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Design Manager

Council On Foreign Relations 🇺🇸 United States, 97-30 57th Avenue, New York, NY 11368, United States of America

$120,000 - $140,000 Full-time Manager

Produce polished, high-quality design across digital products, branding, editorial features, print publications, and organizational campaigns while maintaining CFR’s brand standards. Provide design feedback, lead complex initiatives, collaborate with freelance creatives and cross-functional teams, and develop reusable templates and design documentation.

Responsibilities

  • Produce polished, high-quality design across digital products, branding, editorial features, print publications, and organizational campaigns while maintaining CFR’s brand standards. Provide design feedback, lead complex initiatives, collaborate with freelance creatives and cross-functional teams, and develop reusable templates and design documentation.

Requirements

  • Requires at least seven years of design experience across brand, digital, and print work, a portfolio demonstrating strong execution and design direction, and expert Figma proficiency. Candidates need experience with print production, organizational brand standards or design systems, and contractor workflows; a bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience is required.

Key Skills

Design leadership Digital product design Branding Editorial design Print production Campaign design Figma Design systems Template creation Design documentation Freelance creative collaboration Cross‑functional teamwork Feedback provision Complex initiative management Attention to brand standards Project coordination Communication Strategic thinking Problem solving Mentoring

About Council On Foreign Relations

The mission of the Council on Foreign Relations is to inform U.S. engagement with the world. Founded in 1921, CFR is a nonpartisan, independent national membership organization, think tank, educator, and publisher, including of Foreign Affairs. It generates policy-relevant ideas and analysis, convenes experts and policymakers, and promotes informed public discussion—all to have impact on the most consequential issues facing the United States and the world. CFR's website, www.cfr.org, is a trusted, nonpartisan source of timely analysis and context on international events and trends. CFR publishes the bimonthly Foreign Affairs magazine, widely-considered to be the most influential magazine for the analysis and debate of foreign policy and economics. Follow us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cfr_org/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cfr_org X: http://x.com/CFR_org YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/cfr/featured Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/councilonforeignrelations

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