Visual Design Specialist

Are you looking for purpose-driven work where client success makes a positive impact on communities around the world? If so, then Committee for Children has an opportunity as a Visual Design Specialist. We're a social enterprise dedicated to advancing the well-being of children through human skills curriculum. As a Visual Design Specialist at CFC, you will produce high impact, visual assets that elevate brand identity and drive engagement across digital and print channels. This role blends artistic excellence with strategic thinking, ensuring all design work is optimized for performance, accessibility, and consistency. The Visual Design Specialist collaborates with other departments to translate goals into effective visuals and contributes to initiatives that enhance the overall customer experience and marketing impact.

Let's talk about benefits. What we do matters. But we can't achieve our goals unless we empower every team member to pursue their own goals and live a fulfilling personal life. Our benefits, perks, and rewards are aimed at doing just that: helping you live your best life at CFC.

• We cover 100% of your premiums for medical, dental and vision coverage and 50% for your dependent's medical and dental premiums
• Retirement plan + company match up to 3%.
• A flexible work subsidy: $100 per month that you can use on things like phone and internet costs, office supplies, or even commuting cost
• 16 paid holidays (including winter break and 1 floating holiday), 3 weeks' vacation in your first year, and separate sick leave accrual
• Other great benefits include: monthly contribution to childcare and/or dependent expenses, FSA account, parental leave, sabbatical leave, employee assistance program, annual wellness reimbursement, growth and development opportunities, disability and life insurance.

What you'll do when you join us:

• Design and deliver high-quality visual assets for campaigns, web, email, social media, presentations, and print.
• Own and evolve brand visual standards, ensuring consistency across all touchpoints.
• Collaborate with marketing, product, and content teams to translate strategic goals into compelling visual executions.
• Optimize designs for performance across digital platforms, including accessibility, responsiveness, and load speed.
• Manage and maintain design systems, templates, and asset libraries to support scalability and efficiency.
• Ensure timely delivery of creative assets for campaigns, product launches, webinars, and other initiatives.
• Contribute to website updates and refreshes, ensuring visual alignment with messaging and user experience goals.
• Partner with UX, SEO, and analytics teams to improve visual impact and conversion paths.
• Support quarterly impact reporting by contributing visual elements that enhance storytelling and data presentation.
• Adaptability - adjust design approaches and priorities quickly in a fast-paced, evolving environment, and explore new trends and tools to continuously enhance visual impact.
• Apply brand systems and visual principals to create assets that drive engagement and support business outcomes

Here's what we're looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in graphic design, visual communications, fine arts, or related field
• 3+ years of professional experience in graphic or visual design, preferably in a marketing or brand-focused environment
• Demonstrated expert-level visual design skills with a strong portfolio of static digital and print work
• Advanced proficiency in design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Figma, and Canva
• Experience designing for web, email, social media, print, presentations, and marketing assets
• Familiarity with accessibility standards and responsive design principles
• Understanding of marketing funnels, customer journeys, and conversion-focused design
• Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS and CMS platforms (e.g., WordPress) is a plus
• Ability to interpret performance data and apply insights to design optimization
• Note: This position is located in Seattle, Washington and employees are eligible to work remotely in any of the following states: AZ, CA, CT, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, MA, MN, NJ, NM, NY, OR, PA, TN, TX, VA, WA.

The hiring range for this position is $80,000-91,000 annually. Actual base pay takes into account job-related knowledge, skills and experience required for the role, internal equity and geographic region.

Transform the lives of millions.

Grow your career while you do it.

At Committee for Children, we're dedicated to advocating for policies to enhance, gathering research to support, and developing educational programs to advance the safety and well-being of children through human skill development.

We're best known for our innovative Second Step® family of programs, which blend research and rigor with intuitive design to help young people build strengths that will help them realize their goals throughout life. And we feel like we're still just getting started. We believe that if you make a positive impact on enough children, the ripple effect will help a family, school, community, and ultimately, the world.

We're proudly building a more welcoming workplace.

We're committed to providing a place that empowers you to bring every bit of who you are to work. When you're able to be yourself, you do your best work. It's as simple as that. And to that end, we're committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace.

We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We're committed to cultivating a workplace in which diverse perspectives and experiences are welcomed and respected. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, without regard to race, color, age, disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, genetics, religion, sexual orientation, political affiliation, veteran status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Apply now and help us achieve our vision of safe children thriving in a just and peaceful world.

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