Industrial Color

Product Designer

• Contribute to the ideation and development of innovative visual merchandising concepts and experiential design strategies that elevate brand presence and drive consumer engagement across various retail touchpoints.
• Develop and execute detailed mock-ups, high-fidelity renders, and technical drawings for proposed merchandising solutions and experiential activations, ensuring design integrity and practical feasibility.
• Prepare and deliver clear and engaging presentations to internal stakeholders, including marketing teams and zone partners, effectively communicating design intent and strategic rationale.
• Serve as the primary liaison between creative strategy and concept development, working closely with Project Managers in Visual Merchandising and Experiential Design to translate strategic vision into actionable directives and guidelines.
• Ensure all visual merchandising and experiential designs are fully aligned with marketing strategies and messaging, effectively supporting campaigns and product launches.
• Collaborate with regional/zone teams to support the adaptation and localization of global visual merchandising guidelines and experiential concepts, ensuring relevance and impact across diverse markets.
• Assist in the establishment, development, and maintenance of comprehensive visual merchandising guidelines, directives, and planograms to ensure consistent brand representation and execution excellence.
• Support coordination with external vendors and production partners to ensure high-quality execution of merchandising elements and experiential activations for strategic initiatives.

Design Manager, Visual Merchandising, Experiential Design

Designer

• Support the development of visual merchandising guidelines for all marketing programs.
• Sketch and design new visual merchandising concepts for events/hallmark spaces.
• Ownership and maintenance of VM asset library to support guidelines and planograms.
• Assist in building preliminary mockups of new concept design models and visual storyboards as needed.
• Assist in preparation of material and presentations for internal reviews.
• Project management, communication of and track timelines with external vendors and internal cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with the creative team and project manager to ensure on-time delivery of visual merchandising-related creative assets.

VM Designer

Artificial Intelligence

• Generate high-quality, photorealistic AI images and videos that meet commercial production standards.
• Produce additional styles (conceptual, stylized, illustrative, etc.) as needed by the brief.
• Translate creative direction into polished visual concepts and deliverables. For video: craft strong visual storytelling, narrative structure, pacing, and camera-driven sequences suitable for advertising and social-first formats.
• Apply post-production polish (retouching, compositing, cleanup, enhancement, color work, motion finishing) to elevate AI outputs to full delivery standards.
• Manage iterative generation pipelines efficiently and respond quickly to feedback.
• Stay current on emerging AI tools and techniques in both image and video generation.

AI Artist – Freelance to Permanent

Art Director

• Lead creative vision and concept development for campaigns, product launches, seasonal programs, and marketing initiatives.
• Execute full 2D layouts for print collateral, editorial spreads, packaging presentations, and marketing materials.
• Art direct and collaborate on photoshoots for e-commerce, social media, and campaigns; oversee retouching and final asset delivery.
• Produce assets end-to-end: comps, typography, preflight, and final files for both print and digital.
• Partner with marketing, product, and external agencies to translate brand messaging into visually compelling storytelling.
• Maintain and evolve the brand’s visual language across channels, ensuring consistency and elevated design quality.
• Mentor junior and mid-level designers, reviewing work and setting standards for craft, quality, and timelines.
• Manage external creative partners when necessary to scale production and editorial content.
• Support budgets, timelines, and workflow management across creative initiatives.

Senior Art Director – Hands-On Design

DevOps Engineer

• Own our AWS serverless infrastructure, including Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, S3, ECS, EFS, Route 53, and CloudFront.
• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, primarily in Azure DevOps (or comparable tools like TeamCity, GitHub Actions, etc.).
• Debug and resolve infrastructure issues end-to-end, understanding how data flows through our system and proactively identifying points of failure.
• Implement and lead best practices for monitoring, alerting, and incident response using Datadog.
• Establish and manage DevOps backlogs, priorities, and tasks independently, without needing constant direction.
• Champion operational excellence by driving initiatives that reduce incidents, improve observability, and increase deployment confidence.
• Collaborate closely with backend and frontend engineering teams to support deployment, configuration, and production readiness of new services.
• Identify opportunities for cost savings and infrastructure right-sizing and drive those initiatives through to completion.
• Contribute to documentation, process improvement, and DevOps tooling—leveraging automation wherever possible.
• Stay current on AWS advancements and DevOps best practices, applying them to continuously improve our platform.

