Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Friends of the Earth U.S. is hiring a Senior Multimedia Designer to create visual and multimedia content supporting its organizational and campaign communications across digital, social, web, and print platforms. The role translates complex policy, advocacy, and organizational information into accessible communications and manages creative projects from concept through delivery.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop visual content across digital, social, web, print, and other communications platforms
- Translate campaign goals, complex policy issues, data, and technical information into clear, accessible, and compelling visual communications
- Create reports, white papers, briefings, infographics, social media graphics, and other materials that strengthen organizational and campaign communications
- Apply expertise in design principles, including layout, typography, composition, and visual hierarchy, to improve clarity, accessibility, and audience engagement
- Collaborate with content and campaign teams to determine effective visual approaches for communicating with intended audiences
- Develop and produce video and multimedia content from concept through final delivery
- Create and edit video, animation, motion graphics, and other multimedia assets that support organizational storytelling and campaign objectives
- Adapt multimedia content for different platforms, formats, and audiences while maintaining visual consistency and communications effectiveness
- Apply creative and technical approaches that strengthen the quality and impact of multimedia content
- Develop infographics, illustrations, data visualizations, and other visual tools that make complex information understandable and engaging
- Translate data, research, policy, and technical concepts into visual narratives appropriate for intended audiences
- Recommend visual storytelling approaches that support campaign and communications objectives
- Select, create, and adapt visual assets that strengthen storytelling and effectively represent the content being communicated
- Manage assigned creative projects from intake and concept development through production and final delivery
- Establish project timelines, clarify creative requirements, and communicate effectively with project partners throughout the design process
- Manage concurrent assignments and adjust priorities in coordination with colleagues as organizational and campaign needs to evolve
- Maintain organized project files and creative assets to support effective production, collaboration, and future use
- Collaborate with communications, campaigns, digital, and other colleagues to understand creative needs and develop effective visual solutions
- Apply established visual identity, brand standards, and creative direction consistently across assigned work
- Contribute design expertise and recommendations during the development of communications and campaign materials
- Incorporate feedback and differing perspectives while maintaining strong design principles, accessibility, and communications effectiveness
Skills
- 7+ years of relevant professional experience in graphic design, multimedia design and visual communications, or a related area with demonstrated experience producing visual content across multiple formats
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, and demonstrated ability to use video editing and motion graphics tools such as Premiere Pro and After Effects or comparable tools
- Strong knowledge of understanding and application of visual design principles, including layout, typography, composition, and information design
- Experience developing visual content for social and digital platforms with an understanding of platform-specific practices and evolving approaches to audience engagement
- Strong project management and organizational skills, including the ability to exercise sound judgement, independently manage assigned projects from concept through completion, and balance multiple priorities
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex information into clear and effective visual solutions
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with ability to build effective working relationships and provide creative guidance across teams and stakeholders
- All candidates must be authorized to work in the United States. FOE does not sponsor employment-related visas
- Experience developing visual communications within a nonprofit, advocacy, public interest, or other mission-driven environment
- Demonstrated ability in creating visual designs that support advocacy, public education, or campaign goals
- Experience coordinating and editing video and photography production and working with external creative partners
- Proficiency in photo retouching and color correction
- Experience designing presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint or comparable presentation software
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement
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