Senior Designer (AVP/Associate Creative Director)

Precision Strategies; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Annual bonus opportunity

Flexible hybrid remote/in office plan

Retirement plan with automatic 3% safe

Healthcare coverage

Paid vacation, sick leave, and float

Paid parental leave

Professional development stipend

Job summary

Precision Strategies seeks a Senior Designer with an exceptional command of layout, typography, and branding. You’ll be a hands‑on designer, developing concepts, setting visual direction, and mentoring junior designers.

You’ll lead on rebrands, logos, campaigns, decks, and design for video, partnering with creative directors and copywriters to develop ideas and carry a distinctive visual language across formats. The role is based in Washington, DC or New York, NY with a flexible hybrid schedule.

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating exceptional layout, typography, branding, and well-crafted decks.
• Ability to move between identity design, campaigns, presentations, and video support.
• Strong conceptual thinking and collaboration with writers and directors.
• Experience mentoring designers and giving actionable feedback.

Responsibilities

• Lead hands-on design across brand identities, campaigns, decks, and print materials.
• Develop concepts with creative directors and copywriters and translate into visual direction.
• Build identity systems that work across applications with clear typography and color choices.
• Design decks that clarify complex information with structure and momentum.
• Create visual assets and direction with video editors and producers.
• Maintain consistency across channels and formats.
• Present work, explain decisions, and incorporate feedback.
• Own projects from exploration through final production, ensuring high craft.
• Mentor junior designers and review their work at key stages.
• Manage multiple assignments and communicate progress.

Skills

Senior designer experience

Layout

Typography

Branding

Presentation design

Mentoring

Art direction

Collaboration with copywriters

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree (creative field)

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Job description

Precision is an integrated strategy and communications firm advising companies and organizations at the intersection of policy, reputation, and public opinion. The firm combines senior bipartisan political and communications talent with proprietary data and AI platforms to develop and run integrated campaigns that help clients seize opportunities and solve their biggest challenges. Precision’s integrated model spans strategic communications, corporate advisory, public affairs, reputation management, crisis and litigation support, data and analytics, paid media, and creative. The firm is backed by a bipartisan, 50-State Network following its acquisition of Firehouse Strategies. ABRY Partners is a strategic investor in Precision.

Position Overview

Precision is seeking a Senior Designer with an exceptional command of layout, typography, presentations, and branding. You’ll be a hands‑on designer first, with the ability to develop concepts collaboratively, establish visual direction, and guide other designers toward stronger work.

The role spans rebrands, logos, campaigns, decks, and design for video. You’ll partner with creative directors and copywriters to develop ideas, then give those ideas a distinctive and coherent visual expression. You should be equally comfortable building an identity, designing a persuasive presentation, and carrying a campaign’s visual language across formats.

Our clients bring us complex challenges at the intersection of technology, people, government, law, and politics. We’re looking for someone with interests and opinions beyond design—someone who asks good questions, engages with the subject, and brings an informed perspective to the work.

You’ll own substantial design assignments, work closely with our creative directors, and help raise the quality of the team’s output by mentoring, delegating to, and reviewing the work of junior designers.

The position can be based in either Washington, D.C. or New York, NY.

What You’ll Do

• Lead hands‑on design across brand identities, logos, integrated campaigns, presentations, and digital and print materials.
• Collaborate with creative directors and copywriters to develop concepts and translate them into strong visual directions.
• Build thoughtful identity systems that work across applications, with clear choices in typography, color, imagery, and composition.
• Design decks and presentations that make complex information understandable and give a story structure, emphasis, and momentum.
• Develop visual assets, style frames, and design direction in collaboration with video editors and producers.
• Carry a visual idea consistently across channels while adapting it to the needs of each format.
• Present work to internal creative leads, articulate your decisions, and use feedback to strengthen the result.
• Own projects from exploration through final production, maintaining a high standard of craft and attention to detail.
• Delegate assignments to junior designers, provide clear direction, and review their work at appropriate stages.
• Mentor other designers through specific, constructive feedback on both their thinking and execution.
• Manage multiple assignments, communicate progress, and identify when a project needs additional time, clarity, or support.

What We’re Looking For

• 6+ years of relevant design experience.
• A portfolio demonstrating exceptional layout and typography, strong branding work, and well‑crafted decks or presentations.
• The versatility to move between identity design, campaigns, presentations, and supporting design for video.
• Strong conceptual thinking and the ability to develop ideas in partnership with copywriters and creative directors.
• Art direction skills, including the ability to establish a visual approach and guide others in executing it.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
• Strong presentation design skills in Google Slides, with proficiency in PowerPoint.
• Experience mentoring designers, delegating assignments, and providing actionable creative feedback.
• Curiosity about the world beyond work and an ability to engage thoughtfully with complex issues.
• The independence to own substantial assignments and the collaborative judgment to know when to seek input.
• A bachelor’s degree, ideally in a creative field, is preferred but not required.

What We Offer

• Competitive salaries
• Annual bonus opportunity
• Flexible hybrid remote/in office plan
• Retirement plan with automatic 3% safe‑harbor contribution from Precision
• Healthcare coverage - medical, dental, and vision with 90% of costs covered by Precision
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and floating holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Professional development stipend

The annual salary range for this position is $105,000.00 to $139,999.00. Actual compensation and starting salaries are determined by various factors, including the candidate's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and internal equity. Once at Precision, movement through pay bands is based on performance. Base annual salary is just one component of Precision’s total compensation approach.

We currently work in a hybrid model and require staff to work in the office 50% of working days each month.

Precision is an equal opportunity employer.