Senior DevOps Engineer

• Work across print, packaging, social, digital, editing, and shooting, taking projects from concept through execution.
• Ensure all creative outputs reflect the brand’s vision and excellence.

Multidisciplinary Designer

• Focus exclusively on primary packaging including bottles, jars, tubes, compacts and applicators taking designs from concept through production.
• Seeking a hands-on designer with a strong conceptual approach, refined aesthetic, and passion for crafting innovative, functional and truly on-brand product experiences.

Senior Packaging Designer

Operations

• Own the organization, tagging, and distribution of all creative assets across internal teams, external partners, and global markets.
• Maintain and continuously optimize the brand’s digital asset management (DAM) system, ensuring assets are accurately cataloged, metadata is complete, and content is always current.
• Partner closely with Creative, Production, and Marketing to support campaign delivery, versioning, and localization workflows.
• Track and manage licensing, usage rights, and expiration timelines for all imagery, video, and music assets.
• Oversee creative workflow operations, including routing for review/approval, final delivery, and archiving.
• Ensure alignment with brand identity and creative guidelines across all materials.
• Act as the go-to resource for asset access, brand toolkit distribution, and best practices in asset management.
• Collaborate with internal IT and global teams to implement new systems, processes, and tools that enhance creative efficiency.
• Provide training and ongoing support to cross-functional partners on the proper use of brand assets and systems.

Brand Assets Manager – Creative Operations

Manager

• Industrial Color is looking for a Freelance Brand Asset Manager to partner with our client to cover for a leave of absence.
• This assignment will be from mid-January 2026 to approximately March 2026.
• The Brand Asset Manager is responsible for overseeing the organization, accessibility, and governance of all brand-related assets—including logos, photography, videos, templates, packaging files, and marketing collateral.
• This role ensures that all teams and partners use brand materials consistently, efficiently, and in alignment with brand standards.
• The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and fluent in digital asset management (DAM) platforms, with a strong understanding of creative workflows and brand integrity.
• This role operates in a hybrid capacity at our client's location in midtown Manhattan.
• Maintains integrity of entire product catalogue
• Facilitate the uploading and downloading of digital assets and product information (launch and re-launch)
• Existing asset load activities (live and historic assets, usage rights metadata, including validating accuracy)
• Product and Digital Asset management (assign appropriate taxonomy and metadata to assets)
• Assist with documenting processes and procedures
• Interact & work closely with internal teams to ensure adoption
• Promote the use of the digital asset management (DAM) and Product Information (PIM) system
• Support critical and time sensitive requests, enforces deadlines and on-time delivery
• Establish new metadata standards and values as required
• Develop visual workflows, data flows, process and business requirements
• Support on-going PIM & DAM user interface optimization /enhancements according to best practices &
• user feedback
• Creating and maintaining the user list including definition of roles, permissions, security policies, etc.
• Manage workflows on the PIM
• Communicates with teams to ensure content accuracy, consistency in form and best quality for delivery

Brand Asset Manager

Project Manager

• Oversee and drive the execution of all creative projects for beauty clients
• Act as the main point of contact between creative teams, marketing, production, and external vendors
• Maintain detailed project documentation, timelines, budgets, and status updates
• Anticipate challenges and proactively solve problems to keep projects on track
• Coordinate resources and workflows across multiple teams
• Implement processes and tools to improve efficiency and communication
• Support creative teams in prioritizing and managing multiple projects

Producer

• Own all aspects of a job from start to final delivery
• Review imagery from a creative lens to ensure that each one looks beautiful, campaigns are cohesive, and there are no mistakes.
• Act as the client’s eyes to ensure images deliver on client’s creative expectations and brief and are enhanced from the original.
• Collaborate with the Account Team on project deliverables – including deadlines, budgeted time available, and creative direction.
• Manage day-to-day workflow and images for client deadlines
• Responsible for meeting client deadlines and creative asks.
• Work with Account lead + Production Director to establish process, resources, budget, and workflow for accounts
• Serve as day to day liaison to clients and lead communications related to projects (file deliveries, schedules, receiving feedback, offering solutions, etc.)
• Manage project flow and workload with retouchers and prepress throughout the production process.
• Plan and organize project schedules.
• Attend and lead review sessions and production meetings.
• Manage quality control on all images being sent to clients – especially at end of process, serving as the final set of eyes before images are delivered as final.
• Meet Client deadlines.
• Track and manage time spent on each image to evaluate resource spend; produce reports and conduct post-mortem meetings in order to improve workflow.
• Ingest and track all files, markup proofs, markup files, emails, samples, hard drives
• Create estimates and monitor budget for jobs you are producing with Account Support.
• Contribute to a positive and team-oriented environment.
• Partner effectively with the Production, Prepress, and Retouching teams.
• Make decisions and actions in the interest of the company.

