Freelance Mid-Senior Graphic Designer

USA (Remote)

$75/hr – $100/hrMid Level4+ years expFreelance

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive freelance graphic design for nonprofit campaigns, owning digital ad and web assets from concept to delivery.

  • Own design across ads, web assets, and campaign deliverables.
  • Must-have: 4+ years of digital design with strong portfolio and mastery of Photoshop/Illustrator.
  • Standout: Experience translating briefs into cohesive nonprofit advocacy visuals.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • 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.

Requirements

  • 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.

Preferred

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

    Compensation

    • $75 - $100 an hour
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    M+R

    We are M+R. We believe that the nonprofits we work for are essential to advancing the cause of justice, alleviating suffering, and solving the greatest challenges we face.We bring experience, talent, and unshakeable dedication to our clients through fundraising and supporter engagement, movement building and issue advocacy, and message and brand development.We're a remote-first organization with offices in DC, NYC, and Oakland.Want to work for us? Check out our current job openings: https://www.mrss.com/careers/

    Founded in 1991
    Washington, District of Columbia, USA
    620 employees (94 in marketing)

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    Traffic Source Mix
    Search
    36.3%
    Direct
    47%
    Referral
    5.2%
    Social
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    Paid
    0.9%

    Headcount Trend

    Current headcount: ~620

    Marketing Team

    Marketing Team Size
    72 (12% of company)