The DLCC’s sole mission is to win Democratic majorities and build Democratic power in state legislatures. To grow governing power, we battle to win and hold majorities, build their capacity to be self-sustaining, and expand the map cycle over cycle to shape the future of this country. As the official party committee dedicated to state legislatures, we also represent and elevate our ballot level on the national stage to bring more attention and resources to this ballot level.

As the Senior Designer, you’ll work within DLCC’s Marketing and Communications Department to oversee and produce engaging, eye-catching, and on-brand multimedia products, including digital and print graphics, videos, and animations to be used across departments and platforms.

This role reports to the Director of Marketing. The DLCC is a hybrid organization located in Washington, DC. This position is eligible to be permanently remote or for flexible work arrangements. This position is part of a collective bargaining unit.

The Senior Designer is expected to model the values of the DLCC:

– CREDIBILITY: We are respected and trusted in words and actions.
– INCLUSIVE: The DLCC values the unique experience and perspective of all who work here. We strive to make all contributors feel welcomed, valued, and respected. We focus on outcomes, recognizing different people approach opportunities and challenges differently.
– INITIATIVE: We exhibit high levels of creativity in our work and need all team members to proactively contribute ideas to move our work forward.
– RESULTS DRIVEN: Our team undertakes projects professionally and executes them fully and to completion.
– RISK: We identify opportunities to employ new ideas and tactics and execute these ideas when we believe the potential reward outweighs the risk. We evaluate, learn, and improve our strategy, both when the risks pay off and when they do not.
– TEAMWORK: We work collaboratively, additively, and in sync with our colleagues. Our individual work considers the needs, capacity, and expertise of those we work alongside.

Responsibilities:
– Design and manage existing DLCC brand assets (logos, brand guidelines, style guides) as well as new products, templates, and visuals while ensuring that they meet the highest standards for clarity, emotion, and brand integrity.
– Work closely with multiple teams across the organization to guide the creative direction of graphic design for a wide variety of digital and print projects, ranging from grassroots fundraising graphics, social media graphics, website graphics digital ads, donor collateral, event materials, and DLCC merchandise
– Oversee creative projects from start to finish, meeting deadlines and clearly communicating with stakeholders on timelines and requests.
– Manage and develop creative concepts for marketing campaigns that are designed to drive fundraising success.
– Participate and collaborate in brainstorming and strategy discussions with colleagues from different teams to develop marketing campaigns and tactics that include email engagement, social media, web, and other aspects.

Outcomes:
– DLCC’s brand and mission are well supported and reinforced by strong visual creative assets deployed across the organization’s outbound communications.
– Design requests are prioritized according to organizational impact and completed in an efficient manner.
– DLCC’s data and information are visually presented clearly across the organization.
– A unified creative perspective is incorporated into DLCC’s work across teams.

Qualifications:
– 4-6 years of experience in graphic design, digital design, and content strategy.
– A demonstrated portfolio of design products that demonstrates talent, creativity, and vision.
– Strong storytelling skills with the ability to identify compelling narratives to donor audiences, both familiar with and new to the DLCC’s work.
– Demonstrated experience with Adobe Creative Suite products (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
– Experience in designing websites and landing pages with attention to user experience and interface (UX/UI) (CSS, HTML5 not necessary but helpful).
– Additional experience with Premier and After Effects is a plus.
– Experience in video and motion graphics editing and project management, or working with outside firms, is also a plus.
– An interest and understanding of emerging trends and norms in the creative and political industries, including AI tools and new technology.
– The ability to balance multiple projects for different stakeholders with competing deadlines and to iterate creative solutions.
– At least one cycle of experience on a campaign, party committee, or PAC, or similar non-profit or agency experience is preferred.
– Strong attention to detail.
– Shares our commitment to electing state legislative Democrats.

Physical Requirements:
The DLCC is committed to supporting employees of varying abilities and to providing reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to thrive at the DLCC.

The requirements of this role, related to its physical demands, described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

All DLCC employees must be able to operate a computer and use a cell phone. For roles at the DLCC that include frequent business travel expectations, we can discuss reasonable alternatives to travel in some instances. Most roles also require communicating with key external stakeholders of the organization in person, via the telephone, or via email. Applicants with questions about accommodations may request to speak with our ADA liaison, Kennissa Brown.

Essential functions of the role include:
– Working from a computer for long periods of time.
– While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to communicate using the telephone, email, and in person with stakeholders.
– Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
– This position may require the employee to periodically travel across the country with audio-visual equipment and attend meetings and conferences off-site.
– This role may require work outside of normal business hours.

How to Apply
The salary range for the Senior Designer position is $75,000 – $83,000 on an annualized basis, commensurate with experience and qualifications. The DLCC offers a generous benefits package, including:

– More than 25 days of paid time off, including for Federal holidays, time off around Federal holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year, vacation, sick days.
– Fully paid health/vision/dental insurance for the employee + spouse/partner + dependents.
– Up to 6% retirement employer contribution.
– Monthly use-it-or-lose-it $100 transit benefit for employees located in the DC region.
– Employer contribution of $500 to employee’s Flexible Spending Account, and opportunity to withhold pre-tax income for Dependent Care Account.
– Up to $5,000 employer-paid Health Reimbursement Account for IVF-related costs or Adoption Assistance, and up to $2,500 for employer-paid Health Reimbursement Account for out-of-pocket dental and orthodontic expenses.
– Monthly $100 student loan payment benefit.
– Monthly $100 mobile phone reimbursement.
– and more.

