Commerce Media Designer

Condé Nast•New York, NY

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Condé Nast is seeking a Commerce Media Designer to be the engine room for our paid social creative for commerce media, focusing on the strategic assembly and storyboarding of high-performance ads. The ideal candidate has a background in designing assets for e-commerce, retail, or affiliate-heavy brands. Rather than building core assets from scratch, the Commerce Media Designer’s role is to take existing footage, brand elements and campaign concepts then remix them into platform-native stories that convert. This role will bridge the gap between aesthetic design and hard performance data and is an expert in what makes a user stop scrolling.

Requirements

3–5 years of experience in a social-first design or agency environment, with a heavy focus on paid media/performance creative.
Ability to storyboard a 15-second narrative that captures attention in the first 3 seconds.
Solid skills in Premiere/After Effects, specifically for short-form ad patterns (fast cuts, text-safe zones, and rhythmic pacing).
Understanding of design fundamentals (hierarchy, type, color) but know when to prioritize "clarity over cleverness" to drive a sale.
Comfortability working in an iterative "sprint" environment where creativity is tested, killed, or scaled weekly.
A meticulous eye for platform specs, aspect ratios, and ensuring "UI-safe" designs across all social channels.

Responsibilities

Take high-level campaign concepts and map them into detailed, frame-by-frame storyboards for Meta and potentially other platforms.
Execute "sprints" of ad variations, taking a single approved concept and testing 10+ different ways to open the video (hooks), various closing messages (CTAs), and different edit speeds to see what resonates best with the audience.
Reshape core campaign narratives to feel "native" to specific placements (ie: turning a polished Meta ad into a lo-fi, creator-style TikTok storyboard).
Design and animate "functional" graphics such as text overlays that call out a customer’s problem, kinetic captions that keep the viewer engaged, and clear price/offer animations. All built specifically to encourage the user to click.
Regularly participate in concepting sessions to pitch new visual hooks and creative angles based on current platform trends and performance feedback loops.
Build and manage a library of reusable layouts, typography styles, and motion presets. This will enable efficiently plugging in new assets and storyboards without starting from zero every time.
Use "what’s working" data to improve existing ads, whether that’s redesigning the first 3 seconds of a video to be more engaging or rearranging a static pin so the most important information is seen first.