Graphic Designer

City of New York • New York City, NY

5d

About The Position

The Campaign Finance Board (CFB) is a nonpartisan, independent city agency dedicated to empowering New Yorkers in their elections. The CFB aims to make local democracy more open, transparent, and equitable by reducing participation barriers. They facilitate voter engagement, support candidates, and enable individuals to run for office. Key initiatives include NYC Votes for voter engagement, the Voter Guide for candidate information, a public matching funds program for small contributions, and promoting transparency in campaign finance. The CFB believes that empowering New Yorkers leads to better representation, increased accountability, and a more trustworthy democracy.

The Public Affairs Division focuses on engaging New Yorkers, informing them about elections, and increasing their participation in the democratic process. This division strives to make election information accessible and relevant, enhance engagement with underrepresented communities, and foster a team environment that embodies purpose, curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. It comprises Marketing and Digital Communications, Partnerships and Outreach, Language Access, and Public Relations. The division is responsible for the citywide Voter Guide, the official citywide Debates Program, and the NYC Votes voter engagement initiative.

The Marketing & Digital Communications Unit manages the agency's branding and direct-to-voter communications, including multi-channel advertising, social media, website content, and email/text outreach. This unit also produces the city Voter Guide, distributed to over 5 million registered voters, to inform them about voting dates, methods, and candidates.

Requirements

• Advanced understanding of typography, layout, balance, and color.
• Knowledge of fundamental design standards (kerning, leading, rags, etc.)
• Intermediate knowledge and experience with print production.
• Knowledge and experience in accessibility design.
• Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat).
• Excellent interpersonal skills and communicator.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to remain flexible and calm while managing a high volume of work.
• Works well with others and collaborates respectfully and responsively with colleagues and external vendors, requesting support when needed.
• At least 2 years of professional graphic design experience.
• Adaptable self-starter with a growth mindset.
• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by at least twelve-semester credits (or the equivalent of twelve-semester credits) in accounting, auditing, business or public administration, computer science, economics, finance, statistics, graphic design, personnel or human resources administration, user experience design, or a closely related area of study and one year of satisfactory full-time experience in accounting, auditing (including compliance or investigative auditing), business or public administration, business analysis, computer science, database administration, economics, finance, fiscal or economic management or research, statistics, graphic design, personnel or human resources administration, user experience design, or a closely related field; or
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of experience as described in “1” above; or
• Education and/or experience equivalent to “1” above.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of languages other than English preferred.
• Knowledge and experience with Figma, Adobe Express, and Adobe After Effects.
• Experience designing for multicultural and multilingual communities.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Knowledge of trends on social media.
• Demonstrated interest in good government advocacy, public service, and money in politics.

Responsibilities

• Creating informational and outreach materials for voter education and engagement.
• Producing images, illustrations, and infographics for social media and website graphics.
• Supports in the quality assurance (QA) and review of multilingual digital and out-of-home (OOH) assets for all seasonal Get Out the Vote’ (GOTV) campaigns.
• Researching and staying up to date on industry trends and techniques.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level