Junior Visual Designer

AbelCine • New York, NY

4d • $80,000 - $85,000 • Onsite

About The Position

AbelCine is a leading provider of products, services, and staffing solutions to the production, broadcast, media, and content creation industries. We partner with some of the most recognized organizations in media, entertainment, finance, technology, and corporate communications. We are currently seeking a Junior Visual Designer to join AbelCine as a full-time employee supporting one of our consulting clients. This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a fast-paced in-house creative team producing high-quality visual content across digital, brand, presentation, and marketing initiatives. If you're a designer who has been tested in real-world environments, enjoys tackling diverse creative challenges, and is looking to grow within a high-performing team, we'd love to hear from you.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Fine Arts, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 1–3 years of professional design experience in an agency, in-house, production, freelance, or consulting environment.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating real-world, professional work experience across a variety of mediums and project types; academic or student work alone will not be sufficient.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
• Strong understanding of visual design principles, typography, layout, branding, and visual storytelling.
• Versatile designer who is comfortable working across digital, presentation, social media, marketing, and brand design projects.
• Excellent organizational, project management, and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Self-motivated and accountable, with the ability to work independently and take ownership of projects from concept through execution.
• Demonstrated initiative, resourcefulness, and problem-solving ability in fast-paced environments.
• Adaptable and comfortable working in an environment where priorities and business needs may evolve.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with a positive attitude and team-oriented approach.
• Proven ability to deliver high-quality work under deadlines and navigate real-world creative challenges.

Nice To Haves

• Motion graphics and animation experience is a plus.
• Exposure to art direction and participation in larger creative campaigns is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise-level MAM/DAM systems, including ingestion pipelines, metadata structures, permissions frameworks, and long-term archival strategies.
• Architect end-to-end ingest workflows for video, audio, and ancillary media—including transcoding paths, automation rules, QC checkpoints, and delivery specifications.
• Oversee and participate in daily ingest operations, ensuring accuracy, proper metadata tagging, and seamless availability of assets for production and editorial teams.
• Maintain real-time reporting dashboards on ingest metrics (e.g., total media ingested, project/source breakdown, system throughput, storage utilization, and projected capacity needs).
• Evaluate existing post-production and media-management processes, identify bottlenecks, and drive system-level improvements across ingest, editorial, review, and archive workflows.
• Collaborate with Engineering, IT, Production, and Post-Production teams to define requirements for new tools, integrations, storage solutions, and infrastructure upgrades.
• Configure and administer MAM/DAM platforms (e.g., CatDV, Dalet, IPV Curator, Adobe Experience Manager), including metadata schema design, automation tasks, user roles, and permissions.
• Implement and maintain scalable storage systems with strong backup, versioning, retention, and DRM/security compliance.
• Build and manage automated workflows and file-transfer pipelines (e.g., Telestream Vantage, Signiant, Aspera, API-based automation).
• Develop and enforce ingest standards, naming conventions, delivery specs, editorial handoff workflows, and archival consistency.
• Conduct high-level QC on incoming and outgoing media, identifying systemic issues and creating preventive solutions.
• Serve as the technical lead for on-site or remote ingest operations during live events, multi-camera shoots, or high-volume production days.
• Train internal teams—editors, producers, assistants, and external vendors—on MAM usage, ingest workflows, metadata tagging, and best practices.
• Stay up to date on industry trends in media pipelines, AI metadata extraction, cloud-based workflows, storage architectures, and remote review tools.

Benefits

• Highly subsidized medical, dental, and vision plans (individual, dependent, and family coverage)
• Short-term & long-term disability benefits
• 401(k) with employer match (up to 2% of annual pay)
• Paid time off, including caregiving and personal leave options
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for healthcare & dependent care
• Supplemental health insurance coverage
• Commuter benefits & gym membership discounts
• Employee Assistance Program & life insurance
• Equipment borrowing program + discounts on gear purchases
• Access to professional development resources

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level