a creative level but is also required to perform essential production and formatting work.
• The workload is structured as approximately 60% creative design and 40% production & formatting. The ideal candidate is a versatile designer who is equally comfortable designing for digital/web environments and preparing assets for physical print production.

Key Responsibilities

Creative Design (60%)

• Conceptualization & Ideation: Collaborate with marketing strategists to brainstorm and design visually compelling campaigns, digital assets, and print collateral.
• Campaign Asset Creation: Design high-fidelity web banners, social media graphics, and email assets for business focus campaigns.
• Infographics: Translate complex financial data, market outlooks, and economic data into clean, modern, and easy-to-understand infographics.

Production & Formatting (40%)

• Template Management & Versioning: Update, format, and maintain existing marketing collateral, pitch books, and product materials in monthly or quarterly cadence.
• Insights: Support content and product team s ad hoc insights by creating header image and data visualization for webpages
• Event Branding & Environmental Design: Adapt and elevate established brand standards to design cohesive visual assets for high-profile client events and conferences. Apply existing brand guidelines to stage backdrops, digital and directional signage, step-and-repeats, and custom booth layouts.
• Presentation Support: Refine and format high-stakes PowerPoint presentations, ensuring correct use of templates, typography, and brand consistency.

Key Qualifications & Technical Skills

• Experience: 1-3 years of professional design experience, preferably within financial services, corporate marketing, or an agency environment.
• Education: Bachelor s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, or a related field.
• Adobe Creative Cloud: Expert knowledge of Illustrator (vector graphics), Photoshop (image editing), and InDesign (multi-page document layout). Aftereffects, Director and other motion software a plus.
• Figma: Advanced proficiency in Figma for layout design, prototyping, and utilizing component libraries.
• Microsoft Office: Advanced knowledge of PowerPoint and Word to ensure seamless integration of design assets into corporate templates.
• Attention to Detail: Exceptional precision is required to handle complex financial data and regulatory disclosures without errors.
• Organization: Strong organization skills with ability to manage multiple projects at once with tight and competing deadlines.
• Team Player: Team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills who is open to feedback to refine design.