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# Contract Production Designer at Blue State

- **Company:** Blue State
- **Location:** New York, NY / Washington, DC / Oakland, CA
- **Posted:** 2026-07-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://www.bluestate.co/careers/?gh_jid=8081773

## Job description

## What we offer

Design for a better world. As a designer, you will craft fresh, delightful, people-centered experiences across web, mobile, email, social, and print. Working with a mix of nonprofits, brands, and causes, you will build cohesive, action-oriented campaigns, craft responsive websites and brands, and engage audiences with compelling visual storytelling. You’ll work on an interdisciplinary team of strategists, writers, analysts, web developers, creative directors, and clients.

The Company

Blue State is a purpose-driven agency. We partner with leading causes, brands, and campaigns and create real change. From AARP and Doctors Without Borders to Amnesty International and Oxfam, we transform how brands and causes raise money, influence policy, build platforms, and grow communities of supporters. Led by the most creative and analytical minds from the political, nonprofit, and brand worlds, Blue State is an independent agency in the US and London.

The Team

Designers at Blue State are curious, passionate, and eager to collaborate across disciplines. They’re thoroughly immersed in the field of design and are able to work quickly, autonomously, and with polish. They understand how to use design to provoke action, aid in understanding, and clarify information.

A day in the life

- Support the visual design of a wide range of projects – including email and social campaigns, Direct Mail and Paid Media.
- Collaborate with writers, other designers and creative directors to iterate and evolve designs based on feedback.

The hourly rate for this position is $30.

Some things we're looking for

- 1-2 years of experience minimum
- Flexible skills: We’re looking for a versatile design aesthetic, and brilliant examples of how to reach and activate audiences across different styles and platforms online. Prior experience in Figma , After Effects and designing for digital platforms (Social + Paid ads and email) is preferred.
- Ability to adapt to new situations, solve problems on the fly, and communicate with those around you. Teamwork and scrappiness required.
- Passion for progress. This includes comfort with ambiguity, a restlessness that resists the status quo, and a commitment to quality that ensures we’re always moving forward.
- Empathy, communication, respect, and the ability to act as a role model at Blue State

At Blue State, diversity is a necessity, not a nice-to-have. We encourage those from underrepresented communities — women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, those with disabilities and people at all the intersections in between — to apply. Even if you don’t think your current skill set checks every box, but this role seems to align with your strengths, we want to hear from you.

Blue State is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible application and interview process. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation for a disability, including the use of AI tools throughout the hiring process, please contact us at recruiting@bluestate.co with the subject line: Accommodation Request to get started.

Your privacy is important to us.  You can find out more information on how we handle your data for recruiting purposes in our [Privacy Policy for Recruitment](https://www.bluestate.co/privacy-policy-for-recruitment/).

## About Blue State

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Blue State is a purpose-driven creative and technology agency that partners with causes, companies, and campaigns to mobilize people around a common purpose.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Brooklyn, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2004 (some sources cite 2009; the company’s origin as Blue State Digital traces to 2004, with the agency formally launched in 2009)
- **Founders**: Joe Rospars (CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Advertising Services, Digital Strategy, Fundraising & Grassroots Mobilization, Strategic Communications, Technology Consulting
- **Target customers**: Nonprofits, political campaigns, mission-driven brands, forward-thinking organizations (B2B, B2G, B2C for causes)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “We believe there’s no force more powerful than people taking collective action on the things they care about.”

## Products & Services
For each major offering:
- **Fundraising & Growth Strategy**: Data-driven fundraising programs, donor acquisition and retention, and growth planning for nonprofits and campaigns.
- **Grassroots Mobilization**: Building and scaling grassroots movements through community organizing, volunteer engagement, and advocacy tools.
- **Customer Engagement Strategy**: Personalized, insight-led experiences that turn customers into brand champions.
- **Strategic Communications & Video**: Messaging, storytelling, and video production that shape influence and drive public opinion.
- **Technology Consulting & Web Development**: Custom platforms, CRM integrations, data architecture, and website design/development (often using Drupal, WordPress, Snowflake, etc.).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue estimated at $25M–$50M (LinkedIn, 2025)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not applicable (privately held). Key past clients include Obama for America, Elizabeth Warren for President, and numerous national nonprofits. Strategic partners referenced include EveryAction (now Bonterra) and various tech platforms.
- **Growth Signals**: Job postings surged +557% YoY (from low base), with 46 active openings as of mid-2025. However, headcount decreased 19% YoY (to ~105 employees), suggesting a shift in skill mix. Office expansion includes locations in London, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington DC, and Brooklyn HQ.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Political campaign DNA**: Pioneered digital organizing and online fundraising for presidential campaigns, giving deep expertise in high-stakes, fast-moving mobilization.
- **Data-first, people-first approach**: Combines rigorous analytics (using tools like Tableau, Snowflake, Python, dbt) with human-centered design.
- **End-to-end capability**: From creative and content to technology build and CRM strategy, the agency offers integrated services under one roof.
- **Purpose-driven brand**: Strong mission alignment attracts talent and clients who want to drive social change, not just commercial growth.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expanding into commercial brand work** while retaining nonprofit and political roots.
- **Deepening data and technology offerings** – hiring for analytics, product management, and engineering roles.
- **Building a global presence** – offices in US and UK, with remote/hybrid flexibility.
- **Growing paid media and customer engagement** practices (evidenced by new Media Strategist and Media Planner roles).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture highlights**: Values-driven agency with a clear social mission (“Make good trouble,” “Put people first”). Emphasis on curiosity, data-led decisions, and collective action.
- **Remote/hybrid policy**: Flexible – Built In notes “typical time on-site: none,” with many roles listed as “Contract (Evergreen)” and open to multiple cities. Offices available in NY, DC, LA, Boston, and London.
- **Notable perks**: Unlimited PTO, generous parental and family leave, childcare benefits, 401(k) matching, healthcare/dental/vision, commuter benefits, job training and conference attendance.
- **Engineering/tech culture**: Small tech team (~8% of workforce) that works closely with strategists and creatives; tech stack includes Python, React, Drupal, Snowflake, dbt, GitHub Actions, and modern data tools.

## Sources
1. [Blue State Official Site](https://www.bluestate.co/)
2. [Blue State About/Who We Are](https://www.bluestate.co/who-we-are/)
3. [Blue State Careers Page (Greenhouse)](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/bluestatedigital)
4. [Blue State LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/blue-state)
5. [Blue State on Built In](https://builtin.com/company/blue-state)

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