Job description
Global Spiritual Life is seeking a highly motivated and responsible Undergraduate Graphic Designer for the Fall 2025 semester. Please include a current portfolio with your application (e.g., website or social media portfolio).
Global Spiritual Life
Global Spiritual Life offers religious, spiritual, and secular communities empowering contemplative tools for self- and community-care, bridge-building, and resilience in order to build Beloved Community at NYU. Our center offers restorative and educational workshops, interfaith leadership development, cohort-based learning, and community gatherings in order to support the full spectrum and diversity of university life
Job Responsibilities
The Graphic Designer will report to Office Manager Abby Palfreyman (akp7830@nyu.edu).
Responsibilities include:
- Design Creation: Develop visually engaging and on-brand digital and print materials, including promotional graphics, social media visuals, brochures, posters, and other marketing material.
- Brand Consistency: Maintain and enhance the institution’s brand guidelines across all design projects, ensuring consistent visual identity and messaging.
- Project Management: Prioritize and manage multiple design projects simultaneously, meeting deadlines and adjusting priorities as needed.
- Content Adaptation: Modify and repurpose existing assets to fit new formats and platforms (web, print, social media, etc.)
- Newsletter: Support with graphics for weekly and special newsletters and other office communications
Qualifications and Required Skills
- Expertise in Adobe CC Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, LightRoom, etc.)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills are required, background in communications is preferred
- Professional experience in graphic design
- Color correction and color matching acuity
- Comfort with producing both digital and print materials, and should understand the different parameters for each output
- Knowledge and proficiency in designing visuals for Facebook, Instagram (Stories, Feed, Reels), TikTok, and LinkedIn
- Familiarity with Google platforms (e.g. Docs, Sheets, Slides)
- You must be able to lift medium-weight boxes (approx. 20ibs)
- Experience in an administrative and/or office role is preferred
This is a part-time, in-person position open to undergraduate students only. Evaluations will be conducted at the end of every semester.
Hours and Compensation
This position is for 10-15 hours a week (in person) beginning the Fall 2025 Semester ($17/ hour). This position is open to undergraduate students only. Evaluations will be conducted at the end of every semester.
In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the hourly base salary range for student employment positions are $16.50-$18 per hour for undergraduate students and $29.00-$30 per hour for graduate students. The hourly rate for graduate employees is based on the collective bargaining agreement with Local 2110.
NYU’s Global Spiritual Life is committed to being a welcoming campus community that reflects and enacts the values of inclusion, diversity, belonging, and equity that informs academic excellence. Administrators in this organization are expected to contribute to diverse, equitable, inclusive learning and working environments for our students, staff, and faculty.
- Federal Work-Study is not required for this role, unless specifically stated within the job description. If you are eligible to receive Federal Work-Study funds, your eligibility status will be disclosed to the hiring manager to ensure proper processing if hired.