Designer

Job Opportunity: Designer at Protect Democracy

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Protect Democracy seeks an experienced, multidisciplinary Designer to join our communications team. Under the supervision of the Design Strategist, you’ll work with our impact teams to produce engaging, strategy-driven designs for use across print, digital, and social media platforms. Your contributions will play a key role in advancing our anti-authoritarian mission, ensuring that our publications and other visual products are consistent and compelling.

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About the Role:

This is an excellent opportunity for an eager collaborator and versatile designer with a deep understanding of visual systems, typography, and grid-based layouts. Your portfolio should display not only impeccable design skills, but also strategic communications thinking and the ability to innovate within the constraints of an established brand system. Prior experience working with political or nonprofit organizations is a plus. A commitment to our mission and cross-ideological strategy for defending our democracy is essential. For this role, you can work remotely from any location in the United States; some travel is required.

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Designer Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with project leads, researchers, writers, and other members of the communications team to understand each project’s goals and develop design solutions that support our mission and theories of change;
• Create print and digital materials for project teams across the organization that reflect our visual brand identity, including reports and white papers, explainers, slide decks, informational and social media graphics, websites, and illustration;
• Design and innovate within our established visual identity system;
• Source and edit photos into conceptual collage illustrations;
• Balance multiple projects and priorities, including managing deadlines, anticipating challenges, and communicating proactively to keep processes on-track;
• Effectively communicate design concepts and strategies to non-designers;
• Format and prepare files in keeping with technical production standards for print and digital media;
• Support the Design Strategist in maintaining and strengthening our visual brand identity, including by developing new templates, tools, and assets;
• Explore and propose new creative ideas or approaches for advancing our mission.