Senior Art Director

Do you want to use your powerful storytelling skills for social justice? Do you have a proven knack for moving ideas through video and on social media? Do you want to be part of an agency that has the honor of working with brilliant changemakers?

If so, Mighty Engine is looking for you.

We seek someone smart, hardworking, resourceful, and committed to good causes. Not a mere addition to the team, but a multiplier. Someone who can quickly demonstrate their added value to our efforts in advancing early literacy, educational equity, Black higher education, trauma healing, and other life-saving missions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Understand client goals, projects and timelines to help Mighty Engine continually exceed client expectations.
• Research branding and communications efforts and prepare insightful analysis briefs on findings.
• Simultaneously manage the creative process on multiple projects, from concept to completion, ensuring visual communication and brand standards are met.
• Create branding concepts, assets and guidelines for organizations and campaigns.
• Contribute compelling ideas during our “creative” brainstorming and strategy sessions.
• Create powerful design solutions for print, environmental, videography and digital products, including for social media marketing and advertising.
• Collaborate with and support a small team of 2-3 graphic designers.
• Oversee all visuals for client pitches, presentations and proposals.

REQUIREMENTS

As our clients are exclusively non-profit, cause-focused boundary-breakers, candidates must have a demonstrated passion for social justice and life experiences that ground this passion for a better world.

• Superb graphic design skills and interpersonal communications, including an appreciation for the interplay between copy and visuals, near-compulsive organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Fearless and curious about researching, learning and sharing new things.
• Expertise in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. Know-how in digital illustration. Proven ability to follow print and digital specifications and prepare final files for printer release. Working knowledge of Google Apps and Zoom.
• Multitalents, for example, in illustration, print layouts, website design (Squarespace and WordPress) and other creative skills.
• Confidence to work effectively with an extremely fast-paced, zero-drama team.
• Ability to work at a high speed, while remaining organized and flexible, continuously re-prioritizing efforts, to deliver a high volume of products and services—quickly and with quality.
• Ability to work remotely during pandemic, at times independently but always along with a team that is extremely talented, expressive about their viewpoints, caring and respectful of one another and willing to step up when called. Upbeat positive attitude to contribute to the positive energy of the team.
• Demonstrated interest in leveraging the power of branding, marketing, advertising, social media, multimedia, consumer and industry trends for good.

EDUCATION

Minimum three years of graphic design experience at an agency or working on multiple projects with multiple clients.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Mighty Engine values diversity, and is an equal opportunity employer. Interested candidates should send all of the following documents in one email to Jennifer Krout, our operations director: Resume and work samples or a link to your online portfolio.

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