Senior Creative Strategist & Design - #1411366

Description

All God’s Children International (AGCI) is seeking a highly strategic and creative individual to serve as our Senior Creative Strategist and Design. This role goes beyond visual execution; it is a critical thought partner in fundraising campaign development, bringing strategic insight, creative vision, and excellent design skills to our mission-driven work.

The Senior Creative Strategist & Design leads the development of integrated fundraising campaign concepts, collaborating closely with Marketing, Advancement, and International teams to craft compelling visual narratives and fundraising campaign offers that drive donor engagement and reflect our Christ-centered mission. This individual must possess strong design abilities, but more importantly, an ability to think conceptually, develop fundraising campaign strategy, and translate complex global needs into emotionally resonant, action-inspiring creative experiences.

This position works closely with AGCI’s Senior Writer and Social Media Producer to ensure consistent alignment across visual and verbal storytelling. It serves as a brand guardian across all creative touchpoints.

About Us

We are the world’s leading child advocacy and trauma disruptor organization. For 30+ years and counting, we have remained relentless in our commitment to stand up for children who need family by working across the continuum of care to dismantle systemic trauma.

Today, we are unlocking possibilities for over 123,000 children per year across the globe. Our reach has expanded across 25 countries spanning five continents. We work every day to dismantle the systemic trauma that sits at the heart of the orphan crisis that still affects over 8 million children. Thanks to God’s provision, children facing the darkest realities experience powerful emotional healing every day and learn the hope of the Gospel. Because no child should be alone.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

CREATIVE STRATEGY & FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN DEVELOPMENT

• Lead the development of creative concepts, fundraising campaign themes, and offers in collaboration with the Director of Marketing and cross-functional teams.
• Review the success of campaigns with the Director of Marketing, and propose suggested adjustments to upcoming concepts to adapt to the findings of past campaigns.
• Support the development of storytelling frameworks and content production guidelines, helping non-designers understand when/ how to use visuals effectively.
• Collaborate with the Global Communications Specialist and global teams to secure story packages that align with the Marketing department's needs and provide coaching or design support for regional/global campaigns.
• Partner with the International teams to gain context and insight into stories and visuals that reflect the lived experiences of children and families impacted by trauma.
• Collaborate in audience trend analysis and platform innovation to explore new storytelling formats like interactive media, animation, or UGC.
  
  

BRAND STEWARDSHIP

• Ensure all visuals align with AGCI’s Christ-centered mission, uphold ethical storytelling, and reflect trauma-informed design principles, especially when portraying children and vulnerable populations.
• Uphold the AGCI visual identity across departments and deliverables.
• Manage visual consistency across all marketing and fundraising materials.
• Own and update brand templates, asset libraries, and internal style guidelines.
• Partner with the Global Marketing teams to implement a global content policy.
• Lead periodic brand audits and contribute to design evolution in alignment with future trends.
• Collaborate with the Senior Writer and Social Media Producer to ensure visual alignment with messaging.
  
  

DESIGN EXECUTION & PRODUCTION

• Create branded assets for digital and print use, including fundraising campaign and appeal design, social media graphics, email headers and internal templates, donor cases for support and event materials, presentation decks and visual reports.
• Support core campaigns by developing versatile and scalable creative assets for use by both U.S. and global teams.
• Lead the development of key visuals for the Trauma Disruptor Coalition (TDC).
• Translate complex programmatic concepts into visually compelling narratives that drive a specific call to action tailored to various fundraising campaign stages.
• Adapt and optimize digital visual assets across platforms and formats, including social, web, email, print, and event collateral.
• Develop design templates or modular elements that allow local contextualization while maintaining brand consistency.
• Work with the Advancement team to produce materials for events, donor meetings, and special fundraising campaigns.
  
  

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Additional experience in the following areas is preferred.

Demonstrated experience in developing strategic fundraising campaign concepts, brand management, and creating compelling creative visuals.

• A deep calling and commitment to use visual storytelling in the service of God’s redemptive work for the benefit of children and families around the world.
• Experience working cross-culturally or in global nonprofits.
• Familiarity with trauma-informed storytelling and ethical content practices.
• Portfolio demonstrating experience with brand-aligned campaigns and donor-facing design.
• Experience creating for both digital and print platforms.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines with high attention to detail.
  
  

GEOGRAPHIC FLEXIBILITY

This position requires the employee to reside in proximity to a major international airport to accommodate travel and operational requirements.

Supervisory Responsibilities

No supervisory responsibilities for this position.

EDUCATION

A bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual communications, or a related field, and 5 - 8+ years of experience in non-profit communications. Preferred candidates will demonstrate a deep understanding of trauma’s root causes and effects on children, families, and communities, and the role design plays in healing-centered advocacy and storytelling.

