Hybrid Associate Designer – Fundraising, Digital Marketing

at Interactive Strategies

• Job title: Associate Designer – Fundraising, Digital Marketing
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: $50,000 - $75,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Washington, United States

About the role

• Associate Digital Designer at Interactive Strategies crafting engaging visuals and designs for social media and digital campaigns. Collaborating with a creative team to support meaningful causes.

Responsibilities

• Social Media Design: Craft bold, on-brand visuals for social campaigns, paid ads, and social-first storytelling. Your designs will drive engagement and boost visibility for meaningful causes.
• Email Design: Develop eye-catching email templates and campaign assets that don't just look good, but also drive clicks and conversions. You'll help push the boundaries of what's possible in email design.
• Animation & Video Content: Create dynamic motion graphics and video content that enhance client messaging and help clients stand out in a crowded digital landscape.
• Collaboration: Partner with senior designers, strategists, project managers, and clients to ensure creative outputs are aligned, impactful, and polished. You’ll be a key contributor across concepting, execution, and refinement.
• Creative Problem-Solving: Tackle design challenges with a strategic mindset—bringing fresh ideas to life within established brand systems, while balancing visual appeal, clarity, accessibility, and purpose in every solution.

Requirements

• 1-3 years of professional experience in digital design (agency or nonprofit experience a plus)
• A portfolio that showcases your work across social, branding, illustration, and motion/video content
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and motion tools like After Effects or Premiere Pro
• A sharp eye for typography, color, composition, and design systems
• Detail-oriented, organized, and confident managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
• A growth mindset—open to feedback, iteration, and continuous improvement
• A collaborative spirit and a passion for work that makes a difference
• A feeling that creativity is not just your career, it is a big part of what defines you. Are you also an illustrator? a photographer? a writer? These things matter and we want to hear about them

Benefits

• Company-sponsored health, vision, and dental insurance
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Profit sharing
• 4 weeks of PTO to start; 5+ weeks after year 3
• Company-paid short- and long-term disability
• Company-paid life and AD&D insurance
• 11 paid holidays
• 401k with company match
• New business referral bonus
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible work schedule
• Pre-tax DC Metro SmartBenefits