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We need someone who has built brands, websites, campaign concepts, and digital creative from the ground up, not just contributed edits to someone else’s work. A strong portfolio is required, and it should show original thinking, polished execution, and the ability to carry a design system across multiple formats.\nThe right person brings a clear design perspective, understands the audience, and can explain how a design captures attention, organizes information, and moves a person toward action. Website design is a major part of this role, so UI/UX experience is strongly encouraged.\nThis person must be comfortable taking rough input, developing creative direction, presenting ideas, incorporating feedback, and moving quickly without losing quality. We would strongly prefer someone with agency, consulting, advocacy, public affairs, political, or other fast-moving client service experience.\nKey Responsibilities:\nLead design for websites, landing pages, digital ads, social graphics, email templates, PowerPoint decks, reports, one-pagers, and marketing materials.\nCreate original brand concepts, campaign identities, and visual systems from the ground up.\nApply and extend client brand standards across websites, digital campaigns, presentations, advertising, and email.\nDesign website layouts and user experiences that are clear, credible, and built around the intended audience.\nTranslate strategy, messaging, and client input into professional creative concepts.\nPresent design direction and explain how the work supports the audience, message, and goal.\nProduce creative for common social and display ad platforms.\nTake feedback, revise quickly, and keep projects moving.\nWork with internal teams, developers, and clients to move creative from concept to finished product.\nManage multiple projects in a fast-moving client service environment. \nRequirements\n7+ years of professional digital, graphic, web, or brand design experience.\nStrong portfolio showing original website design, branding, campaign creative, digital ads, presentations, and marketing materials.\nDemonstrated experience building creative from the ground up.\nStrong skills in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.\nStrong understanding of typography, layout, hierarchy, composition, color, user flow, and digital production.\nExperience designing websites, landing pages, and digital user experiences.\nAbility to work within existing client brand standards while still producing strong, original work.\nAbility to explain design choices clearly and professionally.\nExperience designing for social, display, and digital campaign channels.\nComfortable working under tight timelines with multiple rounds of feedback. \nPreferred Skills:\nAgency, consulting, campaign, advocacy, public affairs, or political experience.\nUI/UX experience, including wireframes, user flows, accessibility, and conversion-focused design.\nExperience with WordPress, Webflow, or similar website platforms.\nEmail template design experience.\nMotion graphics or light video editing experience.\nExperience working with developers on design handoff and QA.\nSalary Range: $90k-$135k/year\nBenefits\nAll positions are Full-Time, with competitive compensation, medical benefits, paid vacation, 401k plan and stock options. 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