[Remote] Senior Designer, Yahoo Finance
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Yahoo is the world’s #1 finance destination, empowering investors with news, information, and tools to make financial decisions with confidence. The Senior Designer will be responsible for translating creative direction into visual identities and executing across various formats while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver cohesive and engaging designs.
Responsibilities
- Branding and design execution: Translate creative direction into strong, ownable visual identities for Yahoo Finance video series, newsletters, editorial columns, and recurring content franchises
- Execute across a range of formats with a consistent, confident design sensibility. Strong typography, layout, and visual hierarchy are the foundation of everything you make
- Contribute to and work within established style guides, templates, and design systems, helping ensure each format feels distinct while remaining cohesive within the Yahoo Finance brand
- Build and maintain templates in Figma and Adobe CC that support efficiency and consistency across the design and editorial teams
- Explore generative AI design tools (e.g., Adobe Firefly, Figma AI) to accelerate conceptual design cycles and scale asset production
- Animate and produce motion graphics for video series, show opens, and digital features, bringing brand identities to life in motion
- Contribute to templates and motion packages that support the video team's daily production needs
- Collaborate with the video team to ensure motion work feels polished, on-brand, and editorially appropriate
- Partner with the Creative Director and fellow designers on larger creative initiatives, contributing ideas and iterating quickly on feedback
- Work cross-functionally with video, product, social, and editorial teams to deliver design that's right for each platform and audience
- Break down complex creative briefs and business requirements into structured action items so that multiple designers and editors can collaborate seamlessly
Skills
- 5+ years of professional experience as a visual, brand, or motion designer, preferably in an agency, media, or tech environment
- A strong professional portfolio demonstrating a high-level mastery of typography, layout, visual systems, and motion graphics
- Advanced expertise in standard design software including Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop)
- Ability to work independently with minimal guidance in complex, fast-moving environments while leading small project phases
- Familiarity with AI-assisted design tools like Adobe Firefly or Figma AI, and how they can fit into design workflows
- Experience working in a fast-paced editorial, digital news, or financial media publication
- Advanced knowledge of web motion standards, vector animation, and scalable design templates
Benefits
- Flexible hybrid work options
- Incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions
- Healthcare
- A great 401k
- Backup childcare
- Education stipends
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