Graphic Designer, BIA Federal Defense Contractor Portfolio

As a Graphic Designer, you’ll be an integral part of Jacobs’ Defense Contractors Sales Team. This includes conceptualization, design, and development of graphics and content that will inform and engage the intended audience. The individual must possess a high level of design aptitude and an educated under¬standing of design process, principles, and production techniques. Along with excellent written and verbal communication skills, this individual will be flexible, dedicated, proactive, organized, collaborative, self-motivated, detail-oriented, and can work effectively in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment. You will be responsible for the following general activities: • With little supervision, lead strategic graphic design solutions to support the production of winning proposals, sales materials, and presentations, including but not limited to long document layouts, PowerPoint presentations, story boards, covers/dividers, marketing collateral/brochures, illustrations, interactive PDFs, ads, and digital media • Plan, conceptualize, and design compelling and impactful graphics while collaborating with proposal team members and technical staff to strengthen messaging • Build and refine PowerPoint decks and presentation templates that clearly communicate technical concepts and strategic messaging • Work cross-functionally with engineering and business development teams to support visual storytelling needs • Convey complex ideas with smart graphic designs and develop concepts visually beyond bullet points • Interpret and convert technical data and conceptual content into accessible and visually appealing information • Use diverse perspectives to solve design problems and drive effective solutions • Ability to recognize areas in proposals where graphics are better suited to tell a story • Understand and follow graphic design methods, tools, and Jacobs’ procedures; offer suggestions to leadership to improve processes, tool(s), and best practices • Coordinate and provide production and vendor support for submittals and interviews to instruct external vendors as needed on printing requirements • Proof work to ensure quality control • Must be able to coordinate and collaborate with team members in remote locations, in different time zones • Ability to handle multiple project assignments at one time, set priorities, set priorities, and manage work • Utilize Photoshop to enhance/edit images and prepare visuals • Support and advance improvements in processes, productivity and efficiency for our Creative Services and overall Sales team • Raise the overall quality of our client communications using our Brand Guidelines • Embraces our organizational core values, code of conduct, and culture of caring, safety and inclusion • Associates or Bachelors degree in Graphic Design or related discipline from a four-year College/University; work experience in the AEC industry that matches the requirements of the position in lieu of degree.