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About the Role

The Multimedia Graphic Designer will produce visual content and develop creative strategies to draw wider attention to the work of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF-USA). The designer will bring fresh ideas to enhance our storytelling, engage audiences, and inform the public about our medical humanitarian action around the world. The designer will produce graphics primarily for digital media and video, including infographics, interactive graphics, and motion graphics. The designer will help shape MSF-USA’s visual identity across platforms, ensuring adherence to brand guidelines. Strengthening our visual communications is intended to expand MSF-USA’s reach and awareness, increase social sharing and website traffic, and inspire greater support for the organization.

Responsibilities

Develop and distribute external communications products across multiple channels to bear witness to humanitarian needs, speak out with patients and communities, engage with audiences, and achieve strategic objectives.
Identify significant medical humanitarian issues and execute integrated communications plans to increase public awareness, audience engagement, and support for advocacy priorities.
Develop and contribute toward brand strategy, brand positioning, and tactics to increase brand visibility.
Develop and support the production of creative and engaging external communications across audiences and channels, including for the website, social media, and live events.
Promote DEI principles across all communications products and channels.
Produces powerful graphics—including infographics and motion graphics—to effectively convey MSF’s reporting and witnessing from our medical humanitarian projects around the world.
Distills complex concepts, medical data, and other information into clear, compelling, and accurate graphics for use on social media platforms and websites.
Produces print design materials for signage, merchandise, and more as needed for exhibitions, demonstrations, and other needs and contributes expertise on print projects.
Collaborates with producers, editors, and others in the Communications department and other staff at MSF USA to produce graphic design materials, most often with a focus on digital content, but at times with print materials as well.
Priorities include rapid response to breaking news and emergencies as well as longer-term projects to highlight medical humanitarian issues.
Consistently takes initiative by proposing ways that graphics could be used to enhance MSF USA’s storytelling capabilities and increase the impact of our communications materials.
Actively participates in strategy meetings about content production and dissemination.
Identifies ways to augment presentation of MSF USA’s work on digital platforms to increase engagement.
Develop and deliver visual assets to inform and engage audiences, and provide others with expert advice while working within established communications systems.
Contribute to the development of visual elements to support social media campaigns and public engagement activities.
Contribute to developing and delivering multimedia strategies and plans for significant aspects of external communications with guidance from the Director of Communications.
Implement brand strategy and guidelines to achieve organizational goals.

Requirements

Minimum 3 years of directly relevant experience, preferably with a non-profit and/or media organization.
Strong portfolio of digital assets and motion graphics with similar non-profit, media, or client work.
Solid background in print design.
Project management experience, including keen attention to detail, the ability to track multiple projects at one time, and to prioritize ongoing vs. immediate needs appropriately.
Demonstrated ability to produce compelling multimedia designs and motion graphics.
Expert eye and hand for design, including information design and data visualization, with keen understanding of the interplay between design and social media.
Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, and InDesign.
Experience in Premiere Pro and/or Final Cut Pro.
Advanced information graphics skills, including ability to manipulate and chart data in Excel, Powerpoint, and Illustrator.
Strong written and oral communications skills, ability to research, write, and fact-check graphics.
Ability to synthesize complex source material in order to propose clear and effective communications and marketing content.
Experience ensuring brand consistency.
Strong knowledge of social media platforms.
Passion for MSF USA’s social mission to provide medical humanitarian aid.
Interest in international humanitarian affairs and medical issues.
Ability to be a self-starter who actively proposes creative ideas.
Ability to work in a high-pressure environment.
Dedication to producing high-quality, engaging, and accurate design materials.
Non-profit and/or fundraising experience.
Portfolio of similar non-profit, media, or client work, graphics and animation.
Experience designing custom map graphics using GIS (graphic information systems) datasets.
Video editing experience.
Illustration experience.
Professional writing and/or editing experience.
Must be able to travel, as required, for standard domestic and international business travel.
Employment may be contingent upon satisfactory reference checks and/or background screening appropriate to the responsibilities of the role.

Skills

Visual communications design
Information design
Graphic design
Digital/media arts
Film/video
Photography
Motion graphics
Print design
Adobe Creative Cloud
Photoshop
Illustrator
After Effects
InDesign
Premiere Pro
Final Cut Pro
Information graphics
Excel
Powerpoint
Social media platforms
Video editing
Illustration
Writing
Editing
GIS (graphic information systems)

Location

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Minimum 3 years of directly relevant experience

Education Level

Degree or equivalent experience in visual communications design, information design, graphic design, digital/media arts, film/video, photography or related field.

Salary/Compensations

$78,399 - $117,599

About the Company

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international organization that provides medical care to the people who need it most.
The organization cares for people affected by conflict, disease outbreaks, disasters, and social exclusion in more than 70 countries.
MSF offers medical humanitarian assistance solely based on need, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, or politics.
Our international project teams include medical, logistical, and administrative staff, most of them hired locally and working with their own communities.
Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence, impartiality, and neutrality.
We also bear witness and speak out about the experiences of our colleagues and patients.
MSF USA is one of 24 sections supporting the global movement, primarily through staff recruitment, fundraising, advocacy, and communications.
We welcome candidates who bring a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences to join us in working toward MSF’s social mission.

Equal Opportunity

MSF-USA is dedicated to creating a diverse, impartial, and inclusive workforce.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other differences as per applicable laws.
We also provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities or religious beliefs and practices.
We strongly encourage individuals from underrepresented communities in the Humanitarian Aid sector to apply.