Creative/Digital Director (Boston, MA)

[617MediaGroup]

617MediaGroup, the fastest growing progressive communications firm in New England, is looking for a Creative/Digital Director to join our growing team. We strongly encourage candidates from underrepresented backgrounds to apply and to join our growing team.

Who you are:

• A triple threat with strong creative, writing, and management skills. 
• You have the ability to create, write, and execute on social media calendars across multiple platforms (including Facebook, Google Ads, Twitter, LinkedIn, Snapchat, and more) in support of a variety of exciting social justice campaigns.
• You have 5-10 years of digital advocacy, content creation and strategy experience in labor, media, advocacy, organizing, or politics and you’re eager to make a difference for the public good.
• You are a master user of key Adobe Suite programs including InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
• A leader who can provide aesthetic oversight, creative inspiration, and detailed art direction to a design team on a variety of materials while ensuring the highest standards of excellence in design and the agency-wide application of the best practices across accounts.
• Art direction responsibilities will include overseeing the creation of dynamic, elegantly designed, and impactful logos, brochures, websites, flyers, magazines, newsletters, political campaign materials, signage, social media mastheads, memes, infographics, and more. You understand how to achieve balance in design and how to mentor others in pursuit of it.
• A big-picture strategist who is equally comfortable leading a team, interacting with clients, and rolling up your sleeves and executing.
• A team player who is able incorporate feedback from all team members to find the most effective, high quality, impactful solutions.
• An organizer and campaigner with a proven ability to develop and win progressive political and/or social justice campaigns.
• You can conceive and implement concepts, guidelines and strategies in various creative projects and oversee them to completion.
• You have a proven ability to internalize goals and develop hard-hitting strategies and tactics that win campaigns.
• You ideally have experience directing, story boarding, shooting and editing photo and video content (Pr, Lr, Br and Cannon DSLR).
• You have a strong understanding of brand development and multichannel marketing concepts.
• You are comfortable creating and launching WordPress websites and develop sharp, creative online content.

Who we are:

Veteran campaigners, communicators, designers, strategists, story-tellers, web developers, and true-believers. We love what we do. We’re results-driven. And we only work with clients we believe in.

What we do:

We move public opinion. We win tough fights. We tell stories simply, and with maximum impact. We offer comprehensive communication services: from earned media to paid, and social media to owned content. Copy and design. We do it all.

What we value:
• The peace of mind that comes with fully-paid healthcare premiums.
• Industry-leading benefits, including ample paid time off and agency furnished laptop and cell phone.
• We strongly encourage candidates from underrepresented backgrounds to apply and to join our growing team.

How to apply:
Send your LinkedIn URL, your resume and 3-5 examples of your work (websites, social media content creation, and online campaigns) to 617Media...@gmail.com. Cover letters are appreciated but optional.