Graphic Designer - Temp

Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund•New York, NY

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Everytown for Gun Safety, the nation’s largest gun violence prevention advocacy group, is seeking a talented, mid-level Graphic Designer to join the creative team for a 4-month engagement. The Creative team collaborates closely with every department and program across the Everytown, Moms Demand Action, and Students Demand Action brands, using design to unify our message to end gun violence. The Graphic Designer's role will be to support our team through a new brand rollout and provide extra design capacity during the busy election and end-of-year fundraising season. They will be expected to create visually dynamic and compelling graphic assets for social media, video, email, web, print, merch, and more. The right candidate will be organized, focused, detail-oriented, and experienced working on multiple workstreams simultaneously.

Requirements

BA, BFA, MFA, or equivalent agency or in-house design experience
5+ years of design experience
Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Google Suite, Dropbox, Canva, and Asana
Exceptional skill in the formal aspects of design
A portfolio that demonstrates mastery of type, color, composition, and visual systems
Believes in the mission of ending gun violence and sees design as an instrument for social and political change

Nice To Haves

Organized, focused, detail-oriented, and experienced working on multiple workstreams simultaneously.

Responsibilities

Translate complex ideas into visual concepts using a range of tools.
Create visually dynamic and compelling graphic assets for social media, video, email, web, print, merch, and more.
Think strategically about and contribute to building out our new brand system.
Spearhead and manage projects from start to finish, and meet deadlines.
Be collaborative and solutions-oriented; have a curious approach to solving problems and trying new ideas.
Be comfortable working in a fast-paced campaign atmosphere; be able to prioritize projects and tasks on a daily (sometimes hourly) basis.
Be detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
Be a champion of visual communication tools and opportunities.
Be mindful of and integrate accessibility and equity in your work — learn new tools, gather insights, and share with the team.
Be a team player and be comfortable giving and receiving feedback.
Create ads, social media graphics, email graphics, merch design, photo research and editing, video graphics, and animation.