Senior Designer/Art Director

Job Description

Job Description

Bully Pulpit International is an outcomes agency made up of strategists, data scientists, and artists. We come from politics, brands, and government and we communicate without barriers and measure what matters. We have more than 400 team members in six countries and thirteen offices — Berlin, Brussels, Chicago, D.C., London, Los Angeles, New York, Oslo, San Francisco, and Zürich. We apply our unique expertise across strategic communications, public affairs, research, and digital marketing to create sophisticated and customized strategies that make change possible for both American and European clients.

• Starting Salary Range: $90,000 - $100,000
• Location: Expectation to work from DC, New York, Chicago, SF or LA offices at least 3 days a week

Bully Pulpit International (BPI) is seeking a full time Senior Designer/Art Director to join our growing Creative team in Washington DC. In this position, you will design and lead the development of high-end persuasion advertising, social and digital content across multiple clients, ranging from corporations to campaigns to issue-based advocacy groups.

We are looking for someone who is imaginative, innovative, and driven by a passion for finding creative solutions to big problems. You’re just as comfortable designing a social media campaign or rebrand as you are a motion graphic or data visualization.

The perfect candidate is someone who is not afraid to challenge themselves and push the envelope, setting big goals and finding new ways to take advantage of the ever-expanding digital space and tools.

The Impact You Will Make

• Approaches every project with a critical thinking mindset, beyond the scope of design (considering audience, timelines, past work, and overarching project goals). This person should have meticulous attention to detail and understand how to keep the bigger picture in scope.
• Strong experience as a designer, and able to communicate with both creatives and non-creatives.
• Regularly attends internal client meetings, and is expected to represent the creative team in selected external client meetings.
• Expert proficiency in design programs (Figma, Adobe Products, AI tools) and master of design principles.
• Can translate client challenges and goals into solutions through design.
• Thrives in the ideation stages – enjoys experimenting with design ideas, and collaborating with designers and art/creative directors to see each project through.
• Is comfortable pushing designers to grow skills and improve work. This person should be comfortable understanding each designer’s strength, and help the team match the right tasks to the right designers.

Responsibilities

• Design high quality graphics, utilizing our clients’ branding and executing our content strategy
• Identify creative campaign solutions and have the ability to develop them from start to finish, helping other designers to execute the project and owning the quality the entire team produces
• Collaborate with our client services teams and media team to provide the best solutions to the solve client’s problems
• Coordinate with other designers to ensure deliverables meet campaign goals, brand standards, and firm quality expectations

Requirements

• At least 10+ years of increasing responsibility in the design field, with experience in graphic design, web design, and/or visual arts
• Full proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and AI
• Knows motion tools like After Effects and Jitter
• Experience giving critical feedback to other designers in productive ways
• Excellent design taste, including composition, color and typography
• Ability to work in a very fast-paced, collaborative production environment
• A pulse on the design world with an interest in what works versus what looks best
• A portfolio that demonstrates a wide range of design output

Benefits

BPI offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) program with employer match up to 4%, generous time off for vacation, $50 monthly phone reimbursement, unlimited sick time, and 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents . BPI’s benefits prioritize employee wellness and progressive support to our diverse workforce.

We’re looking for all kinds of people.

BPI Group is an integrated public affairs agency that delivers outcomes for the top organizations and leaders around the world. With expertise in strategic communications, digital marketing, creative, research, and measurement, we offer a cohesive approach across corporate, policy, and public affairs strategy in today’s interconnected world. By combining incisive strategy and deep tactical expertise, we make change possible. Our transatlantic presence includes offices across eleven markets in the US and Europe.

We are an equal opportunity employer and make employment decisions based on individual commitment to excellence. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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