Senior Designer, OkayAfrica

Areya Media • New York, NY

21d • $2,500 - $3,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Designer is a driving creative force behind OkayAfrica’s visual identity, shaping how audiences experience African music and culture across editorial, social, and campaign work. The role involves conceptualizing and creating distinctive, culturally fluent design work for the OkayAfrica brand, delivering high-quality creative work to deadlines, attending to detail, and contributing ideas that help shape creative direction and the brand’s visual voice.

The designer will work across paid social campaigns, newsletters, editorial graphics, social video and graphics, and website design. The role calls for cultural fluency and an understanding of how to make creative work and brands memorable, newsworthy, and engaging. OkayAfrica’s Creative team develops the brand narrative through multimedia and experiential programming centered on African music and culture.

This is a hybrid role for an NYC-based candidate, with in-office and remote flexibility. The standard schedule is 40 hours per week, with some nights and weekends as needed for shoots and events. The position is offered at a competitive contractor rate of $2,500–$3,500 per month, depending on experience. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates with disabilities.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience as a graphic designer; senior-level ownership of projects is ideal.
• Proficient-to-expert-level skill with Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro, After Effects, and Audacity, Audition, or Pro Tools.
• Experience building assets for paid social media campaigns.
• Experience designing newsletters and graphics for editorial stories.
• Experience producing social media graphics and editing social media video.
• Strong foundation in design principles, typography, and color theory.
• Website design experience and basic UX/UI skills.
• Cultural fluency and the ability to create work that is memorable, newsworthy, and engaging.
• Comfort using DSLR cameras, studio lighting, and podcast audio engineering equipment or workflows.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Webflow.
• Knowledge of HTML and CSS.
• Experience with Blender.
• Experience working in a music media environment or agency.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize and create distinctive, culturally fluent design work for the OkayAfrica brand.
• Help shape the brand’s visual identity, creative direction, and new ideas.
• Create assets for paid social media campaigns.
• Design newsletters and graphics for editorial stories.
• Produce graphics and edit video for social media.
• Design websites, applying basic UX/UI skills.
• Deliver high-quality creative work to deadlines and maintain attention to detail.
• Work some nights and weekends as needed for shoots and events.

Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement with in-office and remote flexibility.
• Competitive contractor rate of $2,500–$3,500 per month, depending on experience.
• Reasonable accommodations available for candidates with disabilities.
• Creative trust and a collaborative team that values the designer’s point of view.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed