Senior Designer & Art Director

CodeAI • Seattle, WA

2d • Remote

About The Position

CodeAI is an education innovation nonprofit working to make artificial intelligence and computer science education part of every student’s K–12 education. The Senior Designer & Art Director brings the CodeAI brand to life through visual design, art direction, and creative concepts across the organization’s channels. Reporting to the Executive Producer of Creative and Delivery, this design-focused role partners with a copywriter on integrated campaigns and designs work spanning video, social, out-of-home, experiential, and everyday channel assets. The role builds on an established brand and campaigns, finding fresh ways to express them.

The person in this role owns the visual direction of the brand and designs much of the work themselves. They develop campaign and channel visuals, ensure production-ready delivery, create accessible digital work, and use AI tools in their design workflow. They also art direct photo and video shoots, direct contract creatives when engaged, steward and evolve visual brand guidelines, and present work to leadership and stakeholders using strategic rationale, audience insights, and performance data.

The position requires U.S. citizenship or permanent residency, work within the continental United States, passing a pre-employment background check, and willingness to travel at least twice per year for team events. Interviews are currently held virtually via Google Meet.

Requirements

• 8 to 10 years of graphic design and art direction experience, including time at a senior level.
• Portfolio demonstrating hands-on design craft and integrated campaign work, with the candidate’s specific role identified for each project.
• Expert typography, layout, and composition skills, with the ability to work across visual styles.
• Experience concepting with copywriters and examples of produced campaign work.
• Experience art directing photo or video shoots through post-production.
• Experience building or evolving brand guidelines and helping other teams apply them.
• Experience directing the work of other creatives.
• Experience using AI tools in a creative workflow.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
• Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
• Work within the continental United States.
• Pass a pre-employment background check.
• Be willing to travel a minimum of two times per year for team events.

Nice To Haves

• Agency or design studio experience.
• Experience with education, nonprofit, or mission-driven brands.
• Motion design or video editing skills.

Responsibilities

• Set visual direction for campaigns and channel work, and design key pieces including key visuals, social, email, web, and paid assets.
• Apply strong typography, layout, composition, and color, and carry deliverables through to final, production-ready files.
• Design for motion and platform-native formats, including vertical video and social-first content.
• Create accessible work that meets WCAG standards across digital channels.
• Use AI tools in the design workflow and help advance the team’s use of them.
• Concept integrated campaigns with a copywriter from brief through final delivery, translating ideas into visual systems that work across channels.
• Propose new ideas that engage audiences and solve brand challenges, including proactively developing ideas before a brief requests them.
• Art direct photo and video shoots from shot list through post-production.
• Direct contract designers and creatives when engaged, providing clear feedback that improves the work.
• Own and evolve the visual elements of CodeAI’s brand guidelines, with final approval resting with the Executive Producer.
• Advise CodeAI teams and external partners on applying the visual brand guidelines.
• Present work to leadership and stakeholders with clear strategic reasoning, using audience insights and performance data to refine it.

Benefits

• Technology subsidy consistent with the company’s Bring Your Own Device environment.
• Flexible, engaging, and remote working environment.
• Five weeks of paid time off: three weeks of annual vacation, a two-week winter office closure including Christmas and New Year’s, and sick leave.
• Medical, dental, and vision premiums paid at 100% for full-time positions and their dependents.
• Option to participate in a 403(b) retirement plan.
• Opportunity to help students learn better and change the face of computer science.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed