Lead Designer

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in a design role working across diverse mediums (including but not limited to pitch decks, social media graphics, documents and reports, logos/visual identities, event collateral, web and digital design, etc.)
  
• Technical skills required include: proficiency with Adobe Creative suite (InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator), Google/Office (docs + slides), Canva, web design (ideally familiarity with drupal plus CSS, html, UX principles). Familiarity with mass mailing platforms and other digital tools preferred
  
• General knowledge of graphic design principles, typography, photo retouching (other areas of expertise also welcome)
  
• Degree in art/design or equivalent training and work experience
  
• Creative thinking skills
  

Execution and management of design projects

• Styling decks: Creation of new pitch decks and external presentations, and review/refinement of staff-created decks
  
• Maintaining and improving core materials (managing periodic updates and the creation of new materials in a variety of editorial layouts and formats)
  
• Designing reports, documents, etc. for various audiences
  
• Design all physical branded materials (swag, signage, gift items)
  

Design conceptualization and development

• Establish distinct identity for key in-person and virtual events or launches and design all related assets
  
• Develop visual identity for campaigns, including co-branding with other organizations or network partners when required
  
• Design new pages and features for Teach For All sites and revise the design of existing pages as needed
  

Maintaining brand systems and libraries

• Support the creation and upkeep of all templates and guidance in line with our established brand identity
  
• Train and support staff to leverage templates and other brand resources and provide feedback on staff-created materials
  
• Maintain an organized library of design projects, assets and work files
  
• Research and test new tools for optimizing systems