Content Designer

270 Strategies

ABOUT US:

We named our firm “270” for the number of electoral votes required to win the White House. Our team includes key leadership from across the Obama and Clinton campaigns, and we constantly hustle to achieve presidential-level work.

In our first four years, we’ve partnered with nearly 300 campaigns, companies, and causes to develop engagement strategies that connect them to the people they care about in a meaningful way.

We’ve worked with established organizations to make them more efficient, and helped innovators build campaigns and companies from the ground up. We’re changing the way our clients put their ideas into action – and changing the world in the process.

https://www.270strategies.com


Position Details

Content Designer
Job
Full-time
7/18/2017
Chicago Illinois
Chicago, IL

270 Strategies is looking for a Designer to join our Content Team. She or he will work closely with our Content Director and a growing team of digital writers, as well as with project managers and strategists, to help clients achieve their programmatic goals through the digital space. Whether it’s designing a social media share graphic, a digital ad campaign, an infographic, a graphic email, or a brand identity, you know how to tell a story visually — and how to solve a communication challenge in a clear, aesthetically pleasing, and highly engaging manner. We’re looking for someone with an eye for innovative design — someone interested in setting and consistently raising the standard for excellent and immersive digital design in the progressive space.

Successful candidates are creative, collaborative self-starters with a strong visual design background who keep up with digital trends and are experienced in creating innovative content for social media marketing campaigns, websites, apps, and other digital media properties for nonprofits, companies, or political campaigns.

We’re looking for a scrappy self-starter with 2-5 years of experience who is ready to dive into work with our clients (that said, if you haven't been in the game that long, but you're totally awesome, come show us why we should hire you anyway).

This position will be based in Chicago, IL, or Washington, D.C.

Applicants should submit a resume and their Portfolio URL. Salary and benefits commensurate with experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Conceive and execute inspiring, visually engaging digital designs for a variety of clients 
  • Create powerful and effective visual graphics, such as infographics and social media graphics, digital ads, email templates, logos, and more 
  • For special projects, team up with developers, strategists, and others to conceptualize and design the overall framework, language, and UI for complex digital assets such as data visualizations and other immersive design products 
  • Ability and willingness to work with a variety of CRM and CMS tools
  • Assist project managers in timeline development, project estimates, and deliverable creation 
  • Participate in client meetings as needed

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Innovative portfolio of work exhibiting high-level design skills 
  • Familiarity with share graphic, digital ad, and email best practices 
  • Keep up-to-date with the latest design trends in ads, social media, and email 
  • Expert experience with Adobe Creative Suite and other relevant tools 
  • Expert understanding of and passion for typography, composition, and color 
  • Fluency in professional print and web design standards and principles 
  • Experience working directly with clients and developers 
  • Comfort working in a range of styles, formats, and processes 
  • Ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and thrive under pressure 
  • Experience with branding, visual identity, and logo creation a plus 
  • Basic familiarity with HTML and CSS 
  • Experience at an agency or in-house creative department preferred

Salary and benefits commensurate with experience.



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