Families USA, a leading national voice for health care consumers, is dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all. We advance our mission through public policy analysis, advocacy, and collaboration with partners to promote a patient- and community-centered health system.
We are hiring an Art Director to supervise creative design within Families USA's Communications Department. Working closely with a small team of editors and designers, the Art Director turns complex concepts, data, and information into visually engaging, intuitive, compelling products that effectively communicate messaging objectives to a variety of target audiences.
Responsibilities:
- Develop information graphics from concept through execution
- Design and layout longer (20 page) research reports, as well as shorter briefs and fact sheets
- Recommend ways to repurpose or redesign existing visuals and data from print reports into engaging and visually compelling products/visuals for a broader web audience
- Maintain, redesign, or create templates for research reports, briefs, and fact sheets
- Create social media and digital marketing promotional and advocacy graphics (Facebook, Twitter, email, etc.)
- Design logos and brand elements for emerging product lines as needed
- Create primary and supporting visuals for website (banners, promo images, etc.)
- Design marketing and consumer advocacy materials (print), including brochures, fact sheets, and other collateral
- Design event and conference materials (print)
- Conduct image research
- Illustrate (light) as needed to supplement or alter stock art
- Advise Digital team on webpage composition and functionality
- Foster and manage vendor relationships for print products
- Manage design staff and temp designers
An ideal applicant would possess these qualifications:
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in design-related field
- At least 10 years of experience as lead/senior designer or art director, plus at least five years of experience supervising and mentoring other designers
- Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud products (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign in particular), and must be highly proficient in working with raw data in Excel
- Working knowledge of coding for Web and mobile platforms (for example, HTML, CSS, JS)
- A proven track record of developing and maintaining brand awareness across different channels
- Extensive experience developing and designing data-intensive graphics and proven ability to turn complex concepts into compelling visual products
- Demonstrated knowledge of best practices in the field of data visualization
- Experience designing a range of print-based products, such as research reports and marketing materials
- Exceptional attention to detail and quality control
- Experience managing projects and people across teams and at varying levels of seniority
- Good balance of analytical thinking combined with creativity
- Superior communications skills
- Patience, flexibility, sense of humor, persistence, and tact
- Experience working in a research/advocacy environment is a plus
To apply, send a cover letter and resume by email to careers@familiesusa.org and include "Art Director" in the subject line. Your application must include a portfolio of work samples via PDF or a link to preview the portfolio. The salary will be commensurate with experience. Families USA offers a generous benefits package, including excellent health insurance, life and long-term disability insurance benefits, and generous vacation, sick leave, and holiday schedules. Families USA is an equal opportunity employer.
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