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About the Role

The Graphic Designer is a key addition to the communications and marketing team, producing materials to drive fundraising, engage donors, and support strategic marketing communications for educational programs. This role also communicates the organization's services, programs, and mission impact across digital channels while stewarding the visual brand.

Responsibilities

• Design fundraising appeals and donor engagement materials (digital and print) for annual campaign and special events, managing printing and mailing logistics.
• Design and/or collaborate on strategic marketing communications (digital and print) to drive enrollment for the Early Learning Center, East End Prep, and Explore! Community School.
• Produce digital graphics for impact stories, articles, insights, news, and events through MOBC’s content library, website, e-newsletters, and social media.
• Design and/or provide guidance to staff on client, caregiver, and public communications for MOBC programs and community events.
• Partner with the VP of Communications and Marketing to evolve the brand suite, strengthening integration between MOBC and its sub-brands.
• Develop and communicate brand resources to MOBC departments and sites, equipping staff to produce on-brand materials independently.
• Share responsibility for photography and video capture and editing.
• Create simple animations, such as end cards, as needed.
• Partner with the VP of Communications and Marketing to develop organizational guidelines for ethical AI use in design.
• Help build a consistent process for ethical client storytelling, including cases where a client hasn't given permission to use their name or photo.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related fields
• 3-6 years of experience in graphic design for fundraising and development, donor engagement, enrollment marketing, social media and website content, and publications
• Experience with Adobe design suite and Canva
• Experience engaging communities of color and socio-economically disadvantaged communities
• Strong interpersonal skills; excellent customer service skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, especially in communicating design principles to small and large groups
• Maintains credibility through sincerity, honesty, and discretion.
• Builds and maintains positive relationships with internal and external constituents.
• Strong collaborative skills across multiple departments and staff with various exposure to design
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong time management skills; uses time effectively; consistently meets deadlines.
• Strong project management skills
• Maintains a high level of confidentiality regarding sensitive information.
• Documents regularly, thoroughly, accurately, and completely.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• High level of detail and accuracy.
• Exercises good and consistently fair judgment, courtesy, and tact in dealing with the staff and public in giving and obtaining information.
• Computer literate including familiarity with word processing, spreadsheet, database, desk top publishing software, email and the internet.

Skills

• Graphic design
• Fundraising and development
• Donor engagement
• Enrollment marketing
• Social media content
• Website content
• Publications design
• Adobe design suite
• Canva
• Interpersonal skills
• Customer service skills
• Verbal communication skills
• Written communication skills
• Collaborative skills
• Organizational skills
• Time management skills
• Project management skills
• Confidentiality
• Attention to detail
• Judgment
• Courtesy
• Tact
• Computer literacy
• Word processing
• Spreadsheet software
• Database software
• Desktop publishing software
• Email
• Internet navigation
• Photography capture and editing
• Video capture and editing
• Animation creation

Location

• On-campus presence
• Local travel
• Regional travel
• Possible travel outside Nashville for professional development

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 3-6 years of experience

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related fields

About the Company

• The nonprofit Martha O’Bryan Center (MOBC) is dedicated to improving lives and solving for the root causes of generational poverty.
• Based in Cayce Homes, the largest housing project in Nashville, and rooted in a foundation of Christian faith, MOBC serves more than 12,000 individuals annually across an innovative and comprehensive support system.
• MOBC's support system includes its Family Success Network, a top-rated Early Learning Center, two K-8 public charter schools, out-of-school care, post-secondary access and coaching, whole-family services, adult education, employment training, and place-based community connection.
• Additionally, MOBC leads statewide and nationally to address barriers to economic mobility.
• Through strategic partnerships and community engagement, it remains committed to fostering hope, resilience, and opportunity for all.

Equal Opportunity

• THE MARTHA O’BRYAN CENTER IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER