Senior Designer & Art Director

Location: Remote or Seattle, WA; candidates must work within the continental United States, be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident, and travel at least twice per year for team events.

Salary: $100,800–$112,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global is an education innovation nonprofit providing K-12 artificial intelligence and computer science education and increasing participation among students from underrepresented groups.

What you will do

• Set the visual direction for campaigns and channel work, designing key visuals and assets for social, email, web, paid, video, out-of-home, and experiential formats.
• Apply typography, layout, composition, color, accessibility, and WCAG standards while delivering final production-ready files.
• Concept integrated campaigns with a copywriter and translate ideas into visual systems across channels.
• Art direct photo and video shoots from shot list through post-production and direct contract designers and creatives when needed.
• Own and evolve visual brand guidelines, support internal teams and external partners, and present work to leadership using audience insights and performance data.
• Use AI tools in the creative workflow and help advance their use across the team.

Requirements

• 8–10 years of graphic design and art direction experience, including senior-level experience.
• A portfolio demonstrating hands-on design craft and integrated campaign work, with the candidate's specific role identified for each project.
• Expert typography, layout, and composition skills with the ability to work across visual styles.
• Experience concepting with copywriters and produced campaign work.
• Experience art directing photo or video shoots through post-production.
• Experience building or evolving brand guidelines and helping other teams apply them.
• Experience directing other creatives.
• Experience using AI tools in a creative workflow.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
• U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency, work within the continental United States, successful completion of a pre-employment background check, and willingness to travel at least twice per year for team events.

Nice to have

• Agency or design studio experience.
• Experience with education, nonprofit, or mission-driven brands.
• Motion design or video editing skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible remote working environment.
• Technology subsidy within a Bring Your Own Device environment.
• Five weeks of paid time off, including three weeks of vacation, a two-week winter break closure, and sick leave.
• Medical, dental, and vision premiums fully paid for full-time employees and dependents.
• Option to participate in a 403(b) retirement plan.

Hiring process

• Informational interview lasting approximately 30 minutes.
• Interviews with several team members lasting approximately three hours, followed by a one-hour final interview.
• Reference checks; interviews are conducted virtually via Google Meet.