Visual Designer. Mexico City. Posting Date: 06/15/2026. Deadline: 06/29/2026
Role Title: Visual Designer
Contract Type: Regular
Workstyle Arrangement: Hybrid
Reporting To: Director, Creative
Department: Communications
Location: Mexico City, Bogota, and Rio de Janeiro
Team Name: Creative
Role purpose:
The Visual Designer brings strong creative vision and technical execution to design and multimedia projects across web, mobile, social media, and print. The ideal candidate is fluent in the language of design systems, passionate about visual storytelling for advocacy, and excited to contribute to work that advances justice, human rights, and open societies.
Key responsibilities:
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Design and deliver compelling creative for websites, social media, print materials, data visualizations, video narratives, and interactive applications.
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Collaborate closely with developers, writers, and campaigners to create wireframes, mock-ups, storyboards, and prototypes that clearly communicate design intent and user interaction.
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Uphold and evolve Open Society’s visual identity across all mediums, supporting both internal teams and external vendors to produce on-brand, high-quality creative work.
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Manage and maintain identity guidelines, visual style libraries, and design systems to support consistent and effective visual communication.
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Source, edit, and produce visual content using photography and video to support campaign goals and brand messaging.
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Review and guide work from design contractors, consultants, and agency partners to maintain visual and strategic alignment.
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Participate in creative brainstorming, campaign development, and communications planning alongside a multidisciplinary digital team.
The ideal candidate
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Strong proficiency in design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and motion/video tools like After Effects or Premiere.
Travel
Language
What we offer
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Exceptional opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact; from a generous annual professional development allowance for every employee to onsite training and learning conversations with visiting experts.
All applications must include a resume, a link to a portfolio, and a cover letter. In your cover letter, tell us why you are interested in this role at the Open Society Foundations and how your design experience and values connect to our mission of advancing justice, equity, and human rights.
Description of the organization
Open Society Foundations aim to establish vibrant and inclusive democracies where governments are accountable to their citizens. Our operating model organizes grantmaking around specific, time-limited projects, developed alongside support for established partners, enabling us to respond swiftly to emerging needs. We are committed to promoting human dignity, equality, and rights; reimagining democratic ideals and practice; and advancing equity in governance systems.
Guided by our founder’s values and the belief in the art of the possible, we engage directly with global entities, individuals, and policymakers through grants, advocacy, impact investing, and strategic human rights litigation to drive positive change. At the heart of our mission is a deep commitment to rights, equity, and justice, inspiring every action we take.
Additional information
Open Society Foundations is committed to building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively seek applications from talented individuals across all backgrounds, identities, and life experiences. Each candidate is evaluated solely on their unique qualifications without regard to race, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, or any other legally protected characteristics.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities.
Competitive rates of pay apply.
Open Society Foundations is committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion, and to building a diverse staff that reflects the movements, issues and communities that our mission serves. Candidates from all underrepresented backgrounds, identities and communities are encouraged to apply.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and colleagues with disabilities.
This position is no longer open.