Lead Designer

Onsite in either Burbank, CA or New York City, NY

Our client seeks a Lead Designer to drive global digital growth marketing through scalable design systems. The role blends hands-on production design with system governance across brands and channels. The designer will convert Adobe templates to Figma components, maintain cross-brand consistency, and support high-volume campaign delivery with precision. The work will collaborate across creative, production, and channel teams to optimize reusable assets and workflows.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $58.00 to $63.00/hr w2

Responsibilities

• Build, document, maintain, and manage a global cross-brand design system in Figma including components, templates, and guidelines.
• Convert Adobe Creative Cloud design templates into flexible, scalable component-based Figma templates for global campaign delivery.
• Ensure template and brand consistency across Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, dynamic creative optimization platforms, and brand endpoints.
• Support versioning, localization, and adaptation of assets for global campaigns.
• Deliver pixel-perfect template designs with strong typographic hierarchy, layout design, brand integrity, and logical component usage.
• Update templates based on QA/QC results, platform feedback, and strategic direction.
• Partner with creative leadership, designers, producers, project managers, and channel owners to keep template libraries current and accurate.
• Play a key role in integrating new workflows and supporting operational transitions as the team scales.

Experience Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in enterprise digital design or marketing design
• Expert-level proficiency in Figma including component libraries, variants, auto layout, and template governance.
• Expert-level Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Creative Cloud skills.
• Proven experience building and maintaining design systems and reusable template libraries.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual design and system-level thinking.
• Mastery of digital creative delivery including export settings, color profiles (sRGB/CMYK), DPI, bleed, compression, and responsive considerations.
• Strong understanding of file formats and their appropriate usage.
• Experience delivering creative against precise specification requirements.
• Strong time management with the ability to multitask and meet deadlines.
• Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills.
• Experience in media, entertainment, film, studios, or television marketing is key
• Working knowledge of HTML/CSS, email builders such as Braze, Klaviyo, or Litmus, and ad platforms such as Netflix, Google Ads, or Meta (preferred).
• Familiarity with motion design using After Effects and automation tools for batch exports (preferred).
• Passion for team culture and innovation in design workflows (preferred).

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.

Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ([email protected], 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

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JOB ID: JN -032026-105949