Associate Design Director

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society. 

We’re looking for a highly skilled, detail-oriented Associate Design Director to elevate the quality, consistency, and impact of our creative work across the Stand Together brand and its network of partners.

This role is ideal for a design leader who combines exceptional visual craft with a passion for mentoring others. You will play a critical role in shaping and refining creative work-bringing a sharp design eye, strong executional ability, and the ability to guide teams towards best-in-class outcomes.

Working closely with the Creative Director, you will focus on raising the bar of design across all touchpoints, ensuring that every piece of work is strategically sound, visually compelling, and executed at the highest level. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a culturally significant impact while strengthening the capabilities of our creative team. 

Serve as the design lead across projects, partnering with the Creative Director to ensure work is visually exceptional, strategically aligned, and cohesive across channels.  

Act as the primary design authority, providing a critical, detail-oriented eye to refine and elevate creative work at every stage. 

Guide and mentor designers (junior through senior), offering hands-on feedback, direction, and coaching to strengthen craft, execution, and conceptual thinking.  

Spend dedicated time in the work, reviewing layouts, typography, systems, and visual storytelling to ensure the highest level of polish and consistency.  

Establish and uphold design standards, systems, and best practices across brand, campaigns, and partnerships.  

Collaborate closely with art directors, copywriters, strategists, and producers to bring integrated ideas to life across digital, social, video, print, and experiential.  

Translate strategic concepts into compelling visual systems and executions that resonate culturally and emotionally.  

Lead design critiques, foster a culture of constructive feedback, and create an environment where designers can grow and do their best work.  

Ensure design work scales effectively across platforms while maintaining integrity and quality.  

Support the Creative Director by owning the day-to-day design quality, enabling more focus on higher-level strategy and vision.  

Experience building and scaling brand systems across multiple channels and partners.  

Experience mentoring and leveling up design teams in fast-paced environments.  

Background in culturally driven or behavior change campaigns.  

Ability to balance hands-on design involvement with leadership responsibilities.