Develop and manage Nava's brand, create strategies for effective communication across channels, and support business development designs while ensuring brand consistency.
About Nava
Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation working to make government services simple and effective. Since 2015, federal, state, and local agencies have trusted Nava to help solve highly scrutinized technology modernization challenges.
As a client services company, we guide agencies constrained by legacy systems to a future with sharp user experiences built on secure, reliable, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure. We bill for our time, offering our expertise and problem-solving approach to help our government partners enhance their digital products and services. People are at the heart of our work, from members of the public who rely on benefit programs to government agency staff. Through human-centered design and modern engineering best practices, we help our government partners understand user needs and deliver on their missions more effectively. This focus gives everyone at Nava the opportunity to do work that is meaningful, impactful, and deeply connected to public good.
Position Summary
Nava is looking for a Communication/Brand Designer to join our team. In this role, you’ll develop and manage Nava's brand to express our value proposition and reach our target audiences. You will be responsible for developing our identity system and applying it across external and internal communications channels to ensure we are consistently on brand and delivering experiences that align with Nava's vision.
What you'll do
- Brand & Communications Design
- Collaborate with internal teams to ensure staff understand the needs and goals of our audiences.
- Deliver creative strategies that meet those goals, and implement them across all channels including print, web, email, social media, and events.
- Contribute to Nava's communications strategy and plans to raise visibility, awareness, and preference for Nava.
- Contribute to experience design for external and internal events, including moving image and motion design.
- Help with visual and communication design needs on Delivery projects as needed.
- Manage design and communications requests from business development team, including pitch decks, orals presentations, proposals, and data visualizations
- Contribute to design process optimizations and improvements in the bid process
- Manage Nava's brand identity system consistently across mediums; drive adoption across the company.
- Manage brand assets such as Nava's brand mark, style guides, templates, illustrations, and photography.
Business Development Support
Brand Management
Required skills
- 1-3 years design experience, with branding, design firm, or ad agency strongly preferred
- A strong foundation in visual design, typography, layout, grid systems, and concept development
- Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat), gDrive (Slides, Docs, and Sheets) and Figma
- Experience with developing brand strategy and creating artifacts which clearly communicate the essence of a company's brand strategy
- A track record of gaining trust and respect by consistently demonstrating sound creative, strategic, and analytical thinking skills
- Ability to keep an eye on the big picture while managing the details
- Exceptional attention to detail, multi-tasking, initiative, and follow-through skills
- Effectively communicates and works well in a remote/distributed team environment
- Values honesty and openness
- Actively seeks out feedback
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
Please include a portfolio with your application. Applications without an online portfolio will not be considered.
Other requirements
All roles at Nava require the following:
Legal authorization to work in the United States
Ability to meet any other requirements for government contracts for which candidates are hired
Work authorization that doesn’t require visa sponsorship, now or in the future
May be subject to a government background check or security clearance, depending on the contract
Perks working with Nava
Health coverage — comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans to support your overall health needs
Insurance coverage — Nava provides disability, life, and accidental death insurance at no cost
Time off — vacation, holidays (including Juneteenth), and floating holidays to rest and recharge
Company holidays — enjoy 12 paid federal holidays each year on top of your regular PTO
Annual bonus — when Nava meets its goals, eligible employees receive a performance-based annual bonus
Parental leave — paid time off for new parents, plus weekly meals delivered to your home
Wellness program — full platform offering physical, mental, & emotional health resources & support tools
Virtual care — see doctors online with no copay through UnitedHealthcare’s virtual visit program
Sabbatical leave — earn extended unpaid leave after continuous service for personal growth or rest
401(k) match — Nava matches 4% of your salary to support your retirement savings plan
Flexible work — remote-first environment with flexibility built around your schedule and responsibilities
Home office setup — company laptop & setup assistance provided via Staples for remote work needs
Utility support — monthly reimbursement to help offset eligible home office utility expenses
Learning opportunities — internal training programs and resources to help grow your professional skills
Development opportunities — LinkedIn Learning access & an annual allowance for courses, tuition, & certs
Referral bonus — get rewarded when you refer great people who join the Nava team
Commuter benefits — pre-tax commuter programs to support in-office travel when applicable
Supportive culture — A collaborative and remote-friendly team environment where people genuinely care
Location
We have fully remote options if you reside in one of the following states:
Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, DC, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin
*If you are not living in one of the states listed above, unfortunately, you will not be considered for a position at this time.
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Please contact the recruiting team at [email protected] if you would like to request reasonable accommodation during the application or interviewing process.
We participate in E-Verify. Upon hire, we will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. This role requires you to work from the contiguous United States.
Top Skills
Acrobat
Adobe Creative Suite
Figma
Gdrive
Illustrator
Indesign
Photoshop
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