Senior Designer & Illustrator (Future Opportunity)

Role overview

Senior Designer & Illustrator (Future Opportunity) at ICF Next. This is a contingent role dependent on contract award—not an immediate opening, but the team is actively interviewing and may extend offers ahead of the award. Start dates would depend on contract finalization.

Responsibilities

• Develop original visual approaches for campaigns, brands, and experiences
• Create illustration systems and assets across digital, social, content, and brand environments
• Contribute to concept development early in the creative process
• Build compositions and visual systems balancing clarity, emotion, and craft
• Partner with writers, strategists, designers, and art directors to shape ideas
• Help define how illustration, typography, image, and motion work together across experiences
• Present work with clear rationale and creative confidence
• Maintain a high level of craft across multiple projects and timelines

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in design, illustration, or a related creative discipline
• A portfolio demonstrating strong craft, conceptual thinking, and visual storytelling

Skills / qualifications

• Strong understanding of composition, typography, color, and visual hierarchy
• Experience contributing to campaigns, visual systems, or brand identities across multiple formats
• Strong illustration skills with the ability to work across styles while maintaining a clear visual point of view
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and contemporary creative tools
• Strong collaboration and communication skills

Nice to have / additional attributes

• High attention to detail and consistency
• Ability to push beyond expected solutions
• Curiosity about culture, storytelling, and visual communication
• Comfortable collaborating across disciplines
• Ability to balance expressive craft with strategic objectives
• Comfort giving and receiving feedback