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.
Key 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.
Requirements For a Successful Candidate:- 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.
- Motion graphics and animation experience is a plus.
- Exposure to art direction and participation in larger creative campaigns is highly desirable.
- 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.
Physical Effort: - Prolonged periods of sitting at a computer
- Dexterity for using design tools and equipment
- Ability to distinguish colors, fonts, and images
- Ability to concentrate on detailed tasks
- Occasional lifting of light equipment (e.g., printers, monitors)
- Standing or walking for short periods, such as during meetings or presentations
Engagement Details: - Engagement: Full-Time Employment
- Classification: Exempt
- Schedule: Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM.
- Location: On-Site - Midtown, New York, NY
- Compensation: $80,000 - $85,000 + Comprehensive Benefits Package
Perks & 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
