[Hiring] Freelance Mid-Senior Graphic Designer @M+R

Role Description

We’re looking for mid to senior level graphic designers! We are building out a talent pool of mid to senior-level graphic designers to help out one of the best firms in the do-gooder business. The right person for this freelance role is a seasoned creative comfortable executing on original concepts alongside our in-house team of creative strategists, is comfortable building creative for various digital channels, is available on contract approximately 10 hours a week (some months could be zero, other months could be much higher), and has availability for last minute projects and edits with a tight turnaround. The graphic designer would need to respond to inquiries within 24-hours and work in a timezone that overlaps with a timezone in the continental United States (PT, MT, CT, ET).

Here’s what you’ll be doing:

• Designing high-performing digital ad creative — display banners, social media ads (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat), and email — that stops the scroll and drives action.
• Developing and applying brand identity systems: typography, color, logo usage, and visual language across campaigns and channels.
• Developing strong visual concepts that align with strategy, audience insights, and campaign goals.
• Creating concept sketches/storyboards, style guides, moodboards, etc, that keep campaigns visually cohesive across deliverables.
• Designing web assets including wireframes, mockups, landing pages, and style tiles for branding and web projects.
• Designing multiple creative variants for A/B testing and performance learning.
• Collaborate with strategists, copywriters, and account teams to bring ideas to life.
• Translate briefs and feedback into polished, thoughtful creative.
• Help elevate creative quality and craft across campaigns.
• Own communication with internal M+R staff through high-level project and time management.
• Explain creative choices to client teams and incorporate feedback into rounds of edits, often on tight timelines.
• Complete work within budgeted hours, provide accurate time estimates, and deliver on agreed-upon deadlines.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of digital design experience in agency.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality digital advertising and campaign work.
• Mastery of Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Exceptional visual design skills (typography, layout, color, composition).
• Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with multiple concurrent projects.
• Highly detail-oriented with strong production skills.
• Comfortable working within and extending existing brand systems.
• Ability to edit and iterate on existing design projects quickly and accurately.
• Strong understanding of how design performs across digital channels (social, display, email, web).
• Stay up-to-date with industry best practices and audience first design trends.
• Drive to seek what can be improved and offer ways to fix any potential roadblocks.
• Experience working with staff that are not designers - you can translate their requirements into a compelling design that meets the needs of our clients, while also staying true to design best practices.
• Strong ability to relay your ideas clearly verbally and in writing.

Requirements

• Experience working with nonprofits, advocacy, or issue-based organizations.
• Experience with HTML5 ads.
• Experience working in Figma.
• Experience with Creatopy.

Benefits

• Compensation: $75 - $100 an hour.

Company Description

As a firm we are committed to being an anti-racist, equitable, and inclusive organization where all staff feel welcomed, valued, and empowered, resulting in meaningful, rewarding, and enriching experiences throughout their careers here. We work to center our anti-racism, equity, and inclusion (AEI) values in all aspects of our work, so our culture, clientele, policies, and practices are reflective and affirming of people -- inclusive of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, immigration status, citizenship status, and so much more. We strongly encourage folks from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.