National Journal’s Presentation Center is hiring a DIGITAL MEDIA ASSOCIATE to join our team of experts producing insight and intelligence on how Washington works. 

National Journal is a premier research and insights company committed to helping organizations effectively navigate Washington. Best known as one of Washington’s most trusted media brands for over 50 years, our expertise is unmatched with teams of specialists dedicated to government affairs, communications, and political research, in addition to exceptional journalism. Our mission is to equip the thousands of government and business leaders in the nation’s capital with the intelligence, insights, and connections they need to save time, increase efficiency, and deliver success.

This position will create a range of visually-oriented client-branded deliverables for clients’ use in engaging advocates, boards, PACs, and other external stakeholders. These deliverables include social media graphics–including GIFs and 2D motion graphics–as well as presentations, reports, one-pagers and newsletters. The position will also work on NJ-branded initiatives to serve the team’s overall goals of attracting and retaining clients. 

WHAT IS THE NATIONAL JOURNAL’S PRESENTATION CENTER? 

We analyze, synthesize, and visualize news and information related to policy and politics, publishing content exclusively for senior public policy practitioners and government affairs executives. Our diverse membership includes policymakers and senior professionals from the world’s leading companies, nonprofits, and associations.

The Presentation Center currently publishes hundreds of easy-to-edit slides that distill complex policy information and produces 40-60 bespoke deliverables for our members through our Concierge service. Adding to the Concierge suite of high-quality custom products including one pagers, annual reports, and newsletters, the Presentation Center will be expanding its custom multimedia offerings, including motion graphics, GIFs, interactive maps, and other animated products. 

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Working with project managers and policy analysts to design high-quality multimedia graphics,  presentations and other collateral for NJ clients

• Assisting with content creation, supporting project scoping and working through edits; partner with policy analysts to translate information into compelling visuals and otherwise optimize content (e.g., revamp charts/graphics, condense text) for presentations, newsletters and more

• Creating custom client deliverables including GIFs, motion graphics and other multimedia content, as well as static content such as  infographics, newsletters, annual reports and one-pagers. These are developed in partnership with our analysts and delivered in the client’s branding

• Supporting marketing activities, such as developing sample deliverables and other collateral 

• Assisting with department-wide administrative tasks, including branding PowerPoint templates

QUALIFICATIONS OF THE IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• Bachelor’s degree and 0-1 years (post-undergraduate) experience in graphic design, communications, or research in a professional setting

• Experience with Canva or similar web-based graphic design programs, as well as Microsoft Office programs including PowerPoint 

• Outstanding time management and judgment, demonstrated proficiency managing competing project priorities and adhering to timelines

• High-energy, demonstrates sense of urgency, poised under pressure and understands the importance of the little details and follow through

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; entrepreneurial spirit, track record of initiative, and ownership of work

• Prodigious work ethic and spirit of generosity

• A full course of the COVID-19 vaccination is required for employment at National Journal

• Active contributor to a diverse and inclusive workplace

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-time

COMPENSATION: The salary range for this role is $43,000-$46,000

REMOTE STATUS: This role is hybrid with in-person work on Tuesdays and Thursdays

ABOUT US

Across National Journal Group, generally, the firm looks for two “pillar gifts” in you, and everyone else.  In all of us, these are more aspirational than actual, but they are central in our intentions –

• FORCE OF IDEAS:  At the center of National Journal Group work are the ideas within our writing.  We believe that ideas – to the good and not – have consequences.  Our highest work is bringing rigor, insight, intellectual honesty, to that ultimate purpose of separating the bad from the good, and giving voice to the latter.

• SPIRIT OF GENEROSITY:  National Journal Group seeks in its ranks a spirit of generosity – a natural disposition in each colleague toward service and selfless conduct.  National Journal Group writing should be cut from the same cloth –critical on the merits but informed by charity and forbearance in measuring motive and personal character.

National Journal is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate against our applicants because of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.