Senior Multimedia Designer

Job description

**This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Multimedia Designer based in the United States.** Join a mission-driven environmental organization using powerful communications to advance environmental protection, economic policy, and social justice. As a Senior Multimedia Designer, you will create compelling visual content that supports advocacy campaigns and helps diverse audiences understand complex policy issues. You will produce a wide range of creative assets, including infographics, reports, social media graphics, videos, animations, and digital materials. Combining advanced design expertise with strong visual storytelling, you will transform research, data, and technical information into accessible and engaging communications. Working closely with communications, campaign, and digital teams, you will manage creative projects from concept through delivery while maintaining consistent brand standards. This role offers the opportunity to use your creativity to strengthen public engagement and contribute to meaningful environmental and social change. ### Accountabilities: You will lead the development of high-quality visual and multimedia materials that support organizational communications and campaign priorities across multiple platforms. Your responsibilities will include: - **Visual Design and Content Development:** Design and produce creative assets for digital, social media, web, print, and other communications channels. - Translate complex policy issues, campaign objectives, research, data, and technical information into clear, accessible, and compelling visual communications. - Create reports, white papers, briefings, infographics, social media graphics, and other materials that strengthen campaign messaging and organizational visibility. - Apply advanced design principles, including layout, typography, composition, and visual hierarchy, to improve readability, accessibility, and audience engagement. - **Multimedia and Video Production:** Develop video and multimedia content from initial concepts through editing and final delivery, including animation, motion graphics, and other visual storytelling assets. - Adapt multimedia content to different platforms, formats, and audiences while maintaining visual consistency and communications effectiveness. - **Visual Storytelling and Information Design:** Develop illustrations, data visualizations, infographics, and other visual tools that make complex concepts easier to understand. - Recommend creative storytelling approaches and select or adapt visual assets that align with campaign objectives and audience needs. - **Creative Project Management:** Manage assigned projects throughout the creative lifecycle, from initial requests and concept development to production and final delivery. - Establish timelines, clarify project requirements, communicate progress, and coordinate effectively with colleagues and stakeholders. - Balance multiple assignments, adjust priorities as organizational needs evolve, and maintain organized project files and creative assets for collaboration and future use. - **Creative Collaboration and Brand Consistency:** Partner with communications, campaign, digital, and other teams to understand creative needs and develop effective visual solutions. - Apply established brand guidelines and creative direction consistently across all deliverables. - Provide design recommendations and creative guidance while incorporating feedback and maintaining strong standards for accessibility, visual quality, and communication. **Requirements:** You are an experienced multimedia design professional with a strong creative portfolio, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to turn complex information into effective visual stories. You can work independently while collaborating closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality materials that support broader communications goals. - At least 7 years of relevant professional experience in graphic design, multimedia design, visual communications, or a related field, with demonstrated experience producing content across multiple formats. - Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. - Demonstrated experience with video editing and motion graphics tools, such as Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, or comparable software. - Strong understanding of visual design principles, including typography, layout, composition, visual hierarchy, and information design. - Experience creating content for social media and digital platforms, with an understanding of platform-specific requirements and evolving audience engagement practices. - Proven ability to translate complex information, research, data, and technical concepts into clear and compelling visual materials. - Strong project management and organizational skills, including sound judgment, independent project ownership, deadline management, and the ability to balance competing priorities. - Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships and provide creative guidance to colleagues and stakeholders. - Current authorization to work in the United States. Employment-related visa sponsorship is not available. Additional qualifications that would be advantageous include: - Experience developing visual communications in a nonprofit, advocacy, public-interest, or other mission-driven environment. - A portfolio demonstrating visual design work supporting advocacy initiatives, public education, or campaign objectives. - Experience coordinating and editing video and photography production, including collaboration with external creative partners. - Proficiency in photo retouching and color correction. - Experience designing presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint or comparable presentation software. - A commitment to inclusive communications and the ability to create visual materials that engage diverse audiences. **Benefits:** - **Salary:** Annual compensation ranging from **$84,000 to $88,000**. - **Mission-driven impact:** The opportunity to use design and multimedia storytelling to advance environmental protection, public education, and social justice. - **Creative ownership:** The ability to manage projects from concept to completion and contribute creative recommendations across campaigns and communications initiatives. - **Cross-functional collaboration:** Work with colleagues across communications, digital, and campaign teams to develop impactful visual content. - **Inclusive workplace:** An equal opportunity employer that encourages applications from women, people of color, and other underrepresented groups who can contribute to staff diversity.