Director of Creative Services

The Role

Do you believe in the power of design, brand, and digital media to impact policy outcomes and tell stories that matter? Are you excited to amplify the voices of leaders and organizations who are working to build a better, more progressive future? Do you like working across multiple issue-advocacy areas alongside great teammates?

In this role you will have the opportunity to lead and shape a growing creative practice across multiple mission-driven organizations and leaders. You will oversee and implement Be Clear’s design work, setting creative vision and strategy across projects, guiding clients through creative processes, building beautiful and compelling websites, visual brands, social media content, and more. You will also steward the Be Clear visual brand and website, and help develop our team’s creative work and vibrant internal conversation about design.

About Be Clear

Be Clear is a boutique communications and strategy consultancy that seeks to build a better, more progressive world by helping people and organizations tell their stories. Founded by four alumni of the Obama Administration, Be Clear works across a range of issues. Our clients fight to bring justice to education policy, to turn the tide in the fight against climate change, to reduce economic inequality, and to protect and strengthen American democracy. Our services range from strategy development to press relations; from crisis management to training promising leaders for high-pressure media environments.

Responsibilities

The Director of Creative Services at Be Clear will:

• In coordination with Partners, serve as Be Clear’s creative lead, developing compelling concepts for clients and overseeing the Be Clear visual brand.
• In coordination with Partners, serve as a client-facing representative of Be Clear, treating the client’s needs and hopes as your own. Your client responsibilities at times may involve communications work outside of design as well, including advising on digital strategy, written content, and audience engagement.
• Design beautiful, functional, easy-to-manage websites for clients, train clients on how to update them, and manage contractors as needed to bring them to life.
• Create additional high-quality design content, including content for web, templates, decks, social media, documents, invitations, ads, one pagers, reports, and other collateral.
• In collaboration with Be Clear Partners, scope new design offerings and services and future vision for our design work. Thinking about the potential growth of Be Clear’s design arm, help design future roles, mentor existing teammates, and supervise future team members
• Participate in business development activities, including writing proposals and creating pitch decks, conducting website audits, and giving presentations to potential and existing clients.
• Coordinate effectively with the project manager and partner on each client to understand goals, audiences, key messages, and track updates.
• Manage and recommend design updates for the Be Clear’s branding, including our website, merch, cards, and other Be Clear collateral.

Qualifications

The Director of Creative Services at Be Clear will share our passion for working with our clients to build a better, more progressive world and have:

• 5+ years of professional design experience, preferably in agencies, government, campaigns, journalism, advocacy or similarly fast-paced environments
• Creative prowess with experience leading creative work, developing compelling concepts for clients and creating visually compelling designs
• Demonstrated record of designing beautiful, user-friendly websites and bringing them to life using drag-and-drop platforms, particularly Squarespace
• Demonstrated expertise in UI/UX design, with a portfolio showcasing visually appealing, intuitive interfaces and content that enhance user experiences
• Background in logo/brand development, including brand systems and visual identities
• Desire to grow and innovate, to come up with new ideas for clients and the firm
• Fluency in a wide range of design tools, including Adobe Creative suite, Figma, and Canva
• Experience collaborating with or managing developers to build websites on platforms such as Webflow and Wordpress
• Strong project management skills and the ability to lead productive, inclusive discovery and feedback processes with clients, our internal team, and subcontractors
• Fluency in and unwavering commitment to advancing issues of racial justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion

Additional consideration will be given for:

• Video creation and/or editing skills
• Expertise in digital strategy and/or paid media

Be Clear offers a competitive benefits package including health, dental, vision, life insurance and disability insurance, and 401(k) with employer match, paid parental leave, technology stipends, and co-working options. Our staff enjoy a generous annual paid time off package, including 10 federal holidays, extended winter break, paid sick leave, and 15 flexible PTO days (to start).