OPEN POSITION - GRAPHIC DESIGNER (PT-CONTRACT)
2026
Y S D M studio is currently looking for a contract graphic designer to work on small publications, website design, creative studio identity, and visual & design asset management. We are seeking an independent designer to engage with on a temporary contract either project-based or hourly. This individual would collaborate on a series of graphic design initiatives as our practice engages in larger-scope projects.
Scope of Work
Publication Design & Associated Websites
• Design and produce two small-format publications from concept through print-ready files, including editorial layout, typography, and image editing.
• Design and build (or direct the build of) an associated website for each publication, maintaining visual and tonal consistency across print and digital formats
Creative Studio Identity
• Develop a comprehensive visual identity system for a YSDM creative studio initiative, including naming support if needed, logo design, typographic system, color palette, and a concise set of brand guidelines for ongoing use
Visual & Digital Asset Management
• Conduct a systematic inventory of YSDM’s existing graphic, photographic, and digital resources — including drawings, renderings, and archival imagery
• Organize and structure these assets in a clear, navigable system for internal use and in preparation for an updated firm website
• Collaborate with the team on the selection and sequencing of portfolio content
Most importantly, we seek someone who can contribute to a positive work environment, who maintains professionalism and patience in high-level work. The right candidate is willing to work as a team, follow instructions carefully and attentively, and be a good collaborator.
Open date: March 15th
Application Period: Open until filled
Duration: Project-Based tbd
Hours per Week: Project-Based tbd
Hourly Rate: Commensurate with experience
Apply: See Below
Our ideal candidate has:
• Background in or coursework related to architecture, interior design, or the built environment
• Experience with publication or editorial design
• Familiarity with digital asset management systems and file naming/organization conventions
• Prior work with a design, architecture, or cultural institution
Requirements:
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite — InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop
• Knowledge and experience in small-scale publications, in particular, artists’ books and portfolios
• Knowledge and experience with architectural graphics, technical drawing conventions, and design communication standards
• Knowledge and experience working with architectural, design, and art content
• Fluency with web design and CMS platforms (Cargo, Squarespace, Figma, or similar)
To Apply:
Please email a single PDF to info@ysdm.studio containing both your CV and Portfolio.
Please label the PDF as follows:
OpenPosition_GraphicDesigner_FirstNameLastName.pdf
Subject line of email:
Open Position - Graphic Designer - First Name Last Name
Thank you!
2026
Y S D M studio is currently looking for a contract graphic designer to work on small publications, website design, creative studio identity, and visual & design asset management. We are seeking an independent designer to engage with on a temporary contract either project-based or hourly. This individual would collaborate on a series of graphic design initiatives as our practice engages in larger-scope projects.
Scope of Work
Publication Design & Associated Websites
• Design and produce two small-format publications from concept through print-ready files, including editorial layout, typography, and image editing.
• Design and build (or direct the build of) an associated website for each publication, maintaining visual and tonal consistency across print and digital formats
Creative Studio Identity
• Develop a comprehensive visual identity system for a YSDM creative studio initiative, including naming support if needed, logo design, typographic system, color palette, and a concise set of brand guidelines for ongoing use
Visual & Digital Asset Management
• Conduct a systematic inventory of YSDM’s existing graphic, photographic, and digital resources — including drawings, renderings, and archival imagery
• Organize and structure these assets in a clear, navigable system for internal use and in preparation for an updated firm website
• Collaborate with the team on the selection and sequencing of portfolio content
Most importantly, we seek someone who can contribute to a positive work environment, who maintains professionalism and patience in high-level work. The right candidate is willing to work as a team, follow instructions carefully and attentively, and be a good collaborator.
Open date: March 15th
Application Period: Open until filled
Duration: Project-Based tbd
Hours per Week: Project-Based tbd
Hourly Rate: Commensurate with experience
Apply: See Below
Our ideal candidate has:
• Background in or coursework related to architecture, interior design, or the built environment
• Experience with publication or editorial design
• Familiarity with digital asset management systems and file naming/organization conventions
• Prior work with a design, architecture, or cultural institution
Requirements:
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite — InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop
• Knowledge and experience in small-scale publications, in particular, artists’ books and portfolios
• Knowledge and experience with architectural graphics, technical drawing conventions, and design communication standards
• Knowledge and experience working with architectural, design, and art content
• Fluency with web design and CMS platforms (Cargo, Squarespace, Figma, or similar)
To Apply:
Please email a single PDF to info@ysdm.studio containing both your CV and Portfolio.
Please label the PDF as follows:
OpenPosition_GraphicDesigner_FirstNameLastName.pdf
Subject line of email:
Open Position - Graphic Designer - First Name Last Name
Thank you!
INDEX
TEA HOUSE
Manitoga
Spring Street Garden
Woods Gerry
RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL
Lake Cabin
Rowhouse
Live/Work
Studio 2Q
CURATORIAL
Artist In Vacancy
Ann Street Gallery
EXHIBITIONS & WORKSHOPS
Dia: Chelsea
Bauhaus Dessau
Dia: Beacon
Arts Letters & Numbers
COMMISSIONS & COLLABORATIONS
Codas
Dance Platform
Winter Solstice Bells
Hako Sushi
Bubuto
Salo
TEA HOUSE
Manitoga
Spring Street Garden
Woods Gerry
RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL
Lake Cabin
Rowhouse
Live/Work
Studio 2Q
CURATORIAL
Artist In Vacancy
Ann Street Gallery
EXHIBITIONS & WORKSHOPS
Dia: Chelsea
Bauhaus Dessau
Dia: Beacon
Arts Letters & Numbers
COMMISSIONS & COLLABORATIONS
Codas
Dance Platform
Winter Solstice Bells
Hako Sushi
Bubuto
Salo
Y S D M is the collaborative studio
of Yoshihiro Sergel & Diana Mangaser,
currently based in Newburgh, NY.
Our practice imagines design as a prismatic lens in which we integrate spatial awareness, architectural sensibility, and aesthetics into the structure of everyday environments we immerse ourselves and invite others to engage in.
Our work aims to mediate the oft divisive disciplinary separation between the speculative yet generative exercises of theoretical inquiry and the immediacy of praxis by undertaking the task of seeing such speculations through to built form.
By selecting to operate from a ground-up, environmentally, economically, and socially conscious framework, we leverage constraints as part of a framework from which we continuously develop our position and conceptual lines of study.
As of late, our interest lies in tea culture; intersections between cultural/traditional materials and methods with contemporary forms; what a regenerative architecture may come to be.
of Yoshihiro Sergel & Diana Mangaser,
currently based in Newburgh, NY.
Our practice imagines design as a prismatic lens in which we integrate spatial awareness, architectural sensibility, and aesthetics into the structure of everyday environments we immerse ourselves and invite others to engage in.
Our work aims to mediate the oft divisive disciplinary separation between the speculative yet generative exercises of theoretical inquiry and the immediacy of praxis by undertaking the task of seeing such speculations through to built form.
By selecting to operate from a ground-up, environmentally, economically, and socially conscious framework, we leverage constraints as part of a framework from which we continuously develop our position and conceptual lines of study.
As of late, our interest lies in tea culture; intersections between cultural/traditional materials and methods with contemporary forms; what a regenerative architecture may come to be.