Art Director - Families USA - Washington DC

[Ben D]

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 car...@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.