(NEW YORK, NY)

SENIOR INTERACTION DESIGNER

New York Media

About New York Media:

New York Media is the parent company of the ground-breaking weekly New York magazine, founded in 1968; the website nymag.com, an up-to-the-minute news and service site for New Yorkers; the national restaurant search Website MenuPages along with GrubStreet.com; and the twice-yearly New York Weddings magazine. New York magazine is the regional and national authority on the greatest city on Earth, read by more than 1.7 million people each week. Through smart writing, beautiful photography and sophisticated design, New York chronicles news and social trends, explores the city’s cultural happenings and serves as a navigational tool for all aspects of city life. Nymag.com attracts more than 5 million monthly unique visitors, making it one of the most visited online destinations focused on New York City.

Job Summary:

NYMag.com is looking for a talented senior designer to join our user experience team. The Senior Designer will have the opportunity to take a lead role in diverse projects with a talented group of designers, front end engineers, developers, and product owners.

Candidates will be expected to produce effective and creative solutions to a variety of design challenges, successfully translating them into meaningful solutions that exhibit stylistic breadth, balance innovation and usability, and maintain and evolve the visual and user experience standards of  New York on the web. Candidates must have the ability to collaborate across teams, working closely with editorial, product, technology, sales, marketing, and production departments. Candidates must also demonstrate expertise for design, typography, and composition when designing for web products as well as a deep understanding of web design best practices. 

Responsibilities:• Conceive and execute highly effective visual designs for new website features and mobile applications.• Collaborate with user experience designers, art directors, product owners, and editors to develop successful design strategies.• Collaborate with front- and back-end developers to implement design solutions.

Requirements:

• 4+ years experience with interaction design.

• A curiosity and passion for web design, web history, emerging technologies, etc.

• Expertise with industry standard design software.

• Solid understanding of HTML and CSS, with a clear understanding as to how designs translate to code.

• Highly organized, thorough, and detail oriented, with excellent problem-solving skills.

• Ability to balance multiple projects over varying delivery dates.

• Self-motivated and able to produce results independently as well as in a team environment.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Firm grasp of the roles of typography, photography, and illustration in editorial web design.

Bonus Skills:

• Illustration/Typography 

• Adobe After Effects• HTML/JS/coding experience

• Familiarity with the Agile/Scrum process

To apply:

Please email a résumé, cover letter, and portfolio to:

HR@NYMag.com

with “Sr Interaction Designer” in the subject line.

No phone calls, please. Only those candidates considered for an interview will be contacted. Please regard your resume as having been received unless your email is bounced back. EOE.

To apply: Please email a résumé, cover letter, and portfolio to: HR@NYMag.com with “Sr Interaction Designer” in the subject line. No phone calls, please. Only those candidates considered for an interview will be contacted. Please regard your resume as having been received unless your email is bounced back.