[Remote] Social Justice Brand Strategist (Atlanta, Northern Virginia, Oregon, San Diego)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Mixte Communications is a community-driven communications agency focused on justice, health, and freedom for all. As a Social Justice Brand Strategist, you will lead the development of visual communications strategies and execute high-impact creative work that aligns with clients' social justice goals. Responsibilities • Serve as the strategic creative lead on projects, helping clients clarify their visual identity and align their creative assets with overarching goals • Translate complex social justice issues into powerful visual campaigns that move people to action • Lead branding, rebranding, and campaign creative processes from concept to completion, including workshops, concept decks, stakeholder feedback, and final delivery • Present and defend strategic design direction with clarity, confidence, and flexibility • Partner with internal teams to align creative strategy with communications goals and audience insights • Offer guidance and strategic insight across a variety of creative mediums from digital to print to motion • Design collateral, visual toolkits, social media content, print and digital ads, reports, decks, email templates, branding elements, and more • Push creative boundaries to ensure Mixte’s work leads the industry in innovation, cultural relevance, and authenticity • Balance big-idea conceptual design with day-to-day production needs • Scale creative deliverables based on scope and budget from scrappy grassroots campaigns to multi-platform initiatives • Understand the 23-point Mixte Manual and how all of the things Mixte does as a company interact with your strategic role as Social Justice Brand Strategist • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to integrate design into broader communications strategies • Proactively surface creative ideas that align with client goals and emerging trends in advocacy, activism, and storytelling • Build strong, trust-based relationships with clients, serving as both a creative advisor and a hands-on partner • Communicate clearly and compassionately with clients and team members across timelines, revisions, and expectations • Collaborate with other strategists to understand how various other communications initiatives and strategies correlate and overlap and ensure all are working together smoothly and efficiently toward big-picture company and client goals • Initiate conversations, brainstorms, research to unearth key inspiration to drive creative concepts and design proposals • Drive big-picture design projects, such as a rebrand or creative campaign, from start to finish, leading the team and the client through the necessary steps of the process to ensure alignment and excitement with the final product • Contribute to new business pitches and proposals, lending strategic and creative vision to help win work • Meet quarterly revenue and outreach goals related to business development • Identify growth opportunities within existing client accounts by offering creative solutions that solve emerging needs Skills • This role requires that you are established and located in either Northern Virginia, Atlanta, GA, San Diego, or Oregon — no exceptions • 7+ years of experience in brand development, graphic design, visual communications, or art direction, ideally with strategy responsibilities • Demonstrated experience leading creative campaigns or brand initiatives with social impact • Portfolio that showcases a mix of strategy-led design work and hands-on execution across print, digital, and motion • Deep proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite; bonus if you also know Canva, video editing tools, and light animation • Excellent presentation skills and the ability to pitch creative ideas persuasively • Strong project management and organizational skills, including comfort with Asana, Slack, and Google Workspace • Experience working with communities of color, LGBTQ+ communities, or social justice organizations is highly preferred • Fluency in Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, or Vietnamese is a strong plus Benefits • Outrageously awesome benefits • A four-day work week • A paid winter break between Dec 25 and New Years Company Overview • Mixte Communications offers digital communication & public relations solutions that cover workshops, assessments, training & google adwords. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in San Diego, California, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is Apply tot his job