Creative Production Manager – Freelance, Industrial Color

• Industrial Color is looking for a visual merchandising designer to support our luxury beauty client.
• This role will start with a hybrid schedule, several days per week onsite in midtown Manhattan.
• The visual merchandising designer will be involved in various aspects of visual merchandising from initial design development to execution.
• The role involves developing innovative and customer centric design solutions through collaboration with the Retail and Merchandising teams.
• The designer will bring their ideas to life through presentation materials and detailed drawings.
• Additional responsibilities will include maintaining consistency of the brand VM style standards throughout the markets, partnering with retailers such as Sephora, Ulta and Department Stores.
• Accountabilities
• Work closely with the Retail Design and Visual Merchandising team to create compelling Visual Merchandising designs in POS
• Under guidance; develop and design seasonal and launch programs across beauty and fragrance categories for all retailers
• Design and guideline development for seasonal product launches including launch podiums, window displays, events and special projects based on briefs from global marketing and creative departments.
• The ability to design from initial concept through 3-D computer renderings
• Create 3D proposals and planograms for seasonal updates to permanent fixtures, counters and units
• Create technical drawings and planograms in Sketchup for merchandising displays, launch units, and permanent merchandising.
• Create comprehensive technical Design Turnovers for production vendors.
• Collaborate with internal cross-functional and external agency partners.
• Maintain inventory management of displays with suppliers
• Maintain awareness of trends, styles, materials and technology relative to the prestige and luxury beauty market.
• Maintain knowledge and awareness of sustainable design best practices and proactively apply to all projects.
• Support with project management and related administrative tasks with the creative and visual teams to ensure on-time release of all creative assets

Visual Merchandising Designer – Industrial Color Extended

Ecommerce

• The eCommerce Associate Creative Director is responsible for the creative direction and execution for one of Industrial Color’s largest ecom production clients. In this role, the ACD will handle all aspects of the ecom creative process, and ensure that the output of work on this account is continually meeting the client’s expectations, creative guidelines and quality.
• PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Manage and mentor a team of in house creatives, including art directors, photographers and stylists. Ensure resources are properly allocated to the shoot schedule and various project needs. Foster individual and team growth to continually meet client expectations and growing needs of the account.
• Oversee all creative initiatives including casting, special projects, lighting testing, video, from initial kick off through to execution.
• Partner with the client to determine how to best represent the wide array of products and multiple brand identities that exist within this account.
• Recruit and cultivate a team of freelance creatives - be able to provide clear feedback and direction and onboard new team members accordingly.
• Act as liaison between in house creative team and client; ultimately responsible for the success of the entire creative for this account.
• Act as on set art director for this account, shooting daily for the sub-brands within this account (Womens, Mens, Kids, Tabletop, etc).
• Ensure consistency across imagery when required, and alignment to client’s creative guides, while meeting productivity for each shoot day.
• Continuously review and assess the output of work from the team, identifying areas for further improvement and refinement.
• Keep up with ecom trends and best practices, and continually brainstorm ways to elevate the creative and streamline the creative process.
• Participate in the testing of new creative initiatives and approaches that can help enhance the output of images and overall productivity of the account.

eCommerce Associate Creative Director – Industrial Color

System Administrator

• Oversee and advance the technology backbone of advertising and creative production studios; ensure teams remain connected, secure, and productive
• Administer and monitor multi-site networks including firewalls, Dell/Meraki/Arista/UniFi switches, and wireless access points
• Handle daily IT operations and ticket management through Freshdesk/Freshservice
• Maintain and optimize enterprise storage and server systems (Isilon SmartPools, Synology) for consistent performance and uptime
• Manage employee onboarding and offboarding and support studio-critical applications (Google Workspace, Slack, Adobe Creative Cloud, Capture One)
• Administer shared storage access (SMB/NFS/AFP), enforce permissions, and resolve workflow issues across macOS, Windows, and Linux platforms
• Manage core SaaS and cloud platforms including Google Workspace, Slack, Freshservice, Addigy MDM, and Adobe licensing
• Provide responsive support to studio, production, and creative teams and partner with artists, retouchers, producers, and finance teams
• Document procedures, train staff on new tools, and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Serve as a bridge between creative production and IT; client-facing with internal and potential external clients

