Brand & Design Manager

Overview

Position: Brand & Design Manager

Department: Marketing

Reports to: Marketing Director

Classification: Regular, Full-time, Non-exempt

Compensation: $30.21 per hour

Grade: 24

The Brand & Design Manager plays a key role on the Marketing team, providing thought leadership to the marketing, education, and development departments. The position develops visual strategy across the organization for sales, fundraising, and storytelling, and creates key visuals and branding for priority, high-level projects.

Seattle Children's Theatre (SCT) has served more than 4 million children since its founding in 1975 through professional theatre and arts education in the Puget Sound region and beyond. Our mission is to provide children of all ages access to professional theatre, with a focus on new works and theatre education.

SCT is committed to equity, diversity, accessibility, and inclusion in all areas of our work. We encourage applicants of all races, ethnicities, religions, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, abilities, ages, and backgrounds to apply. We value nontraditional career paths and transferable skills.

• Partner with the Marketing Director to understand and execute visual strategy for single-ticket campaigns, fundraising initiatives, SCT’s Drama School, and experience design, ensuring brand integrity across all creative outputs
• Lead brand identity across all channels, ensuring visual consistency and high-quality execution
• Develop, maintain, and enforce brand guidelines to ensure consistent application across teams and external partners
• Create branding and key visuals for priority, larger-scale marketing projects such as season launch, fundraising events, drama school campaigns, etc. Assists with general design work during periods of low capacity
• Manage and maintain all brand assets and asset libraries, including photo and video, across storage platforms (e.g., Canva, SharePoint, Smugmug)
• Work with the Associate Director of Marketing Operations to track design projects and needs, collaborating with internal stakeholders to align scope, timelines, and deliverables
• Manage and mentor the Social Media and Graphic Design Specialist, providing clear creative direction, preparedness (copy, sizing, strategy), and on-time delivery

• Contribute positively to the organization's culture and success
• Actively participate in equity, diversity, accessibility, and inclusion initiatives, including attending all-staff meetings & training
• Embodies the organization's mission, vision, and values in all work aspects
• Other duties as assigned

We recognize that experience can come from many places. This reflects our commitment to skills-based hiring, which focuses on a candidate’s ability to perform essential job functions—regardless of whether those skills were developed through formal education, professional experience, community work, or lived experience. If you meet most of the qualifications and are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply.

• At least 4 years of graphic design experience
• At least 3 years of brand management experience
• Demonstrable interest in theatre and SCT’s mission
• Ability to work well under pressure and manage multiple projects at once
• Ability to translate ideas into a unique visual strategy
• Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Expert-level skills in Adobe Creative Suite

• Brand design experience preferred
• Experience in non-profit or arts organizations is a plus
• Experience in Canva is a plus

SCT will make reasonable accommodations to ensure accessibility for all employees.

This position is based at 201 Thomas St, Seattle, WA, in a typical office setting. The work requires on-site presence with occasional evenings and weekends. The site is accessible via public transportation. After a successful 90-day introductory period, this position becomes eligible for one regularly scheduled remote workday per week. Remote work approval is subject to the needs of the business and must be…