Senior Visual Designer - Animations

As a key contributor to Blackbaud's in-house creative team, you will steward Blackbaud's brand identity to produce effective creative content across a variety of media. Your work will help capture the interest of the global social impact community and other key stakeholders. Additionally, you will provide guidance to other team members to ensure excellent creative output. - Using Blackbaud's established brand guidelines and system of templates and resources, produce brand-aligned, high-performing creative across media, including presentations, digital ads, PDFs, ebooks, campaigns, event assets and more. - In addition to producing your own design, coach the work of junior designer(s) to ensure that their work meets high quality standards and will perform to accomplish the objectives of the creative brief. - Partner closely with members of our go-to-market teams to ensure creatives are high performing and effective. - Lead medium to large size design projects, see them through the entire design process from understanding the brief to production delivery. - Use Asana to manage work distribution across your team, communicate effectively with stakeholders around the globe, and manage your own asynchronous collaboration with global stakeholders on design projects. Qualifications Required: - 5+ years of experience working in graphic or visual design, including previous in-house or agency experience. - Highly organized with knowledge of full design cycle. - Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and PowerPoint. - A bachelor's degree in graphic design, communications design, or related field, or equivalent professional experience. Bonus Experience: - Motion graphic animation (Adobe After Effects or equivalent). - UX/UI design in Figma. - Illustration. - Digital marketing and web accessibility. - Experience in Canva. As a key contributor to Blackbaud's in-house creative team, you will steward Blackbaud's brand identity to produce effective creative content across a variety of media. Your work will help capture the interest of the global social impact community and other key stakeholders. Additionally, you will provide guidance to other team members to ensure excellent creative output. - Using Blackbaud's established brand guidelines and system of templates and resources, produce brand-aligned, high-performing creative across media, including presentations, digital ads, PDFs, ebooks, campaigns, event assets and more. - In addition to producing your own design, coach the work of junior designer(s) to ensure that their work meets high quality standards and will perform to accomplish the objectives of the creative brief. - Partner closely with members of our go-to-market teams to ensure creatives are high performing and effective. - Lead medium to large size design projects, see them through the entire design process from understanding the brief to production delivery. - Use Asana to manage work distribution across your team, communicate effectively with stakeholders around the globe, and manage your own asynchronous collaboration with global stakeholders on design projects. Qualifications Required: - 5+ years of experience working in graphic or visual design, including previous in-house or agency experience. - Highly organized with knowledge of full design cycle. - Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and PowerPoint. - A bachelor's degree in graphic design, communications design, or related field, or equivalent professional experience. Bonus Experience: - Motion graphic animation (Adobe After Effects or equivalent). - UX/UI design in Figma. - Illustration. - Digital marketing and web accessibility. - Experience in Canva.