Senior Communications Design Manager

Nava; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation focused on making government services simple and effective. The Communications Designer will own Nava's brand, maintain the identity system, and ensure consistent application across external and internal communications channels.

They will be the primary emissary of Nava's brand within the company. As part of the communications team, they will collaborate on digital, print, and social projects that support Nava's brand strategy and business

Qualifications

• Experience building and maintaining brand identity systems across multiple channels.
• Ability to apply brand consistently across digital, print, and social media.
• Experience supporting internal branding and communications to reflect company values.

Responsibilities

• Develop Nava's brand identity system across mediums and drive adoption internally.
• Manage brand assets including marks, typography, style guides, illustrations, and photography.
• Oversee external brand materials (templates, email signatures, social headers, recruiting materials).
• Lead brand strategy work including positioning, audience research, and usage guidelines.
• Contribute to marketing strategy to raise visibility and preference for Nava.
• Provide design support for project work as needed.
• Develop and maintain Nava's internal brand processes.

Skills

Brand identity

Typography

Brand guidelines

Visual storytelling

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

InDesign

Illustrator

Photoshop

Job description

About Nava

Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation working to make government services simple and effective. Since 2015, federal, state, and local agencies have trusted Nava to help solve highly scrutinized technology modernization challenges.

As a client services company, we guide agencies constrained by legacy systems to a future with sharp user experiences built on secure, reliable, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure. We bill for our time, offering our expertise and problem‑solving approach to help our government partners enhance their digital products and services. People are at the heart of our work, from members of the public who rely on benefit programs to government agency staff. Through human‑centered design and modern engineering best practices, we help our government partners understand user needs and deliver on their missions more effectively. This focus gives everyone at Nava the opportunity to do work that is meaningful, impactful, and deeply connected to public good.

Position summary

The Communications Designer is responsible for developing and managing Nava's brand to express our value proposition and reach our target audiences. The incumbent will be responsible for developing and maintaining our identity system and applying it across external and internal communications channels to ensure we are consistently on brand and delivering experiences that align with Nava's vision. For internal company‑facing communications, they will be the primary emissary of Nava's brand. As a member of the communications team, they will work closely with the comms team on digital, print, and social projects that support company brand strategy and business goals. All work will be done in service of Nava's values: Be Active Stewards, Pursue the Root Cause, Think Long‑Term, Build Together, Inclusion is Essential and Progress Takes Work.

What you'll do

• 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
• 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 exter