
Freelance Sr. Designer
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Creative Circle’s client, a retailer, seeks a freelance Senior Designer for a 40-hour-per-week assignment lasting four to five months, with potential extension or conversion to full-time. The role combines hybrid onsite and remote work, preferably three days onsite and two remote. The designer will develop creative across multiple channels, use AI in the design process, and collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
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Our client, a leading retailer, is looking for a Freelance Sr. Designer to join their team. This is a hybrid onsite / remote role (preferably 3 days onsite per week and 2 days remote). The role will be 40 hours per week for the next 4-5 months, with potential to extend or go full-time.Key Responsibilities * Lead the development of bold, innovative creative across digital, print, video, motion, broadcast, and retail channels. * Translate brand and business goals into compelling concepts, visual storytelling, and campaign ideas. * Create storyboards and narrative-driven creative that bring ideas to life. * Leverage AI and emerging technologies for ideation, visual exploration, prototyping, and content creation. * Stay ahead of cultural, consumer, and design trends to deliver relevant, forward-thinking work. * Collaborate with cross-functional teams and confidently present creative concepts to stakeholders.What We're Looking For * Exceptional portfolio showcasing strong design, storytelling, and campaign work across multiple mediums. * Strategic and conceptual thinker with the ability to turn insights into impactful creative. * AI-forward creative who actively incorporates AI tools into the design process. * Strong understanding of typography, layout, visual hierarchy, and brand design. * Experienced in storyboarding and/or TV creative development. * Collaborative communicator who thrives in fast-paced environments.Qualifications * Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design or related field, or equivalent experience. * Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite; experience with Figma, motion design, AI, or prototyping tools is a plus. * Strong presentation, communication, and project management skills. * Experience preparing production-ready assets and partnering with production teams.In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.Benefits Looking forward to receiving your resume through our website and going over the position with you. Clicking apply is the best way to apply, but you may also: Email your resume in Word to: [email protected]Please do NOT change the email subject line in any way. You must keep the JobID: : LC9-1995389L780 -- in the email subject line for your application to be considered.* Lauren Calabrese - Senior Recruiter For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States. This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 08/21/2026 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed. Everforth Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.Our hiring process includes AI screening for keywords and minimum qualifications. Recruiters review all results. Everforth Creative Circle will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angele
How this job compares
Set against the 2,477 open Designer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- New York median$122–171K/yr121 salary ranges
- New York median$22/hr42 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 213 open Designer jobs in New York and 2,477 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Home Depot23 open
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- Experience
- Designer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (1,430 postings).
- Education
- 594 of the 2,477 open Designer jobs (24%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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