Digital Creative Designer

Seattle's Union Gospel Mission•Renton, WA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Digital Creative Designer is a highly creative designer, content creator, and storyteller responsible for developing compelling digital fundraising and awareness creative across Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission’s marketing channels. This role focuses primarily on creating digital-first campaign creative including Meta, TikTok, display advertising, website homepage banners and web graphics, landing pages, splash pages, organic social content, and short-form video storytelling. The ideal candidate combines strong visual design skills with the ability to create authentic, emotionally compelling content that inspires audiences to engage and take action. This person is both conceptual and hands-on — someone who can generate fresh creative ideas, create high-performing fundraising content, edit short-form video, design engaging digital experiences, and continuously improve creative through testing and audience insights. The role requires someone who understands how to create content that feels real, human-centered, social-first, and emotionally resonant rather than overly corporate or overly produced. Approximately 90% of this role supports digital fundraising and awareness campaigns, with a smaller portion supporting select print collateral, event-related materials, and creative review for brand consistency. Portfolio submission is required for consideration. Why This Role Matters This is an opportunity to be part of something deeply meaningful while helping shape a growing digital-first marketing team focused on storytelling and measurable impact. At Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission, creative work directly supports life change. Through authentic storytelling, fundraising campaigns, and digital experiences, this role helps connect donors and the larger community to the Mission’s work serving people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and poverty across the Greater Seattle area. The ideal candidate will bring fresh ideas to life, help grow and retain monthly donors through emotionally compelling content, and play a meaningful role in helping change lives. More than 4 out of 5 graduates from the Mission’s long-term recovery program remain clean, sober, housed, and employed two years after graduation — more than twice the national average. This role is ideal for someone energized by purpose-driven creative work, digital experimentation, storytelling, and building campaigns that truly matter. This role may additionally oversee or mentor contractors, freelancers, interns, creative vendors, or production partners.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, marketing, communications, multimedia, or related field preferred.
3–5+ years of experience in digital design, content creation, social media creative, advertising creative, multimedia production, or fundraising marketing.
Strong portfolio demonstrating digital campaign creative, social content, advertising design, storytelling, web creative, and/or short-form video work.
Experience designing for Meta, TikTok, display advertising, landing pages, and web platforms.
Experience creating or editing short-form video content for social media or digital campaigns.
Strong understanding of social-first creative trends, storytelling, and audience engagement.
Experience interpreting campaign performance metrics and applying insights to improve creative performance preferred.
Proficiency with tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, Figma, Premiere, CapCut, After Effects, or related creative platforms preferred.
Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and timelines.

Nice To Haves

Experience interpreting campaign performance metrics and applying insights to improve creative performance
Proficiency with tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, Figma, Premiere, CapCut, After Effects, or related creative platforms

Responsibilities

Concept and design integrated digital fundraising and awareness campaigns across paid social, display advertising, web, landing pages, email, and organic social media.
Create Meta, TikTok, and display advertising creative designed to engage audiences and drive fundraising performance.
Design homepage banners, splash pages, landing pages, and related website creative that supports donor engagement and conversion.
Develop authentic storytelling content and multimedia creative that strengthens connection, trust, and long-term donor engagement from monthly donors through short-form video, infographics, downloadable resources, and collaborative storytelling projects with writers and the team.
Create and edit short-form video content for fundraising campaigns, awareness efforts, social media, and donor storytelling.
Develop creative concepts, hooks, visual narratives, and campaign ideas for donor acquisition, sustainer growth, cultivation, and seasonal campaigns.
Create social-first content that feels authentic, emotionally compelling, and aligned with current digital trends and platform best practices.
Collaborate with writers, photographers, videographers, and internal teams to bring stories of life change to life across channels.
Contribute fresh ideas, creative experimentation, and innovative approaches to fundraising and awareness campaigns.
Analyze campaign performance including engagement, CTR, conversion rate, ROAS, and donor response trends to improve creative effectiveness.
Support creative testing strategies across visuals, video hooks, landing pages, and calls to action.
Continuously optimize and iterate on campaign creative based on audience insights and performance data.
Collaborate with media buying partners to improve fundraising outcomes through stronger creative strategy and testing.
Occasionally provide graphic design support for brochures, event materials, signage, and related organizational collateral.
Review direct mail design from agency partners to ensure alignment with Mission branding.
Help maintain organized creative systems, asset libraries, and production workflows.
Ensure creative assets remain visually consistent, donor-centered, and aligned with organizational brand standards.
Collaborate cross-functionally with development, program teams, and external partners to support integrated campaign execution.
Participate in campaign brainstorming, creative planning, and digital fundraising strategy discussions.
Help support scalable creative workflows and best practices across the Mass Marketing team.
Support coordination with freelancers, contractors, creative vendors, interns, or production partners as applicable.

Benefits

Medical / Dental / Vision
Basic Life Plan – 100% company paid
Voluntary Products including Life, AD&D, Disability, Accident and Critical Illness insurance
EAP and 24/7 Virtual Mental Health – 100% company paid
4 weeks of paid vacation (accrued)
Accrued paid sick time
10 paid holidays + 1 Floating Holiday
Personal Day and Birthday holiday
Retirement benefits w/ company match
Continuing Education Reimbursement Program