Creative Design Lead

Description & Requirements

Maximus is currently seeking a versatile and proactive Creative Design Lead to join our team and support a variety of state and federal programs to deliver essential information to the public through clean design and plain language.

This position is ideal for a well-rounded, hands-on designer who thrives in a fast-paced environment and takes initiative to move projects forward.

In addition to visual design, you'll contribute to light content writing and editing, with support and training in plain language best practices.

This is a great opportunity for a designer who's curious about how design, content, and usability work together to create effective communication.

As a trusted partner to governments across the globe, Maximus helps reimagine how public services are delivered amid complex technology, health, economic, environmental, and social challenges.

We create products and services that help people take action-whether that's renewing benefits, navigating services, or understanding their options.

This is a hybrid role based in Princeton, NJ.

You must live within a commutable distance of the office and regularly work on-site.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Research, gather and synthesize scientific and policy information translating that information into understandable, audience appropriate communication products.

- Understand, interpret, identify and select appropriate and scientifically accurate and understandable images and graphics to enhance communication products on a regular basis usable by a variety of audiences.

- Provide written and oral communications to support the client in relaying clear, concise, and understandable information to various target audiences.

- Develop and edit audience-appropriate reports, news articles, technical publications, brochures, periodicals, speeches, audio-visual materials, profiles, feature stories and Q & As for online, social media and printed content.

- Write, coordinate and upload stories, videos, and pictures to government websites and social media sites including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts.

- Collaborate with other departments to ensure internal communications are accessible and meet corporate brand standards.

- Test to ensure accessibility solutions are effective and successful.

- Create and publish documentations, manuals, and additional forms of publications.

- Oversee complex team and department projects and processes; coach, review, and delegate work to lower level professionals.

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Design clear, user-focused materials such as brochures, fact sheets, guides, flyers, and informational handouts.

- Understands client business objectives and has the skills to translate them into effective and engaging designs.

- Create illustrations, icons, and infographics to support comprehension and accessibility.

- Contribute to visual development and storyboarding for motion graphics or ex...