Who we are and why what we do matters:
At DCG Communications (DCG), we help clients reach their target audiences, build their brands, and enhance their reputations by hiring smart, innovative people and allowing them to use their skills and passions. Our work isn’t just creative, its meaningful. DCG supports several long-term contracts with federal agencies, including the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, State, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Small Business Administration, Coast Guard, and the Agency for Global Media. When you are part of the DCG team, you help shape important initiatives from ending Veteran homelessness and suicide to curbing human trafficking in the United States.
With ever-increasing opportunities for career and earnings growth, we encourage team members to take on new roles, learn new skills, and work on diverse projects. DCG creative teams thrive on ingenuity and value collaborative and independent work. If flexibility, work environment, and work-life balance are essential to you, DCG is an excellent fit. If you are looking for a rewarding opportunity to work on a nationwide, mission-driven campaign, this is the role for you!
About the Job:
DCG is seeking a Creative Director to help lead our nationwide, multimodal communications and paid media campaign providing mental healthcare access and suicide prevention services to military and veteran populations. In this role, you will provide creative direction, from the graphic design of creative assets and educational materials to still photography and video shoots, to meet or exceed client expectations. You will also lead and mentor a team of graphic designers. From start to finish, you can guide and put innovative ideas into action! Working closely with the design team, clients, and project managers, you will conceive, execute, and deliver design materials for our clients, as well as manage, develop, and grow campaign branding.
What you will do:
- Develop original, strategically on-target, innovative campaign products and materials within agreed-upon timelines.
- Lead and mentor a team of graphic designers and provide coaching and guidance to DCG’s design managers and creative leadership
- Provide storytelling and strategic creative vision to help clients meet their goals.
- Lead brainstorming and in-person meetings.
- Coordinate and assist with photoshoots.
- Ensure adherence to clients’ branding standards.
- Review and meet 508 compliance requirements.
Location: At DCG the majority of our team members, including this role are remote. With over 100 employees based in 21 states (and counting!), DCG is committed to hiring talented employees across the United States. The selected candidate will work during DCG’s core Eastern Standard Time business hours.
You: The creative director position requires the following qualifications, training, and skills:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in the field
- Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Acrobat), and advanced competencies in Microsoft Office
- A minimum of ten (10) years of experience in developing communications products in the suicide prevention field or in a related area
- Experience in developing national-level communication products in the suicide prevention field
- Must be familiar with a variety of suicide prevention concepts, practices, and procedures in the Federal sector (e.g., Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, etc.)
- Demonstrated experience working on nationwide campaigns
- Experience leading and mentoring designers
- Excellent presentation, writing, and verbal communication skills.
- A portfolio of distinctive and exceptional print and digital work, including large campaigns
- Demonstrated strengths in providing proactive solutions and driving successful advancement
- Ability to meet high standards for quality and accuracy under tight deadlines
- Track record of evaluating multiple mediums, from print to web to interactive, to build a unified marketing campaign
- Proficiency in working with both commercial and federal clients
- Familiarity with 508 compliance (strongly preferred)
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while managing a diverse workload
- Demonstrated excellence in typography, layout, and building on a theme
- Passion for new technologies and trends
Why you’ll love it here:
- Market competitive pay.
- A variety of rich healthcare plans including medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as group life insurance.
- 401(k) retirement with 4% corporate match and immediate vesting upon enrollment.
- Annual monetary supplement toward mental and physical wellbeing, and pre-tax Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
- 100% Paid Family Bonding for all new parents (including adoption), short-term, and long-term disability. Family planning benefit towards fertility planning and treatment, adoption, and surrogacy.
- Generous paid time off including 11 paid federal holidays and a floating holiday annually.
- DCG offers a offers a wide variety of growth and development opportunities such as: internal learning & development programs and professional development for those seeking to further their professional growth.
- Check out our that highlights the benefits we offer to our employees and their families; dive in further to the blog to get a better sense of DCG company culture!
Interested?
You can apply for this role now by sending us your resume! Please include a link to your portfolio, either in your resume or cover letter.
About us:
DCG Communications (DCG) is a specialized communications consultancy focused on developing influential communications programs to help clients build their brands and enhance their reputations. We work with the federal government, and currently support a number of long-term projects with the following agencies: Departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, State, Transportation, Homeland Security, Housing & Urban Development, Small Business Administration, and more.
DCG is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
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