Creative Associate

McChrystal Group; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

McChrystal Group is seeking a Creative Associate to elevate our brand across marketing, sales, digital, and executive communications. This early-career designer will craft visually compelling experiences from decks and brochures to websites and social assets, partnering with the Digital Producer and marketing team to turn ideas into polished communications that drive engagement and results.

You will design assets for campaigns, events, and thought leadership, ensuring brand consistency, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Marketing, or related field.
• 1–2 years of experience in graphic design, marketing design, or related role.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating digital, presentation, and marketing design work.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
• Strong visual design, typography, and layout skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Create visual assets for marketing campaigns, thought leadership, events, sales materials, and executive communications.
• Ensure consistent brand standards across materials and maintain design templates and systems.
• Design executive presentations, decks, client materials, and internal communications.
• Create sales collateral including one-pagers, brochures, case studies, infographics, and proposals.
• Design landing pages, web graphics, emails, and social media visuals.
• Collaborate with the Digital Producer and marketing team to transform ideas into polished visuals.
• Deliver work on time following strategic briefs.

Skills

Portfolio

Adobe Creative Suite

Visual design

Typography

Education

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design/Visual Communications/Marketing

Tools

PowerPoint

Google Slides

Canva

Figma

Canva & Figma

Job description

About McChrystal Group:

McChrystal Group is a leadership and management consulting firm that partners with executive teams to solve their most complex performance and coordination challenges. Founded in 2011 by General (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal, we help organizations operate with the speed, alignment, and cohesion required to succeed in dynamic environments.

Our work is rooted in the Team of Teams® framework - a leadership system developed from General McChrystal’s transformation of the Joint Special Operations Command. We believe that enduring performance depends not just on strategy, but on how effectively leaders, teams, and systems work together under pressure.

Role Overview:

We are looking for a talented Creative Associate to help elevate our brand across marketing, sales, digital, and executive communications. This role is ideal for an early-career designer who enjoys creating visually compelling experiences across multiple mediums from presentation decks and sales materials to websites, landing pages, social graphics, and campaign assets.

In partnership with the Digital Producer and working closely with the marketing team, you'll help transform ideas into polished visual communications that drive engagement and business results.

General Responsibilities:

In partnership with the Digital Producer, serve as an in-house creative studio for both internal stakeholders, clients and marketing team.

Creative Design & Brand Support

• Create visual assets that support marketing campaigns, thought leadership initiatives, events, sales efforts, and executive communications.
• Ensure consistent application of brand standards across all materials.
• Maintain and evolve brand templates, graphics, and design systems.

Presentation & Sales Enablement Design

• Design executive presentations, decks, client-facing materials, and internal communications.
• Create sales collateral including one-pagers, brochures, case studies, infographics, and proposals.
• Transform complex information into visually compelling and easy-to-understand materials.

Digital & Web Design

• Design landing pages, web graphics, website updates, and email visuals.
• Create social media graphics and campaign creative assets.
• Partner with the Digital Producer on digital content production and campaign execution.

Marketing & Campaign Support

• Develop visual assets for paid, owned, and earned marketing channels.
• Assist with asset creation for events, webinars, product launches, and brand initiatives.
• Support content marketing efforts through graphics, illustrations, and visual storytelling.

Cross Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with marketing leadership, sales, and the Digital Producer.
• Participate in creative brainstorming and campaign development.
• Deliver work to strategic brief.
• Self-manage design projects from concept through final delivery on time.

Qualifications:

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Marketing, or related field.
• 1–2 years of experience in graphic design, creative services, marketing design, or related role.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating digital, presentation, and marketing design work.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
• Strong visual design, typography, and layout skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail.

Preferred

• Experience designing in PowerPoint and Google Slides.
• Familiarity with Canva and Figma.
• Experience supporting website and landing page design.
• Basic knowledge of digital marketing and social media platforms.
• Motion graphics or video editing experience.

What Success Looks Like

• Produces polished, on-brand creative assets across multiple formats.
• Creates presentations and sales materials that elevate the company's professional image.
• Delivers strong visual storytelling that helps marketing and sales teams achieve their goals.
• Partners effectively with the Digital Producer to bring campaigns to life.

$70,000 - $100,000 a year