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About the Role
The Associate Creative Director builds the visual system that makes brand belief visible: consistent, polished, and unmistakably CISCT across every school, screen, and community space. This role turns brand strategy into the templates, guidelines, and creative the whole organization relies on.
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve CIS's visual identity, brand guidelines, and design standards
- Build a template library, impact reports, one-pagers, decks, flyers, newsletters, social frames, that improves visual hierarchy and saves production time
- Ensure the CIS brand works alongside, not against, school-district branding
- Lead graphic design and creative direction across print and digital materials
- Refresh the photo and video library and establish a simple photo-consent workflow
- Bring polish, accessibility, and cultural responsiveness (including bilingual design) to every piece
- Equip staff and campuses to use the brand correctly with tools, quick guides, and training
- Support campus materials with cleaner, on-brand design
- Help stand up brand-ambassador materials
- Design consistent, memorable touchpoints: events, activations, the in-school “CIS room,” and merch
- Collaborate on the creative for the annual awareness campaign
- Partner with the Digital Media / Content Strategist so assets perform across channels
- Support the CBGO on board, funder, and executive materials
- Manage design vendors on major projects
Requirements
- 5+ years in graphic design and/or creative direction, including building brand systems and templates
- A strong portfolio demonstrating brand identity, visual hierarchy, and multi-format design (print and digital)
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Canva
- Experience creating brand guidelines and scalable template systems
- Strong collaboration and project-management skills in a fast-paced environment
- Nonprofit marketing experience is not necessary but preferred
- Experience designing for education, youth development, or social impact
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) or experience with multilingual, multicultural design
- Photography, videography, or data-visualization skills
- Must reside in Central Texas
Skills
- Graphic design
- Creative direction
- Brand systems
- Templates
- Visual hierarchy
- Multi-format design (print and digital)
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Canva
- Brand guidelines
- Scalable template systems
- Collaboration
- Project management
- Photography
- Videography
- Data-visualization
Location
- Austin, Texas
Work Type
- In-person
- Full-Time
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $6,666.67 / month
Benefits
- Ongoing training, supervision, and career pathways into director-level roles
- 4+ weeks of holidays
- 2 weeks of vacation time
- Personal days
- Sick days
- 100% employer-paid employee medical plan available
- Family subsidies
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- 403(b) retirement plan with employer match
About the Company
- Rooted in community for over 40 years, Communities In Schools of Central Texas (CISCT) is a sophisticated 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Austin, Texas.
- Communities In Schools (CIS) is a national organization that ensures every student has what they need to realize their full potential in school and beyond.
- At CISCT, our mission is simple: surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.
Equal Opportunity
- Communities In Schools of Central Texas is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.