Studio Design Lead Job at Starfish, New York, NY

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  • Starfish
  • New York, NY

Job Description

Starfish is looking for a Studio Design Lead — someone who thrives in a fast-paced creative environment, produces exceptional work under tight timelines, and brings thoughtful leadership to a team of studio designers. This is a hybrid role combining hands-on design execution with day-to-day creative guidance across high-volume, quick-turn deliverables.

You’ll be responsible for designing a wide range of visual assets — from presentations and social content to print and digital collateral — while ensuring the team delivers work that is on-brand, high-quality, and executionally sound. We're looking for someone who respects brand systems, sweats the details, and brings an eye for excellence to every deliverable.

What You’ll Do
  • Design : Produce high-quality assets across print, digital, social, and presentation formats.
  • Guide Production : Help shape and prioritize the work of the studio team, providing design direction and ensuring creative standards are met across all deliverables.
  • Execute Brand Systems : Work within existing brand guidelines and templates, extending them as needed without sacrificing consistency or quality.
  • File Standards : Ensure working files are organized, clean, replicable, and up to Starfish’s internal standards.
  • Collaborate : Partner with account managers, project managers, and senior creatives to meet fast-moving deadlines.
  • Elevate : Help improve team workflows, templates, and systems to drive efficiency and scalability.
  • Balance : Combine high-volume production with strategic design thinking, all while keeping calm under pressure.
What You Bring
  • 3–5 years of professional design experience, ideally in a fast-paced studio or agency setting
  • A portfolio that shows versatility, attention to detail, and high production standards
  • Experience guiding or mentoring other designers in a collaborative studio environment
  • Advanced skills in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop); Figma and PowerPoint
  • Strong ability to adapt, extend, and work within existing brand systems
  • Excellent file hygiene and organizational habits — your working files are always handoff-ready
  • A collaborative, can-do attitude and the ability to thrive in high-volume environments

This is a full-time, hybrid position based in New York.

If you’re passionate about creative production, enjoy collaborative leadership, and take pride in beautiful, bulletproof design, we’d love to hear from you.

Job Tags

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