Responsibilities

• Build Brands
• Build out brand assets and systems following concepts and creative direction from senior designers, including: logos, podcast tiles, key art, typography applications, color palette implementations, brand patterns, social media templates, and brand kit packages.
• Apply existing brand guidelines to create compelling visual assets that express the unique ethos and editorial mission of NPR podcasts, programs, and editorial properties.
• Support the reimagining of existing NPR editorial property brands to resonate with diverse audiences.
• May conceptualize and execute complete brand systems for smaller, lower-visibility NPR projects and properties.
• Collaborate with senior team members to ensure brand work aligns with the NPR parent brand and overall brand family/hierarchy.
• Build Campaigns
• Create marketing campaigns that follow existing brand guidelines and systems.
• Help develop the overall campaign approach, contributing to art direction and creative concepts alongside copywriters and senior designers.
• Build campaign assets required for each campaign: digital and social ads, Apple/Spotify art, illustrations, animations, video beginning/end slates, and graphic systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, Design degree, or equivalent in work experience
• 1-3 years of experience in graphic design and digital advertising (or equivalent portfolio demonstrating strong design skills). Experience with branding, typography, key art, digital design, and social media design.
• Interest in motion graphics and animation, with a willingness to learn and develop these skills.
• Passionate about brands, marketing, and creative campaigns, with a growing understanding of advertising best practices.
• Able to work in a fast-paced, constantly evolving, news-driven environment.
• Open and receptive to feedback from senior team members and stakeholders. Ability to interpret feedback and make thoughtful design revisions.
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic, with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
• Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines while maintaining attention to detail and visual quality.
• Strong proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator) required.

Preferred

• Basic knowledge of Premiere and/or After Effects is a plus.
• Experience working with copywriters is a plus.

Benefits

• NPR Benefits : NPR offers access to comprehensive benefits for employees and dependents. Regular, full-time employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week are eligible to enroll in NPR’s benefits options. Benefits include access to health and wellness, paid time off, and financial well-being. Plan options include medical, dental, vision, life/ accidental death and dismemberment, long-term disability, short-term disability, and voluntary retirement savings to all eligible NPR employees.