HIRING! [FT, Remote]: Graphic Designer & Creative Strategist for BOWERS*
Sarah King
Hi everyone, I hope you're doing well!
My team, BOWERS*, is in search of a talented Graphic Designer & Creative Strategist! This is a full-time remote position with great benefits. We are a small yet mighty progressive consulting firm with strong values and big impact. We’re looking for brilliant, committed team members who align with those values, are dedicated to the greater cause, and can do the work effectively and efficiently. We encourage you to apply or pass this opportunity along to your contacts/networks!
The full job description & details are below, as well as attached.
TO APPLY, please send your resume, a cover letter, 3 graphic design samples (+ portfolio/website is a strong plus), your LinkedIn, and 3 professional references to IWantTo...@bowersconsulting.com. There is no application deadline, but we are looking to fill the position as soon as possible to start immediately.
Please feel free to reach out and let me know if you have any questions– thanks so much!
Warmly,
Sarah (she/her)
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GRAPHIC DESIGNER & CREATIVE STRATEGIST
BOWERS* is in search of a Graphic Designer & Creative Strategist to join the team. This position is a full-time remote job that pays a base salary of $50,000-$67,000/year. You will report to a client lead, depending on the project, such as the Digital Communications Manager, Senior Advisor, and/or the Founder and President, as needed. You will be expected to work in a fast-paced working environment.
As a Graphic Designer & Creative Strategist, you will use your expertise in graphic design, creative concepts, and storytelling to produce a variety of deliverables for many of our client projects. You will work with BOWERS* clients on creative, branding, social, and print design projects. You are expected to have a solid portfolio, along with excellent communication and project management skills. We’re looking for someone comfortable working within brand guidelines and churning out rapid response deliverables.
About BOWERS*
BOWERS* centers communities too often left behind by our political system. Asterisks (*) signify the supporting text that has been purposefully excluded from the main body text and pushed to the margins. We put an asterisk in our logo to highlight who we are, who we’re working for, and why we engage in this work.
BOWERS* is a fully-integrated strategic advisory, data, digital, communications and political consulting firm. The firm’s mission is to support progressive causes and campaigns that are tackling some of the biggest political challenges––domestic and international––facing society today. BOWERS* played lead roles in national campaigns to reform education for low-income and working class Black families; international campaigns to study and strategize about the future of work; developed strategic campaigns for Black Lives Matter for the past three years; created meaningful policy and lobbied lawmakers at the federal level for an omnibus bill that centers a new vision of public safety; managed statewide referendum campaigns such as California's 2016 referendum to legalize marijuana and No on Proposition 25; and managed local campaigns such as Measure R in Los Angeles, where we took on the world’s largest jail system and most corrupt sheriff’s department and won. Since our inception seven years ago we have managed 60+ campaigns, consulted for 20+ organizations, and led 10+ issue-based advocacy campaigns.
BOWERS* approaches each campaign with one key principle: that the phrase “it's always been done this way” is a detrimental saying and one of the greatest obstacles to creating real change. We place a premium on building innovative strategies that best serve our clients––and we are always on the right side of history.
Skills and Responsibilities:
Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
Creating graphics for BOWERS* and clients as needed, with style and format adapted to fit each individual social media platform, including but not limited to: Instagram, Twitter, Meta, YouTube, LinkedIn, Medium, web
Helping construct full creative concepts
Working with client leads to pitch creative concepts and content drafts to clients
Incorporating edits to projects in a timely manner
Designing strong branding for campaigns as needed, to be used in digital, print, apparel
Supporting the digital team as needed (e.g. providing feedback, graphics ideation/social media campaigns, etc.)
Supporting with build-out of the creative department as needed (eg. JD development, onboarding, training, processes, etc.)
Mentoring design/creative fellows as needed
Desired Qualifications:
Must handle multiple projects at once with meticulous attention to detail to support creative direction in the execution of the firm’s and its clients’ content creation
2+ years minimum of graphic design experience with high-level fluency in Adobe CC - InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, AfterEffects, Premiere Pro, Procreate, Lightroom
Flexibility to execute projects with timelines varying from long-term needs to immediate needs, with particular emphasis on rapid response
Strong publication layout skills
Strong presentation skills
Strong branding skills, including experience in creating logos
Strong digital literacy, should be fluent and up to date on relevant updates to social media platforms (Instagram, Twitter, Meta, etc.)
Understanding of current trends, niches, and graphic design styles
Ability to think creatively and unconventionally to effectively articulate stories, concepts, symbolism, visuals, etc.
Experience in local, state, and national politics and/or movements is strongly preferred
Experience in building websites is strongly preferred
Ability to design, plan, and execute ad creative and corresponding ad runs, as requested by client, is a plus
Cultural competency/humility and a dedication to the freedom and advancement of Black people required, alongside a commitment to uplifting all BIPOC and marginalized communities
Bi/multilingual is a plus, but not required
Curious and willing to research and constantly learn
Willing and able to travel
Has fun WHILE doing the work!
Details and Benefits
Fully remote job with more flexible work-from-home schedule
Base salary of $50,000-$67,000/year, commensurate w/ experience
Health insurance (medical, dental, vision): 100% of employee & spouse health premiums covered
401(k) match: 100% for the first 3% contributed & 50% match for the next 2% contributed
Unlimited paid time off
All federal holidays off + more
16 weeks paid parental leave
Potential raises and bonuses
All-expenses-paid team trips/gatherings
Professional development/training opportunities
Work technology provided (Macbook, iPhone, Cue COVID-Testing Device)
TO APPLY: Please submit your resume, a cover letter, 3 design samples (+ portfolio/website is a strong plus), your LinkedIn, and 3 professional references to IWantTo...@bowersconsulting.com.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Until the position is filled.
IDEAL START DATE: As soon as possible.
Our Commitment to Diversity:
We are committed to building a diverse and dynamic team, as well as a safe, supportive, nurturing culture. We strongly encourage people of color, women, non-binary individuals, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and others to apply.
BOWERS* prohibits discrimination of employment, promotion, compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment on the basis of gender, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, age, national origin, color, creed or sexual orientation, marital or parental status, veteran’s status or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. BOWERS* is an equal opportunity employer and will comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination in employment. Our equal opportunity policy covers all programs, services, policies and procedures of BOWERS*, including opportunity for employment and treatment as an employee as well as independent contractors engaged by our organization.