Systems Administrator

• Create dynamic, on-trend graphics for web, social media, email campaigns, POS displays, and packaging
• Bring fresh ideas to life that reflect the brand's youthful vibe and connect emotionally with the audience
• Ensure brand consistency across digital and print media while adapting to trends and customer expectations
• Support creation of eye-catching 3D renderings for in-store displays, product mock-ups, and retail environments using SketchUp
• Design innovative product displays and spatial concepts that enhance the consumer experience
• Collaborate with production teams to integrate 3D assets into physical and digital presentations
• Work closely with the Creative Director, product teams, and marketing to align campaign goals with brand voice
• Partner with designers and copywriters to enrich visual storytelling
• Lead and facilitate creative discussions with cross-functional teams
• Prepare digital and print files for production, manage color profiles, resolution, and output requirements
• Coordinate with vendors to produce print materials and assist with 3D production elements
• Handle multiple creative projects simultaneously, prioritize tasks, and manage workflow efficiently

Creative Designer, Beauty & Cosmetics

• As a Visual Merchandiser Designer with one our luxury beauty clients, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the execution of the brand's visual merchandising initiatives. Working within a dynamic and creative environment, you will be responsible for managing communication, timelines, and processes to ensure seamless execution. You will collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to deliver outstanding visual experiences that align with the brand's identity. This early career opportunity is expected to start at the end of this year and is perfect for an individual who wants to dive in and learn more about branding, visual merchandising and working in matrixed teams. You are a self-starter eager to be part of a driven team of creatives with 1-2 years prior experience working in a team environment.
• Some of the responsibilities of this role will include:
• Project management, communication of and track timelines with external vendors and internal cross-functional teams.
• Support the development of visual merchandising guidelines for all retail partners.
• Manage communications and requests from the field, ensuring timely fulfillment.
• Update merchandising guides, checklists, floor plans, and schematics for retail channels.
• Maintain and organize sourced visual merchandising elements inventory, placing orders as needed.
• Sketch and design new visual merchandising concepts for events/hallmark spaces.
• Assist in building preliminary mockups of new concept design models and storyboards as needed.
• Collaborate with the creative team to ensure on-time delivery of visual merchandising-related creative assets.

Visual Merchandiser, Industrial Color

• We are looking for an early career Retail Designer to partner with our luxury beauty client toward the end of this year. In this role you collaborate with the Visual Merchandising and Store Design teams to bring our client's brand to life. Your role will involve translating ideas into visually stunning realities, encompassing everything from graphics and architectural design to 3D rendering and fixture creation. From concept to execution, you'll work on a diverse range of projects, including shop-in-shops, free-standing stores, pop-up events, and trade shows. This role is perfect for an individual who wants to dive in and learn more about retail design and working in matrixed teams. You are a self-starter eager to be part of a driven team of creatives with 1-2 years prior experience working in a team environment. This role functions in a hybrid capacity with several days per week onsite at our client in midtown Manhattan.
• Some of the role responsibilities will include:
• Collaborate effectively within a dynamic team, while also demonstrating the ability to work independently and proactively on assigned tasks.
• Manage multiple projects, ensuring their timely completion and maintaining a sense of urgency when required.
• Contribute to the development, adaptation, and execution of new design concepts for retail fixtures, store layouts, displays, graphic applications, and more.
• Create 3D renderings and design intent drawings for internal reviews, vendor communications, and local store execution, using your expert SketchUp skills.
• Prepare flawless print-ready files for prototype production, maintaining consistency and adhering to naming and storage protocols.
• Maintain organized files for easy retrieval and uphold brand consistency across all touch-points .
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners and internal teams, demonstrating excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and tools, integrating new insights into your creative process.

