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About the Role

MATTE Projects is seeking a mid-level Designer with a strong foundation in graphic design, sharp digital instincts, and demonstrated skill in AI programs to contribute to a variety of creative projects. This role requires comfort moving between brand systems, campaign creative, presentations, social content, digital experiences, and emerging AI-driven workflows, with a focus on translating design across digital environments and experimenting with new tools.

Responsibilities

Design across a range of creative projects including brand identities, campaigns, presentations, social content, digital experiences, experiential touchpoints, and new business pitches.
Develop compelling visual systems rooted in strong typography, composition, color, imagery, and art direction.
Translate creative concepts and brand systems across multiple formats and platforms while maintaining consistency and craft.
Bring strong digital design capabilities to projects, including web, mobile, social, interactive, and screen-based experiences.
Collaborate with Creative Directors and Art Directors to develop concepts from early exploration through final execution.
Create layouts, design systems, moodboards, visual explorations, mockups, and polished presentation materials.
Work closely with experiential and production teams to translate graphic systems into physical environments when needed.
Incorporate generative AI tools and workflows into the creative process for visual exploration, image generation, concept development, prototyping, and production.
Experiment with emerging AI platforms and creative technologies, helping the team identify new ways to expand creative possibilities and improve workflows.
Retouch, manipulate, composite, and refine imagery—including AI-generated assets—to ensure final work meets MATTE’s creative standards.
Prepare and organize design files for production, development, animation, fabrication, or other downstream teams.
Manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously while maintaining a high level of attention to detail.
Participate actively in critiques, brainstorms, and collaborative working sessions.

Requirements

3–5 years of professional design experience, ideally within a creative agency, design studio, brand, or similarly fast-paced creative environment.
A portfolio demonstrating excellent graphic design fundamentals, particularly typography, layout, composition, visual hierarchy, and brand thinking.
Experience designing across both static and digital formats.
Strong command of Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
Working knowledge of Figma and experience designing for digital platforms.
Hands-on experience with generative AI creative tools and an understanding of how AI can support visual development and creative workflows.
Experience with tools such as Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, Runway, Flora, ChatGPT, or similar emerging platforms is strongly preferred.
Ability to move between established brand guidelines and more open-ended conceptual assignments.
Strong visual taste and an awareness of contemporary design, art, fashion, music, entertainment, technology, and culture.
Ability to take feedback, iterate quickly, and contribute thoughtfully to a collaborative creative process.
Strong organizational and communication skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
Curiosity and a willingness to experiment, learn new tools, and push beyond familiar design solutions.

Skills

Graphic design
Digital design
AI programs
Brand systems
Campaign creative
Presentations
Social content
Digital experiences
AI-driven workflows
Typography
Layout
Generative AI tools
Visual exploration
Prototyping
Design craft
Creative judgment
Adobe Creative Suite
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Figma
Midjourney
Adobe Firefly
Runway
Flora
ChatGPT

Location

New York, NY

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

Mid-level
3-5 years

Salary/Compensations

$80,000–$95,000

About the Company

MATTE is a 360° full-service creative studio at the convergence of hype, storytelling and design.
We bring people together to inspire new ways of engaging, to provoke long term progress, and to entertain audiences around the world, while helping forward-thinking brands and institutions nimbly and truly do the same.
Our studio capabilities range from strategic ideation and insights, creative development, branding and identity, experiential, web design and development, campaigns and content creation, all the way through full-scale production and execution.

Equal Opportunity

Everyone is welcome at MATTE - we’re passionate about building a team that reflects the diversity of our community and creating an environment where our differences are celebrated.
MATTE provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
In addition, MATTE will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.