Lead Graphic Designer
Givelify is a fintech-for-good company where brilliant minds come to power the most loved and trusted online and mobile giving app platform. Thanks to nearly 2 million generous donors, we've helped more than 75,000 nonprofits and places of worship raise over $6 billion. Together, they're changing their world with kindness and generosity.
Inc. 5000, the Stevies® Awards, Gartner, Forbes, and many more have recognized our story, innovations, and achievements. Our award-winning team builds products and experiences that put more good into the world. We love to take on big challenges because we know our work matters.
Make an impact at one of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. Be part of a talented team of big-hearted individuals, earning competitive pay with excellent benefits.
About your role:
We're seeking a Lead Graphic Designer to elevate Givelify's visual brand and drive design excellence across all touchpoints. You'll lead strategy and execution for high-impact initiatives representing life-changing causes, products, and organizations—alongside the Givelify brand itself.
In this role, you'll combine hands-on design with systems thinking to ensure scalable, visually striking work. You'll mentor designers, set standards, influence strategy, and inspire a growing team—making sure every visual expression reflects our mission, values, and business goals. You're a strategic thinker with sharp design instincts, an eye for innovation, and a passion for using creativity to inspire good in the world.
The Creative Team:
Givelify's Creative Team produces the experiences that wow our audiences and users. We consistently deliver world-class design and creativity across the entire business, serving our customers in collaboration with product, technology, marketing, support, and operations. This role reports to the Art Director.
The Lead Graphic Designer will get to:
- High-quality Design: Produce 5-star creative work while balancing strategic considerations, resulting in completing high-quality projects delivered on schedule and within scope.
- Brand Stewardship: Define, maintain, and evolve Givelify's visual brand identity, resulting in resulting in consistency of visual identity across all channels.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Represent design in cross-functional planning, reviews, and strategy discussions, resulting in strong cross-functional relationships and the alignment of design solutions with broader business or campaign goals.
- Mentorship & Influence: Elevate the creative output of others through advice, consultation, and shared best practices, resulting in improvement in design quality and velocity.
To be successful in this role, you'll also:
- Define and drive design strategy for major initiatives, leading cross-functional conversations with stakeholders, teammates, and executive leadership to align creative vision with business goals.
- Lead the creation of world-class designs across digital and physical mediums, ensuring every touchpoint reflects Givelify's mission and strategic objectives.
- Embed a deep understanding of Givelify's audiences and business strategy into design decisions, representing the customer perspective across all projects.
- Champion the Givelify brand, setting visual standards, ensuring consistency, and innovating to evolve brand identity.
- Collaborate strategically with cross-functional partners, including with project managers, marketers, business stakeholders, and creative leadership
- Lead the elevating of design across the organization through mentorship, thought leadership, and actively shaping creative culture and design systems.
- KPIs:
- # of creative cycle days
- # of replies per cycle
Your experience:
- 6+ years of demonstrated experience (please submit portfolio or link to work)
- Expert-level proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and Figma.
- Strong conceptual thinking, with a contemporary, user-centric aesthetic and mastery of typography, color, and layout hierarchy.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, able to articulate creative concepts to stakeholders at all levels.
- Experience working and leading design strategy cross-functionally
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and adapt to changing business needs.
- Excellent organization, planning, execution & time management skills
- Superior attention to detail and a passion for design excellence.
Your superpowers:
- Problem-Solving: Is resourceful and creative in solving complex issues. Uses sound judgment, data, and collaboration. Connects design decisions to brand and business outcomes.
- Integrity: Demonstrates congruence in thought, speech, and action. Can be trusted to act with courage and to do the right thing.
- Collaboration: Fosters productive relationships; values others' opinions, shows appreciation, and seeks to understand different perspectives.
- Customer Focus: Adopts a human-centric approach that meets or anticipates customers' needs when developing solutions.
- Drive for Results: Can be relied upon to be resourceful & tenacious in achieving key desired results.
- Effective Communication: Inspires and aligns through clear, thoughtful dialogue.
- Mentorship: Invests in the growth and success of fellow designers.
We are a virtual team of award-winning and high-performing professionals who innovate and collaborate to fulfill our mission to instantly connect people to causes that matter most to them so they can change their world with kindness and generosity. Our four keys to success - integrity, heart, simplicity, and wow - fuel our passion to be recognized among the tech industry's most inclusive and purpose-driven workplaces.
We are steadfast in our conviction to overcome challenges while performing meaningful work alongside some of the most brilliant minds and biggest hearts. It propels our growth as individuals and as a team. We are committed to respecting each other in our workplace, firmly believing diversity is our strength.
At the heart of everything we do are our giving community, our donors and our partner organizations. We lean on research and human-centered design to consistently push the envelope and innovate our products and customer experiences.
We take great pride in providing competitive pay, full benefits to help care for you today and in the future, amazing perks (including flexible PTO), and, most importantly, the opportunity to put passion and purpose front and center.
About Givelify
Givelify is the most loved and trusted online and mobile giving platform. Along with its powerful donation management system, it's the fastest-growing technology for advancing generosity in the world. We instantly connect people to their heart's impulse to do good with award-winning products and experiences. A global community of nearly 2 million generous people supports their favorite churches, places of worship, nonprofits, and causes with over $6 billion in donations across more than 75,000 organizations. Givelify leads all giving apps on the App Store and Google Play Store with more than 104,000 verified, authentic reviews with an average 4.9 out of 5-star rating. Learn more at Givelify.com.
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