Art Director

Civic Innovation Lab; Hilo (HI); On-site; USD 155,000 - 238,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits package

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Civic Innovation Lab in Hilo, HI is seeking an Art Director for an internship that combines user research with Adobe InDesign to power our creative output.

You will coordinate with agencies and vendors, balance budgets, and knit copy and art into a single argument. We offer mentorship, a strong benefits suite, and schedules that adapt to Hawaii living.

Qualifications

• Experience leading art direction and coordinating with agencies.
• Proficient with Adobe InDesign and design software.
• Strong empathy and ability to handle hard feedback.
• 11+ years of relevant design experience.
• Public speaking experience and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with external agencies, freelancers, and print vendors.
• Balance creative ambition with budget, timeline, and technical constraints.
• Knit copy and art into a single argument instead of two parallel monologues.
• Co-author the creative content calendar with marketing.
• Stitch fragmented brand assets into a scalable system.
• Translate Civic Innovation Lab's mission into a thirty-frame story.

Skills

Empathy

Debugging

11+ years experience

User Research

Public Speaking

Flexibility

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Job description

Step into an Art Director role where User Research and Adobe InDesign come together to power everything we create. Boiled down: internship, $155,000 - $238,000, 11 years of Heuristic Evaluation, and a seat at the table where Civic Innovation Lab decisions get made.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate with external agencies, freelancers, and print vendors
• Balance creative ambition with budget, timeline, and technical constraints
• Knit copy and art into a single argument instead of two parallel monologues
• Co-author the creative content calendar with marketing, then make it look effortless
• Stitch fragmented brand assets into a system that scales past Civic Innovation Lab's next phase
• Translate the Civic Innovation Lab mission into a thirty-frame story a stranger finishes

What You'll Bring

• The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly
• The grit to debug at 4pm on a Friday without complaint
• 11 years that taught you which corners can be cut
• Hands-on experience with modern Public Speaking workflows and tooling
• Real Flexibility chops, plus the User Research curiosity to keep growing

With roots in Hilo, HI and a deeply-bought-in outlook, Civic Innovation Lab delivers software that scales with our customers. At Civic Innovation Lab the org chart is flat enough that good ideas don't need a passport to travel.

We do not just dangle $155,000 - $238,000; we back it with mentorship, a real benefits suite, and schedules that bend around Hilo, HI living.

We just reopened this Art Director req and are eager to meet new people.

If a $155,000 - $238,000 role with room to grow sounds right, Civic Innovation Lab would love to hear from you.