Job Description

The Cicero Institute and Lonsdale Enterprises are in search for a Senior Art Director and Design Lead to come on board full time and work with Joe Lonsdale and his associated enterprises; including but not limited to: 8VC, Lonsdale Enterprises, The American Optimist, and Cicero Institute.

This is a full time opportunity located in Austin Texas, and will require frequent in person face to face time with Joe and others in the organization. Therefore, ideal candidates must be local to Austin or willing to relocate.

The hire will have the opportunity to work closely with Joe Lonsdale and individuals at 8VC, which is a top Silicon Valley venture capital fund. Through the Cicero Institute hire will also be surrounded by the country’s leading entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and thinkers, who have a unique perspective on the way the world works, how value is created, and how special interests dominate the public good.

It is an exciting but extremely disciplined environment. Our group approaches projects with entrepreneurial energy and has access to a top network of leaders in the public and private sectors. We have a distinctive ability to accomplish policy reforms in a way that many policy organizations do not, and we have the unique ability to broadcast our message to millions.

As a Design Lead, we are looking for a candidate who can synthesize and materialize the greater messaging and ideology of Lonsdale Enterprises into hyper focused web and marketing assets.

Responsibilities include:

Leading brand design, development and maintenance across all of our projects - Cicero Institute, American Optimist, and more
Leading creative development for communicating ideas in graphic formats, whether in images, infographics, etc.
Creating print and digital artifacts
Creating and maintaining websites
Managing print and digital asset storage
Sourcing, hiring, and managing secondary contractors as necessary for the completion of organization priorities.

Valid through: 5/18/2021