Assistant Director, Creative Services

Northern California Grantmakers; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A nonprofit organization in San Jose seeks an Assistant Director, Creative Services to lead visual design and brand management across platforms. You will oversee graphic design, coordinate with communications teams, and maintain brand standards. Ideal candidates will possess strong project management skills and a background in creative direction. This role focuses on enhancing community impact through effective visual communication.

Qualifications

• Strong creative direction and graphic design skills.
• Ability to manage vendors and oversee product deliverables.
• Experience with children's branding or literacy/health education is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation of visual content across print and digital platforms.
• Coordinate visual messaging with strategic priorities.
• Oversee design consistency across all media.

Skills

Creative direction

Graphic design

Brand management

Project management

Vendor management

Collaboration

Job description

The Assistant Director, Creative Services supports the Communications Director and Executive of Community Impact with leading visual design, brand management, and creative strategy across print, digital, and web platforms to ensure all communications align with the organization’s vision, mission, and strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide graphic design oversight and lead the creation of visual content across print and digital platforms.
• Support web design and content updates, ensuring visual consistency, accessibility, and user-friendly layout.
• Coordinate with the Director of Strategic Communications to ensure visual messaging aligns with the agency’s strategic priorities.
• Produce visuals and creative support materials for campaigns, presentations, reports, events, and outreach.
• Maintain and enforce visual brand standards, templates, and usage guidelines across all departments and platforms.
• Collaborate with internal teams to develop materials that support programming, community engagement, and partner communications.
• Design and order organizational swag (e.g., apparel, event materials, promotional items), ensuring alignment with brand identity and managing production timelines and vendor relationships.
• Lead and promote the Potter the Otter brand, including:
  • Book and collateral development, updates, and reprints
  • Managing inventory and coordinating distribution of books and materials
  • Overseeing design and production of new Potter-branded educational and promotional items
  • Supporting and maintaining brand partnerships
  • Supporting sales and marketing strategy related to Potter merchandise
• Maintain organized systems for managing creative assets, collateral inventory, and distribution logistics.
• Collaborate on the development of branded materials for all campaigns and communications
• Oversee design consistency across all media (print, digital, events, merchandise, etc.).

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

General Knowledge of and desire to grow in:

• Strong creative direction and graphic design skills.
• Brand management and storytelling through visuals.
• Project management across design, merchandising, and product distribution.
• Experience with children's branding or literacy/health education content is a plus.
• Ability to manage vendors and oversee product deliverables (books, promotional items, digital assets).
• Marketing campaign planning, development, implementation, and evaluation
• Project management
• Racial equity, inclusion, and needs of diverse ethnic, social and economic communities
• Effective teamwork and collaboration