Art Director

We’re looking for an Art Director to join our Advertising Area.

When you come work with us, here’s what you’ll find:

• Work that is meaningful. We are a fast-paced, deadline-driven consulting firm that only works with nonprofit clients who are essential to advancing the cause of justice, alleviating suffering, and solving the greatest challenges we face.
• Commitment to Anti-Racism, Equity, and Inclusion (AEI). We envision an anti-oppressive workplace that ensures an inclusive employee experience, promotes equitable outcomes for staff, and supports clients to center accessibility and anti-racism in their programs.
• Colleagues you can count on. Kind, dedicated, passionate people who work collaboratively to get things done and help you do your best.
• An organization that embraces change. We strive to improve and adapt and always seek new ways that we can contribute to a just, inclusive, and sustainable world. We are also continually working on making M+R a better place for our staff.

So that’s us. Now about the work:

• We run campaigns that raise money and create change for our clients. Great big ones you read about in the news and tiny ones you’ve never heard of that are saving lives. Lots of politically progressive groups -- Planned Parenthood, League of Conservation Voters, PETA. Environmental groups such as NRDC, and our clients also include organizations that are working in the most dire situations in the world such as the International Rescue Committee.
• Day-to-day, we’re raising revenue, acquiring new donors and supporters, winning campaigns and elections, and improving brand and issue recognition.
• We believe that creative is crucial to connecting with people and moving them to engage with causes, donate, take action, and do their part to make the world better. Day-to-day, our digital designers work with teams to create content, improve design understanding staff-wide, and demonstrate to clients the power of compelling design.

Here’s what you’ll be doing in this role:

• Drive M+R’s approach to design: shape it, advance how we present and talk about it, and evangelize it across staff and with clients in order to center design in our work.
• Develop and oversee exceptional design across digital channels and formats: primarily for digital advertising (including video and motion graphics animation), and also organic social media, email marketing, mobile strategy, branding, and web design.
• Support our in-house designers to conceive and execute exceptional digital design work.
• Ensure that we have the right mix of freelancers to complement our in-house team, and that they produce high quality design.
• Pitch current and prospective clients by leading business development efforts that expand our creative line of business.
• Drive innovation by identifying emerging technologies, new services, and serving as a creative thought leader within the agency and in the non-profit community.
• Serve as part of the Advertising Area leadership team.
• Directly supervise staff -- being proactive about their professional development and well-being.
• Drive conversations and processes that help build inclusive spaces within your teams and across M+R.
• Do your part to help us run smoothly, including carefully tracking all of your hours.

Skills and experiences required for this role:

• 10-12 years of digital-first graphic design experience, including 3+ years leading an in-house or agency design department where you directly supervise and coach a team of designers.
• Experience designing digital direct response marketing collateral for non-profits or political/issue campaigns.
• Demonstrated experience developing ethical creative and using a design approach that centers justice, equity, and anti-racism.
• Ability to create and edit video and motion-based assets and deep knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, After Effects, and Invision.
• Experience successfully working with staff and clients who are not designers -- you can translate their requirements into compelling art direction and design that meets the needs of clients, while also staying true to design best practices.
• Track record of pricing out individual design projects.
• Demonstrated ability to run meetings to identify project goals and ensure successful outcomes.
• Experience supporting the professional development of more junior staff, and directly supervising and coaching staff.

We love hearing from anyone who strives to make the world a better place! Not sure if you meet all of the qualifications? There is no harm in applying! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply!

Skills and experiences we expect of all M+R