New York Sports Club and our family of brands, including Fhitting Room, is a long-standing, dynamic fitness club brand with locations in the Northeast, Florida, and Switzerland. We consider ourselves your local neighborhood gym!  It is our goal to provide our members with fitness results, positive change and personal connections through innovative programming and knowledgeable staff. Our mission is to “Improve Lives Through Fitness”. Our success comes from continuously modeling and promoting the mission, values, and guiding principles with pride and integrity.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Continuously modeling and promoting the NYSC and our family of brands mission, mission statement, and values with pride and integrity.
• Reviewing and adhering to all NYSC and our family of brands documents including but not limited to policies and procedures, employee handbook, state supplement, codes of conduct, etc. 
• Concept, design, and execute creative campaigns that break through across platforms and elevate the brand.
• Explore and execute design and branding elements across all channels including but not limited to email, social, collateral, signage, retail and web design.
• Support the team members with projects including photo and video shoots, presentations and 360-degree design implementations.
• Complete last-minute tasks, making changes, obtaining approvals in short amounts of time in order to meet business needs.
• Identify and partner with external agencies, merch vendors, photographers, video producers and other third parties as needed.
• Support your ideas with strategic rationale, while staying open to other solutions.
• Stay up to date on the latest software and techniques of design, graphics, layouts, typography, and photography.
• Maintain and evolve (as needed) the Brand Guidelines and logo/identity.
• Use effective time management and organizational skills to maintain effective workflow, meet deadlines, and operate within budget.
• Additional duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS EXPERIENCE

• BFA in Graphic Design or equivalent
• 5-7 years experience as a graphic designer
• Strong portfolio exhibiting concept and original design (key art, web and interactive media experience a plus).
• Exceptional skills in the Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign are required
• Experience with GIFs, After Effects and motion design is a plus
• Highly motivated self-starter, with the ability to work both collaboratively and independently.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to incorporate feedback, communicate design decisions, and iterate on tight timelines.
• Must be highly organized, passionate, collaborative, energetic, positive
• Portfolio should demonstrate cutting-edge creative that stands out from the clutter, fresh thinking and a creative approach to problem solving.
• Proactive team player and problem solver with the ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities.
• UI/UX understanding, with dedication to maintaining current best practices is a plus
• Ability to proficiently use our timekeeping system and any other computer programs required to meet the business needs.