Senior Creative Designer

ONSITE 3 DAYS A WEEK IN MCLEAN, VA. CANDIDATES MUST BE LOCAL

Position Summary We are seeking a highly creative and forward-thinking design professional who excels at transforming complex ideas into compelling visual stories. In this role, you will elevate how an organization communicates across executive, customer, sales, and marketing channels. As a senior individual contributor, you'll be responsible for developing high-impact presentations, infographics, campaign assets, sales materials, and scalable creative systems. Working closely with executives, subject matter experts, marketers, and business leaders, you will bring ideas to life through persuasive, engaging visual storytelling.

This position is ideal for someone with a strong creative vision who is comfortable pushing boundaries while maintaining brand consistency. You will take ownership of projects from inception to completion, managing multiple priorities, and delivering work that balances strategic clarity, technical accuracy, and aesthetic impact. Additionally, you will play a key role in integrating artificial intelligence tools into the creative process, viewing AI as a means to enhance productivity, scalability, and innovation in content development.

• Lead the ideation and execution of executive presentations, customer-facing materials, sales enablement assets, infographics, campaign content, and strategic marketing resources.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to translate complex business strategies, technical concepts, and product offerings into compelling visual narratives.
• Create persuasive presentations that effectively communicate value propositions and business outcomes through storytelling and design.
• Manage creative projects from concept through production, including brainstorming, design, stakeholder reviews, and delivery.
• Provide innovative recommendations to enhance the quality and impact of visual communications.

• Develop infographics, process diagrams, data visualizations, and visual frameworks to simplify complex information.
• Create modular assets and scalable creative systems adaptable across various formats such as presentations, digital channels, events, and campaigns.
• Establish templates, design systems, and reusable frameworks to improve quality, consistency, efficiency, and scalability.
• Evolve visual communication practices while maintaining brand integrity and aligning with organizational goals.

• Promote the responsible use of AI tools across the creative process, including ideation, image generation, content adaptation, and asset repurposing.
• Design scalable workflows that utilize AI and automation to boost speed, consistency, and creative output.
• Stay informed about emerging creative technologies and suggest practical applications to improve efficiency and digital capabilities.
• Share best practices and foster ongoing learning related to evolving design tools and AI-enabled workflows.

• Partner with teams across marketing, sales, product development, communications, and events to support strategic initiatives.
• Work with internal and external creative resources to ensure cohesive design execution.
• Offer creative direction and feedback to agencies, freelancers, and production partners.
• Juggle multiple projects simultaneously within a fast-paced environment while upholding high standards of quality.

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Marketing, Advertising, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 7+ years of experience in graphic design, visual communications, presentation design, brand development, or related disciplines.
• Strong portfolio showcasing expertise in executive presentations, visual storytelling, information design, infographics, and marketing materials.
• Proven experience crafting presentations and communications tailored for executive, customer, sales, or leadership audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to distill complex, technical, data-driven, or strategic information into compelling visual formats.
• Advanced proficiency in…