Senior Brand & Communications Designer

Nava Public Benefit Corp.; United States; Remote; USD 126,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401(k) match

Flexible work — remote-first

Sabbatical leave

Learning opportunities

Referral bonus

Job summary

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

You’ll ensure a consistent identity and oversee materials, templates, and communications that reflect Nava’s values and public-benefit mission. This role collaborates with marketing, development, and operations to support brand strategy, annual reports, events, and business development.

Qualifications

• 5+ years design experience, with branding, design firm, or ad agency strongly preferred.
• A strong foundation in visual design, typography, layout, grid systems, and concept development.
• Literacy in both web-based and print-based design software / processes
• Ability to collaborate closely with both a Frontend Designer and a printer
• Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat), Google Drive (Slides, Docs, and Sheets) and Figma.
• 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.
• Exceptional attention to detail, multi-tasking, initiative, and follow-through skills.
• Effectively communicates and works well in a remote/distributed team environment.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required

Responsibilities

• Develop 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
• Contributing to Nava’s marketing strategy and plan to raise visibility, awareness, and preference for Nava
• 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 executives on all-hands presentation decks (e.g. Nava annual goals presentations, offsite presentations, etc)
• Working with the BizOps team to develop company swag, processes for how to request swag internally, and ensuring quality control
• Other duties as required.

Skills

Brand design

Typography & layout

Adobe Creative Suite

Brand strategy

Frontend collaboration

Attention to detail

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Photoshop

Illustrator

Acrobat

Figma

Google Drive/Slides/Docs

Job description

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

You’ll ensure a consistent identity and oversee materials, templates, and communications that reflect Nava’s values and public-benefit mission. This role collaborates with marketing, development, and operations to support brand strategy, annual reports, events, and business development.