Lead Digital Design & Brand Campaigns

Aristotle; Washington; On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Paid vacation

401k plan and stock options

Casual dress code

Job summary

Aristotle is seeking a Digital Design Director to lead audience-focused design across websites, digital campaigns, presentations, and marketing materials. This is not an entry-level or production-only role; a strong portfolio showing original thinking and a design system across formats is required.

The candidate should bring a clear design perspective, excellent audience understanding, and the ability to explain how design captures attention and drives action.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional digital, graphic, web, or brand design experience.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating original thinking and execution across websites and campaigns.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma for multi-format design.
• Ability to build creative from the ground up while adhering to client brand standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead design for websites, landing pages, digital ads, social graphics, email templates, and marketing materials.
• Create original brand concepts and visual systems from scratch.
• Apply brand standards across websites, campaigns, presentations, advertising, and email.
• Design clear, credible user experiences centered on the audience.
• Translate strategy and client input into professional design concepts.
• Present direction and justify design choices to stakeholders.
• Produce creative for social and display platforms and move projects quickly through feedback cycles.
• Collaborate with developers and clients from concept to finished product.

Skills

7+ years of design experience

Strong portfolio

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Typography & layout

Brand design

Design systems

Tools

WordPress

Webflow

Job description

Aristotle is seeking a Digital Design Director to lead audience-focused design across websites, digital campaigns, presentations, and marketing materials. This is not an entry-level or production-only role; a strong portfolio showing original thinking and a design system across formats is required.

The candidate should bring a clear design perspective, excellent audience understanding, and the ability to explain how design captures attention and drives action.