Description
The Hatcher Group is seeking a talented Designer to join our award-winning team and contribute to creating visual solutions that inform, engage, and inspire. This is an opportunity to apply your design expertise to projects that make a meaningful impact for clients and communities.
Applications/resumes must include a link to a portfolio that demonstrates your eye for aesthetics and your ability to turn problems into elegant solutions.
As a member of our creative team, you’ll develop brand identities, design marketing materials, and produce digital assets that align with client objectives and audience needs. You’ll collaborate closely with colleagues across disciplines to deliver work that is both visually compelling and strategically sound. The ideal candidate combines technical proficiency with creative vision, thrives in a collaborative environment, and demonstrates exceptional attention to detail. You bring strong design fundamentals, adaptability, and a commitment to delivering high-quality work under tight deadlines.
Our flexible-first work culture empowers you to deliver your best work wherever you are. While remote work is a regular part of our operations, candidates within commuting distance of our Bethesda, MD office are strongly preferred to support weekly in-person collaboration and team building.
What You’ll Do
In this role, you will collaborate with project managers, art directors, and team members to maintain and evolve client visual identities, translating complex concepts into compelling visual narratives. Key responsibilities will include:
- Delivering a wide range of design solutions, including marketing materials, ad campaigns, logos, branding, annual reports, video graphics, illustrations, animations, conference materials, digital products, newsletters, infographics, and publications.
- Conceptualizing and creating digital content, including social media graphics, email templates, web banner ads, and website wireframes.
- Designing print materials, from brochures and reports to event graphics, data visualizations, and out-of-home advertising.
- Working closely with cross-functional teams (marketing, digital, and video) to ensure designs meet campaign objectives and target audience needs.
- Remediating and optimizing documents to comply with Section 508 accessibility standards.
- Managing multiple projects efficiently, meeting deadlines under pressure.
- Performing additional duties as needed.
Requirements
What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree with 2–4 years of relevant experience, preferably in an agency or fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat Pro, XD) and Mac OS; knowledge of Canva, WordPress, or other design tools is a plus.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), including creating templates and themes.
- Familiarity with AI-based design tools (Runway, Adobe Firefly, Storyboarder.ai, Topaz, etc.) is a plus.
- Knowledge of 508 compliance remediation is preferred but not required; training will be provided.
- Experience with After Effects and motion graphics is advantageous.
- Strong understanding of design principles, typography, layout, color theory, and print production methods.
- Exceptional organizational skills, creativity, and ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent layout, typography, and compositional skills.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Team-oriented with the ability to take direction and provide constructive feedback.
We are pleased to offer a competitive salary range of $63,000 to $78,000 per year for this position, tailored to your experience and aligned with our internal standards. Join us and enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that includes robust healthcare coverage, generous paid time off, and continuous learning opportunities. Plus, take advantage of monthly perks, a home office fund, and a supportive community with in-office snacks and social events!
About The Hatcher Group
We are catalysts for change, solution engineers, and champions of your mission.
A Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) headquartered in Maryland, Hatcher creates award-winning marketing and communications campaigns for clients from across our four sectors: education, environment, public health, and community and opportunity. For a quarter of a century, Hatcher has partnered with nonprofits, foundations, government agencies, and other organizations committed to activating change and creating a better world.
Our diverse team of strategic experts in marketing, communications, media, and design brings their all to every project. We immerse ourselves in our client’s world, leaving no stone unturned to tailor solutions and elevate creative potential. By prioritizing authentic and trustworthy partnerships, we execute strategies that capture precise visions and advance meaningful missions.
Hatcher envisions a just and sustainable world where no person is left behind. We create for the social challenges of our time, uniting our clients’ messages with audiences that need to know. Powered by purpose, we are The Hatcher Group.
