Job Description
Fresh Tape Media is looking for a Junior Production Designer to join our team. Fresh Tape Media works with brands, sports properties, and media companies to produce one-of-a-kind, made-for-social content. From quick-turn productions to fully custom builds, we help brands drive engagement by creating content people actually want to watch and share and memorialize a moment!
This role is ideal for someone early in their career who has foundational production design skills, some hands-on experience, and is ready to take on more responsibility with some of the most iconic brand names in the world! You’ll support the production team across a variety of projects, contributing to concept development, set design, on-set execution and liaising with vendors & fabrication partners. An eye for design (interior, spatial, experiential, or production) and a proactive, team-first attitude are essential.
Responsibilities include:
Research & Concept Development
- Support the development of visual references, mood boards, and design directions for projects
- Contribute ideas during early concepting phases
- Assist in testing materials and approaches for feasibility and execution
Set Design & Planning
- Create sketches, mocks, technical drawings and 3D models (Adobe Suite, SketchUp, LayOut, V-Ray preferred)
- Help build and refine production design presentations for internal and client-facing use
- Maintain organized production design documentation across projects
- Be able to answer internal and external questions to production design approach confidently
Prop & Material Sourcing
- Source props, set decor, and materials aligned with creative direction and budget
- Communicate with vendors, rental houses, and fabricators for quotes, availability, and identify any opportunities for efficiencies
- Track purchased and rented items, helping maintain inventory across projects
- Coordinate logistics for deliveries, pickups, and returns
- Develop and maintain a knowledge base of vendors, their product ranges and policies pertaining to shipping, delivery and returns
On-Set Execution
- Assist in building, assembling, and styling sets on shoot days
- Support prop placement and ensure visual consistency with the intended design
- Help troubleshoot design challenges in real-time during production
- Participate in strike and breakdown, including planning for reuse or storage of materials
- Support Production Designer on larger, more complex activations
- Assist the Production Designer in coordinating Art Department members and logistics as needed
- Occasionally represent Fresh Tape Media as the sole on-site Production Designer for activations
Basic Qualifications:
- Strong portfolio with spec work and/or realized concepts
- 2 years of relevant experience (internships, freelance, academic work, or entry-level roles count!)
- Basic knowledge of on-set etiquette and protocols is desirable
- Working knowledge of Photoshop, G-suite, SketchUp and/or other tools for 3D modeling, rendering and creation of technical drawings
- Strong understanding of spatial design and visual composition
- High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
- Organized and able to keep track of assets, materials, approvals, and timelines
- Strong communication skills and willingness to collaborate across teams
- Self-starter who can take direction but also work independently when needed
- Positive attitude, flexibility, and problem-solving mindset
Job Type: Full-time
Compensation: $55k - $65k annual base salary, commensurate with experience
Work Location: NYC or Denver, CO (3 days in office: Tues-Thurs. Mon and Fri remote)
Reports To: Senior Production Designer
Anticipated Start Date: October 1, 2026
Full-Time Benefits Include:
- Medical insurance/dental insurance/vision insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
- 401K through Human Interest w/ Company Matching Program
- Education Assistance Reimbursement
- Cell Phone Reimbursement
- Gym Reimbursement or Epic Pass
- Access to Wellhub membership
- 100% employer charitable donation match
- 18 days of paid vacation per year (+ additional PTO day for every 2-year anniversary)
- 12 Holidays (New Years Day, MLK, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve)
- Paid sick time, bereavement leave, and parental leave
- Flex days if you're traveling for work on the weekends/holidays
- 3 flexible remote weeks per year (+1 optional in-office week in the New York office)
- Flexible remote weeks around Thanksgiving week, Christmas week, and New Year’s week
- Annual bonus
- Competitive Commission Structure