Jr. Designer

Media Cause; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A nonprofit-focused marketing agency in the US seeks a Junior Designer to create impactful digital assets, collaborate with various internal teams, and support client work. Ideal candidates will have 3-5 years of agency experience, proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma, and a solid portfolio. This role offers a flexible work environment and the chance to contribute to meaningful projects.

Benefits

Flexible work from home options

Health, dental, and vision benefits

401k & retirement planning

Agency-wide profit sharing

Unlimited personal time off

Mental health days

$200/month health & wellness stipend

$1,000/year professional development stipend

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Transparent career growth opportunities

Qualifications

• 3-5 years experience in a fast-paced agency environment.
• Solid portfolio of work across various digital platforms.
• Strong understanding of graphic design, technology standards.

Responsibilities

• Create and redesign digital assets for various platforms.
• Collaborate with internal teams on projects.
• Support creative assignments for marketing and client work.

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Graphic design principles

Collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Degree in new media/digital design, graphic design, or art direction

Job description

Media Cause is an award-winning, mission-driven marketing and creative agency that helps nonprofits grow and accelerate their impact. We take a people-first approach to developing powerful creative, scalable growth strategies, and targeted communications that connect with individuals across their entire supporter journey: from awareness and recruitment to fundraising and advocacy, and every touchpoint in between.

As of 2025, Media Cause consists of 50+ full-time employees along with a network of talented consultants. We have offices in Washington DC, Atlanta, and San Francisco, as well as many team members who work remotely on a permanent basis. Our agency has grown in size every year since our founding, landing on the Inc. 5000 list for the fastest-growing private companies in America three times. We have built a strong business, although impact will always be our North Star. In addition to winning a number of creative and effectiveness awards for our client work, Media Cause was also honored by Inc. Magazine with a Best In Business Gold Award for our positive impact on our community, our industry, and society as a whole.

Summary

We're looking for a Junior Designer to support both our internal growth/new business efforts and our client work, creating impact in our community across a wide range of issue areas. This is for real. The role is legit. Ask anyone on the team and they’ll tell you the work will probably be more fulfilling than anything else you’ve done in your professional life. But we know it’s not going to be right for everyone. Let’s see if it’s right for you.

This role can be located anywhere in the US.

Your Responsibilities

• Design: Create, redesign, or edit digital assets across a variety of platforms. Your primary responsibility will be designing and/or updating layouts for presentation decks. Additionally, this role may work to design social media content, banner ads, emails, landing pages, websites, brand identities/brand guidelines, infographics and iconography.
• Collaborate: Work with the internal growth team on sales pitches; work with the internal marketing team on marketing efforts, work with the creative and account teams on client work, ensuring all assets clearly communicate objectives, and are completed on time and on budget
• Support: Take on creative assignments and tasks for internal growth efforts, marketing efforts and client projects as needed, including: creating and updating presentations, typesetting, sourcing photography, graphics and iconography, resizing images, and general digital production.
  
  

Your Qualifications

• You have a degree/certificate in new media/digital design, graphic design, or art direction
• You have 3-5 year experience (internships included) in a fast-paced agency environment, and can work quickly to juggle multiple tasks under tight deadlines
• You’re comfortable following direction, receiving feedback, and asking questions
• You know your way around Adobe Creative Suite and Figma like the back of your hand, and have a basic knowledge of UX/prototyping software.
• You have a solid portfolio of work across a variety of digital platforms
• You have a strong understanding of graphic design, typography, technology and digital standards, and can make informed recommendations to improve the work
• You can quickly create pixel-perfect designs that support our clients’ communications goals and objectives
• You check your ego at the door: you’re a team player, ready to jump into any request, and eager to support the agency in any way possible
• You’re collaborative, curious, and a genuinely good human
• You’re more than comfortable communicating and collaborate with copywriters, designers, developers, and your account team partners in a way that elevates everyone’s work and builds confidence across the team
• You have an interest in further developing your strategy skills, including exploring the research, insights, and theories that are the foundations for big ideas and creative concepts
• You have a personal design POV that informs your work, while also keeping the end user in mind
• You can objectively tell a good idea from a great one, even (and especially) when it’s not your own
• You’re able to thoughtfully design and craft the story for client and agency presentation decks, taking content and flow into account as much as the visual aesthetic
• You’re comfortable presenting your work to clients, not only talking through the visual execution but also the strategy, insight, and approach behind it
• You proactively seek-out new perspectives, ideas, and opportunities to bring to the creative team, and the agency as a whole, to continually expand our work and thinking
• You excel at juggling multiple projects and deadlines, but also know your own pace and capacity and aren’t afraid to speak up if/when you need help
• You’re willing to get crafty and understand that regardless of budget (nonprofits don’t always have a lot), it’s our job to figure out how to do great work.
• You’re genuinely driven by a passion to make a difference, not just make money, although we’re here to help you do both.
  
  

Company Perks & Culture

• Family first work environment with flexible work from home options to accommodate personal obligations
• Robust health, dental, and vision benefit plans for you and yours
• 401k & retirement planning
• Agency-wide profit sharing
• Unlimited personal time off (with an enforced 3 week minimum every year)
• 2x/year mental health Fridays to reset and recharge
• Flexible remote work: We’re open to candidates located anywhere in the US and support work getting done wherever it works best for the employee
• $200/month health & wellness stipend to strengthen your body and/or mind
• $1,000/year individual professional development stipend to cover any education/training that you want to pursue to grow in your role (or as a human!)
• Agency commitment to building and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive agency (and we hold ourselves accountable)
• Transparent & equitable career growth opportunities: Clear path for advancement and opportunity for anyone to raise their hand for promotion every 6 months
• The ability to work with genuinely fantastic humans who care deeply about the work we do and each other
• Yearly donations made to employees nonprofit of choice to celebrate their Media Cause work anniversaries
• A culture of volunteering and giving back to the communities we work in and to the issues we care about around the world
  
  

This is a salaried role commensurate with experience. Media Cause is committed to hiring individuals who are traditionally underrepresented in the field of marketing. We strongly encourage all qualified people to apply.