Working Skills

• Strategic Fundraising Campaign Thinking: Ability to develop fundraising campaign concepts and compelling offers rooted in organizational strategy and audience insight.
• Emotional Intelligence & Empathy in Design: Emotional intelligence and design empathy, with the ability to visually express the emotional weight and dignity of stories.
• Cultural Competency in Design: Strong cross-cultural design competency; designs are inclusive, globally aware, and locally relevant.
• Story-driven design: Fluency in story-driven visual design and trauma-informed storytelling practices.
• Innovation: Innovation mindset and curiosity to explore emerging trends, technologies, and visual formats.
• Collaborative Ideation: Skilled collaborator, able to facilitate visual ideation with diverse stakeholders and storytellers.
  
  

Communication Skills

Exceptional writing and communications skills required, including the ability to craft clear, concise, and engaging content that will inspire and engage diverse audiences. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret stories, correspondence, reports, or content from a variety of cultural contexts. Ability to write error-free business correspondence, reports, and presentation materials. Ability to effectively distill and explain complex concepts in a simple, compelling, and trauma-informed way for donors/sponsors, clients, government agencies, vendors, organization partners, and the general public.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Calculates currency conversion, discounts and interest, when needed.

Computer & Technical Skills

Job requires proficiency in Microsoft 365, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams and experience with digital communication tools, including content management systems (CMS), social media management platforms, and email marketing software. Familiarity with design and multimedia software such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro) or Canva is a must. Experience with collaboration and project management tools (e.g. Asana, Trello) is preferred.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to work with and protect extremely confidential files and information and have the appropriate discernment regarding handling issues of varying complexity and sensitivity. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables. Has the discretion to weigh the levity of an issue and pass it along to the appropriate party/leader within the organization, as needed.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Must possess a valid driver’s license and the ability to supply appropriate documentation/identification to travel authorities when traveling domestically and internationally.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk or hike, use stairways to climb to multiple floors within office buildings, use hands and fingers to keyboard or dial, reach with hands and arms, and see, smell, talk or hear. The employee must have the ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, especially while traveling. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and distance vision, ability to distinguish colors, peripheral vision, depth and perception, and ability to adjust focus, especially with frequent computer use. Strong physical fitness will be required to be successful in this job.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The work environment while traveling domestically or internationally could contain several environmental factors, including, but not limited to outdoor weather conditions (extreme hot/cold), work in countries with high incidence of illness/disease or poor living conditions of its inhabitants, political unrest/danger and physical obstacles and/or hazards.

The noise level in the office work environment is usually moderate; noise levels in travel to various countries could range from quiet to extremely loud, depending on the varying conditions.

VIRTUAL REMOTE WORK ELIGIBILITY

This position is eligible as a virtual remote work role. AGCI may offer virtual remote work to some employees when it would benefit the organization and the employee. AGCI employees approved for virtual remote work will be responsible for demonstrating a high standard of work ethic and maintaining the expected quantity and quality of work set forth by their manager. AGCI’s Telecommuting and Remote Work Policy will guide standards and specific eligibility requirements for telework.

This position requires the successful completion of an extensive criminal background check. All candidates must be legally eligible to work in the United States without company sponsorship. All team members at All God's Children International are required to agree to and abide by our Statement of Faith.

Compensation

$65,000 - $75,000/year depending on experience.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, short & long-term disability, FSA/HSA, PTO, 401k, and 11 paid holidays.

How To Apply

Please submit your application through our Careers page at https://allgodschildren.org/about-agci/careers/. To apply, submit your resume and cover letter. Your cover letter should speak to your qualifications and interest in this role. Please note that applications without the required materials will not be considered.

OUR STATEMENT OF FAITH

All God’s Children International believes…

…the Bible is the sole, inerrant, and infallible Word of God, verbally inspired by Him, and is the only and final authority for the Christian faith and life

…that There Is One Triune God, As Revealed In The Bible, Eternally Existent In The Persons Of The Father, The Son, And The Holy Spirit. These Three Are One In Essence, But Distinct In Person And Function

…God the Father is the first person of the Trinity. As infinite Spirit, He is the source, support, and end of all things. He is the designer of creation, speaker of revelation, the author of redemption, and the sovereign of history.

…Jesus Christ is the second person of the Trinity. In His incarnation, He was fully God and fully man. By His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles, vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, and His bodily resurrection, He became the physical manifestation of the Godhead and Savior to mankind.

…the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. He is the agent of conviction, salvation, indwelling, baptism, sanctification, and illumination of all who are born into God’s family through Jesus Christ.

…that any man can receive the free gift of salvation and eternal life through the saving power of the Holy Spirit, by repentance of sin, and by placing personal faith in the person and finished work of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

…in the resurrection of both saved and unsaved people. The saved are resurrected into eternal, conscious fellowship with the Lord, and the unsaved are resurrected into eternal separation.

…in the spiritual unity of believers through the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit which brings all believers into union with Jesus Christ and with His body, the church.

…that the scriptural practices of the church, given by the Lord, are Baptism and Communion.

…that God has ordained the local church for the perpetuation of His truth and work in the world.