Brand Designer & Creative Strategist

The Brand Designer & Creative Strategist elevates how the Perot Museum of Nature and Science shows up visually across every touchpoint. As a strategic thinker and skilled hands-on designer, you blend bold ideas with refined execution — shaping campaigns, on-site experiences, digital storytelling, and brand platforms that advance the Museum’s mission.

You bring clarity through design, collaborate with teams across the organization, and ensure our creative output is visually compelling, culturally relevant, and aligned with strategy. Reporting to the Director of Marketing Strategy & Operations, you help define and evolve the Museum’s visual identity while improving creative processes and supporting integrated marketing initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

Creative Leadership & Execution

• Concept and execute elevated, on-brand creative across digital, social, print, environmental, and experiential channels.

• Produce high-quality design work that tells our brand story with clarity, imagination, and strategic intent.

• Translate complex challenges into actionable visual ideas and solutions.

• Present creative concepts confidently to internal stakeholders and external partners.

Brand Stewardship & System Development

• Maintain and evolve the Perot Museum’s visual identity, ensuring consistency across all platforms.

• Develop templates, toolkits, and scalable creative systems that improve efficiency and brand coherence.

• Oversee brand guideline upkeep and ensure adoption across teams and vendors.

Campaign & Project Partnership

• Collaborate with the Director of Marketing Strategy & Operations to lead or support major creative projects.

• Work closely across internal teams to bring integrated campaigns to life.

• Manage day-to-day creative workflow to ensure assets are delivered on time and aligned to objectives.

• Partner with Operations to ensure creative aligns with logistical, resource, and production realities.

Process, Tools & Vendor Management

• Improve creative processes, systems, and tools to drive efficiency and quality.

• Collaboratively manage the work of external creative partners and agencies.

• Participate in on-set production for photo/video shoots when needed.

Supervisory Responsibilites: No.

Qualifications:

• 6 years of experience in brand design, art direction, or integrated creative roles (agency or brand-side).

• Strong portfolio demonstrating campaign work, brand systems, and visual storytelling.

• Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite; working knowledge of motion/animation tools preferred.

• Excellent craft in typography, layout, color, and design fundamentals.

• Strong communicator who gives and receives feedback constructively.

• A collaborative mindset with the ability to influence across teams.

• Experience managing creative processes, vendors, and production workflows.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with multiple priorities.

• Curiosity about culture, emerging trends, and creative innovation.

Essential Functions:

While performing the duties of this position, the employee will be required regularly to:

• Sit for extended periods of time while utilizing resource materials such as a computer and detailed spreadsheets. 

• Communicate by telephone; email other appropriate Perot Museum communication platforms (e.g., MS Teams, Zoom, etc.). 

While performing the duties of this position, the employee will occasionally be required to:

• Lift and/or move light boxes and other materials of 20 lbs. or less. 

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified applicants and qualified employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.