Creative Designer

Bridgewater Associates•New York City, NY

20h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Creative Designer will help shape Bridgewater’s visual identity and bring it to life across internal and external channels. This hands-on role has significant creative ownership and room to experiment, combining development of the visual design system with creative work built within it. The designer will partner closely with the Creative Director and the Head of External Communications and Affairs to create the tools, standards, systems, and assets that support the brand. The role includes evolving Bridgewater’s visual language; co-developing practical brand guidelines and scalable design architecture; and applying the brand system across touchpoints such as retail ads, recruiting materials, the website, and social media. The designer will produce distinctive work, respond and adapt to feedback, independently turn loose ideas and sketches into polished designs, identify opportunities to build reusable systems and templates, and collaborate with writers, investors, and other partners to translate sophisticated concepts into clear, memorable graphics. The anticipated onsite requirement is four days per week, primarily at Bridgewater’s New York City campus. A subset of teams, including Client Service, alternates between the New York City and Westport campuses on a hybrid schedule.

Requirements

5–7+ years of professional graphic design or brand design experience.
Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, and in Figma.
Exceptional typography, composition, color, and layout skills.
Experience designing across digital and physical applications.
A portfolio demonstrating exceptional craft, judgment, and taste, including a case study showing improvements through iteration.
Proven experience creating or applying brand guidelines.
Strong hands-on graphic design and craft skills, with the ability to work independently and turn ideas into polished designs.
Ability to articulate design decisions, take in feedback, and adapt quickly.
Systems-thinking ability, with an understanding of how typography, color, imagery, layout, texture, and space combine to create a coherent visual brand.
Open-mindedness, willingness to experiment, and ability to pivot when needed.

Nice To Haves

Experience with a sophisticated in-house brand team, design studio, or creative agency.

Responsibilities

Help develop and refine Bridgewater’s visual language, including typography, color, imagery, graphic systems, iconography, and other core brand elements.
Partner with the Creative Director and Head of External Communications and Affairs to co-develop practical brand guidelines and scalable design architecture.
Apply the brand system across touchpoints, including retail ads, recruiting materials, the website, and social media.
Create distinctive, original creative work and raise the creative bar while incorporating feedback and iterating quickly.
Turn loose ideas and sketches into strong designs, exercising judgment about when to seek input and when to proceed independently.
Recognize when a design problem can be addressed through a reusable system, template, or principle, and help incorporate it into the brand architecture.
Work with writers, investors, and other partners to translate sophisticated concepts into clear and memorable graphics.
Conduct research and development to channel and amplify Bridgewater’s brand in an impactful and memorable way.