Brand & Communications Design Lead (Remote)

Nava Public Benefit Corp.; Town of King (WI); Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401(k) match

Vacation & holidays

Annual bonus

Remote-friendly

Professional development

Job summary

Nava Public Benefit Corp. is seeking a Communications Designer to develop and manage our brand across digital and print channels.

You will own our identity system, ensure consistency across materials, and collaborate with the communications team on projects that support our brand strategy and business goals. The role requires 5+ years of design experience, strong typography and layout skills, and proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.

Qualifications

• 5+ years design experience, with branding, design firm, or ad agency strongly preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
• Literacy in both web-based and print-based design software / processes.
• Ability to collaborate closely with both a Frontend Designer and a printer.
• Experience with developing brand strategy and creating artifacts which clearly communicate the essence of a company's brand strategy.
• Experience working with frontend developers.
• A track record of gaining trust and respect by consistently demonstrating sound creative, strategic, and analytical thinking skills.
• Ability to keep an eye on the big picture while managing the details.
• Effectively communicates and works well in a remote/distributed team environment.

Responsibilities

• Developing Nava's brand identity system consistently across mediums, and driving the adoption of Nava's brand identity across the company.
• Managing brand assets such as Nava's brand mark, typography, style guides, illustrations, and photography.
• Managing all of Nava's external facing brand materials, including G Suite templates, email signatures, LinkedIn Headers, recruiting materials, and more.
• Managing Nava's comprehensive brand strategy, including brand positioning, brand characteristics, research-based audience segmentation, competitive or landscape research, and brand and identity usage guidelines.
• Helping with visual and communications design needs on project work as needed.
• Developing and maintaining ongoing Nava-internal brand processes.
• Designing Nava's annual reports for digital and print (eg Public Benefit Report and DEI Report) — this includes conducting competitive analysis, conceptualizing, user research, user testing, and design.
• Contributing to experience design for external and internal events; creating branded materials for events and conferences
• Creating decks, diagrams, and other visual elements for Nava's Business Development practice and contract bids
• Creating templates and a system of assets that the contract bid team can use to help bids look branded and submission-ready
• Working with the People Operations team to brand internal trainings for employees appropriately
• Working with the BizOps team to develop company swag, processes for how to request swag internally, and ensuring quality control

Skills

Branding

Typography

Layout

Grid systems

Concept development

Adobe Creative Suite

InDesign

Photoshop

Illustrator

Acrobat

Google Drive

Figma

UX research

Project management

Art direction

Illustration

Photography

Frontend collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Google Drive

Job description

Nava Public Benefit Corp. is seeking a Communications Designer to develop and manage our brand across digital and print channels.

You will own our identity system, ensure consistency across materials, and collaborate with the communications team on projects that support our brand strategy and business goals. The role requires 5+ years of design experience, strong typography and layout skills, and proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.