Senior Brand Designer

About the Organization

ClimateWorks Foundation is a global organization committed to our mission: to end the climate crisis by amplifying the power of philanthropy. Since our founding in 2008, we have awarded over $1.8 billion in grants to more than 850 organizations advancing climate solutions around the world. We helped grow the field of climate philanthropy to where it stands today, establishing infrastructure, global networks, and momentum for continued growth. Through our Global Programs and Services, we equip philanthropy with global knowledge, networks, and solutions to drive climate progress.

·         Scaling solutions: Our collaborative Global Programs — focused on solution areas including carbon dioxide removal, cooling, industry, transportation, and more — produce results that are bending the greenhouse gas emissions curve. From the U.S. to Europe, China, Brazil, and beyond, we collaborate with a diverse community of funders, NGOs, and climate leaders to accelerate just and equitable climate solutions.

·         Guiding and supporting funders: Our Global Services provide funders with comprehensive resources to assess, build, evolve, and execute high-impact climate-giving strategies. Our Global Intelligence service equips funders and the climate community with climate insights to pinpoint opportunities for impact and philanthropic insights to help identify investment priorities. We facilitate Global Collaborations that enable funders to increase individual and collective impact. Our Global Grantmaking services enable funders to invest in climate solutions around the world. 

·         Fostering collaboration, exploration, and growth: Our collaborative approach and commitment to learning ensures that we continuously explore innovative ideas and emerging opportunities — all with the aim of scaling philanthropy-supported initiatives to help end the climate crisis.

As experts in climate science, public policy, economic and social analysis, and strategic philanthropy, ClimateWorks’ staff understands the multi-faceted challenges and opportunities of climate change. We are researchers, strategists, collaborators, and grantmakers who care passionately about our mission. For more information, please visit www.climateworks.org. 

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced and versatile Senior Brand Designer to join the Marketing and Communications team at ClimateWorks Foundation, a leading global nonprofit. In this multifaceted role, you will shape and maintain our organization's visual identity, produce compelling designs across digital and print platforms, and support audience engagement.

Essential Tasks 

Visual brand management

●     Own and uphold comprehensive visual brand identity standards, ensuring consistent application across all visual assets for ClimateWorks and its related brands, including the Drive Electric Campaign and Clean Cooling Collaborative.

●     Manage and evolve the organization's brand guidelines, including logos, color palettes, typography, imagery, and other visual design elements

●     Provide guidance and training to internal teams on visual branding and ensure brand integrity is maintained

●     Maintain design-related platforms, tools, and templates

●     Manage external designers and design projects

Design for digital, print, and multimedia

●     Conceptualize and execute designs for a wide range of materials such as presentations, pitch decks, reports, email campaigns, events, brochures, infographics, websites, social media, and environmental branding

●     Translate complex data and narratives into visually compelling graphics, illustrations, and layouts, effectively communicating key messages

●     Design visuals optimized for both print and digital platforms, ensuring high-quality output across various formats

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