To apply for this position, please complete an electronic application at https://www.dlcc.org/careers by January 9, 2026. The DLCC may review applications after this deadline; however, this is not a guarantee that your application will be considered if it is not submitted by January 9, 2026. Only complete applications through the application portal will be accepted. You must also include a resume, cover letter, and three professional references to be considered for this position. When an applicant with a disability needs an accommodation to have an equal opportunity to compete for this position, they may request it in writing by emailing jobs(at)dlcc.org. No calls, please. Applicants will be screened on a rolling basis.

The DLCC is committed to an inclusive and equitable environment and diversity among its staff and recognizes that its continued success requires the highest commitment to engaging, retaining, and supporting a diverse staff that provides the best quality services to supporters and constituents. The DLCC is an equal opportunity employer and it is our policy to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, personal appearance, marital status, family responsibilities, genetic information, or any other legally protected basis. The DLCC will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination and any such conduct is strictly prohibited.

Beekeeper Group is looking for a Creative Director who can fuse strategic public affairs insight with standout creative execution. This is not a pure design role. We need someone who can imagine and articulate bold ideas, shape them into compelling visual and narrative concepts, and lead a small but mighty team in bringing those ideas to life.

This role sits at the heart of our work for mission-driven organizations and advocacy campaigns. You should be comfortable in the policy and public affairs spaces, fluent in design and creative strategy, and excited to push clients toward fresh, distinctive creative. If you can guide a project from blank page to polished product and manage a team through the process, we want to hear from you.

What will you be doing?
– Leading creative vision and execution for campaigns, brand development, digital products, and visual storytelling across the Hive
– Translating complex policy and advocacy goals into compelling concepts, narratives, and design directions
– Developing and documenting creative processes, templates, and systems that improve efficiency, reduce rework, and enable consistent quality across accounts
– Working in tandem with account and technology teams to scope creative projects by providing accurate estimates of effort
– Managing creative resource allocation across accounts, balancing workload, and communicating capacity constraints to account teams
– Owning and elevating the creative process from ideation through delivery, including briefs, mood boards, conceptual frameworks, and final products
– Providing strong direction, constructive feedback, and skill-building opportunities to Digital Designers and Junior Designers, and ensuring their growth and development
– Collaborating closely with account teams to shape creative strategies that support clients’ communications, advocacy, and engagement goals
– Presenting creative concepts to clients and internal stakeholders with clarity and confidence
– Maintaining high standards of quality across all creative outputs and ensuring consistency with brand guidelines and accessibility (WCAG 2.1) best practices
– Overseeing the production of digital assets, including website designs, social graphics, video storyboards, animations, reports, infographics, toolkits, and campaign collateral
– Working with external partners (photographers, illustrators, printers, etc.) as needed
– Managing creative budgets, including stock assets, software licenses, and external vendor relationships
– Identifying creative opportunities across accounts and proposing innovative approaches to storytelling and design
– Anticipating challenges, navigating constraints, and providing solutions that balance creativity, clarity, and feasibility
– Partnering with sales team on new business efforts by shaping pitch creative and identifying opportunities where our proposals can benefit from distinct visual approaches
– Championing a creative culture within Beekeeper Group and elevating our collective design and storytelling capabilities
– Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time, with or without notice

Skills
– 7+ years of professional creative experience, ideally in agency, advocacy, or mission-driven environments
– Prior experience managing and developing creative staff
– A strategic, conceptual mind with the ability to synthesize complex issues into clear, compelling, creative
– Comfort and familiarity with public affairs, cause communications, and/or advocacy campaigns
– Demonstrated experience directing designers and guiding multidisciplinary creative work
– Strong visual and editorial sensibility: you can spot what’s good and explain WHY it works
– Ability to provide thoughtful, actionable feedback and mentor creative staff
– Experience presenting creative work to clients and defending choices with clarity and diplomacy
– A collaborative working style combined with the confidence to push teams toward better, bolder ideas
– Ease operating on tight deadlines, competing priorities, and restrictive budgets in an agency environment
– Expert knowledge of design principles: typography, layout, color, accessibility, and digital best practices
– Proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), and Canva
– Working knowledge of UX/UI and web design workflows; experience designing for WordPress and understanding CMS constraints & best practices
– Ability to lead creative concepting for campaigns (digital, social, brand, motion, print)
– Strong written and verbal communication skills

Compensation
The annual compensation for this role is between $110,000–$140,000, commensurate with experience, with the expectation that a successful candidate will be able to leverage our competitive business incentive structure (details available upon request).

SUMMARY:

A Washington, DC-based strategic media production firm that is wholly focused on messaging for Democrat and progressive campaigns, is looking to hire a multichannel advertising veteran with significant directing and editing experience into a full-time Creative Director position.

The Creative Director is at the center of this firm’s work. The person in this role will set the vision and the standards for the firm’s creative portfolio, propelling their work to the next level across all mediums, from broadcast television spots to ground-breaking digital advertising. They will be ready to elevate the firm’s creative work to advance some of the most important progressive campaigns and causes across the country – at a pivotal time.

An experienced and collaborative leader, the Creative Director will marshal a team of producers, editors, designers, animators, mixers and composers, all of whom are focused on developing high quality creative that advances client missions and reinforces the firm’s reputation as a trusted, insight-driven partner.

The hiring organization has won historic elections at the presidential, congressional, state, and local levels. Aided by their industry-leading approaches, their clients have shattered glass ceilings, shaped national policy, and inspired new generations of leaders.

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