Retail Designer – Industrial Color

Graphics Designer

• We are seeking a highly detail-oriented Graphic Designer to join our Los Angeles–based creative team on a temporary assignment, with a focus on chain merchandising and production design.
• This role requires someone who can manage a high volume of production files with speed and accuracy while maintaining brand consistency and meeting fast-paced deadlines.
• The ideal candidate thrives in a detail-driven environment, works well under pressure, and has the design skills to deliver high-quality, on-brand materials efficiently.
• Prior experience in the beauty industry is strongly preferred.

Graphic Designer, Production and Merchandising

• Freelance Graphic Designer focused on 2D design to create counter layouts and planograms for a luxury beauty client; hybrid role requiring several days onsite in mid-town Manhattan.
• Counter Layout Design: Collaborate with senior designers to develop compelling and functional counter layouts for retail spaces, considering space utilization and traffic flow.
• Planogram Development: Design and implement effective product placement strategies to ensure appealing and organized merchandise presentation.
• Design Iterations: Generate design iterations and revisions based on feedback from team members and stakeholders.
• In-Counter Design: Enhance in-counter displays incorporating branding elements and product information for cohesive presentation.
• InDesign Expertise: Use Adobe InDesign to create graphics, signage, and promotional materials for the retail environment.
• SketchUp: Apply basic SketchUp skills to create 3D visualizations and mock-ups to communicate design ideas.
• Collaboration: Work with visual merchandisers, marketing, and store operations to align designs with brand guidelines and objectives.
• Attention to Detail: Maintain accuracy and consistency in planograms and production art.
• Market Research: Stay updated with retail design trends, competitor strategies, and emerging technologies to contribute innovative ideas.

Freelance Graphic Designer - Industrial Color Extended

• Industrial Color is a creative production agency with studios in New York and Los Angeles, partnering with leading global brands.
• We’re seeking an experienced Art Director to join our New York team, leading creative projects across video, photography, digital design, and AI generation.
• You’ll work closely with creative directors, designers, and copywriters to shape and execute ideas from concept to final delivery, ensuring work is on-brand, strategically sound, and visually exceptional.
• Our creatives are brand storytellers, combining design, video, and photography expertise to create work that resonates.
• You’ll bring both vision and hands-on execution, guiding your team while contributing directly to the work.
• You thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, moving easily between business categories and leading your team to produce compelling, multi-platform creative across digital, social, OOH, and broadcast.
• Responsibilities
• Develop and deliver impactful creative solutions for brands and agencies
• Build strong partnerships with new and existing clients to drive growth and meet project goals
• Collaborate with partner organizations and agencies to ensure smooth, efficient creative execution
• Work closely with team leaders, artists, account managers, producers, and post-production to guarantee top-quality deliverables
• Lead creative pitches from initial concept through final presentation
• Mentor and inspire your team with passion and dedication
• Own and nurture the creative client relationship
• Proactively solve creative and production challenges
• Collaborate with organizational leaders on strategic creative development
• Clearly articulate ideas to internal teams and external stakeholders
• Direct photo and video production shoots with confidence and vision

• Industrial Color is a creative production agency with studios in New York and Los Angeles, partnering with top global brands. We’re looking for a full-time Graphic Designer to bring bold ideas to life across media, from title design and digital campaigns to presentations and research.
• You’re detail-obsessed fluent in design, art, color, composition, and typography, and thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments.
• Your portfolio shows sharp instincts, a unique point of view, and versatility across project types and scales.
• If you’re a self-starter who loves creating work that moves culture, we want to meet you.
• In this role you will:
• Conduct design research and source visual references to inspire and inform creative concepts
• Create polished, visually compelling presentations that communicate ideas effectively
• Design and produce digital banners, collateral, eCommerce assets, social posts, video title sequences, and graphic elements for multimedia projects
• Explore and develop distinctive color palettes to enhance visual impact
• Collaborate closely with the Creative Director, senior creatives, and producers to bring concepts to life
• Contribute to the development and delivery of compelling creative pitches
• Clearly articulate and present design ideas to internal teams and stakeholders
• Develop style guides and standards documentation to ensure visual consistency across projects
• Skills & Competencies
• Creative Excellence – Strong visual design skills with mastery of color, composition, typography, and layout across multiple platforms.
• Collaboration & Communication – Ability to work seamlessly with creative, production, and client teams while clearly articulating ideas and creative rationale.
• Adaptability & Problem-Solving – Comfort working across varied project types and scales, quickly pivoting between mediums while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines.