Graphic Designer III

Full‑time position in Ballston, Virginia. Overtime exempt. Reports to ARMADA HQ. Requires Secret security clearance. Relocation is not available.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop communication plans and create a wide range of written content, including speeches, feature articles, presentations, press releases, and internal/external communications.
• Manage content for public and internal websites and social media platforms.
• Produce, edit, and manage all multimedia products, including video, photography, and graphic design.
• Track and report on web/social media analytics to refine strategy.
• Provide full lifecycle management for approximately 40 annual national/international exhibits and events, including strategic planning, logistics, budget management, and preparation of all required approval packages and reports.
• Provide general administrative, media relations, and outreach support.
• Conduct archival research and provide transcription services to create historical products.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience with Adobe Cloud Creative Suite.
• Experience gathering information and materials, planning concepts by studying information and materials, and managing workflow and scheduling.
• Experience illustrating concepts by designing rough layouts of art and copy regarding arrangement, size, type size and style, and related aesthetic concepts; obtaining approval of concepts; and preparing finished copy and art for typesetting and printing.
• Ability to prepare final layouts by marking and pasting up finished copy and art.
• Experience completing projects that require coordinating with outside agencies, art services, printers, etc.
• Demonstrated creative graphic design and layout skills, creative services skills, customer focus, flexibility, attention to detail, deadline orientation, proficiency with desktop publishing tools, and ability to manage challenging customer service issues.

Minimum Education

A bachelor's degree in graphics, fine, or visual arts/communications from an accredited institution and at least ten (10) years of experience in graphic design and/or a related communications field. The ten‑year experience requirement may be waived if the candidate possesses a master’s degree in visual communications from an accredited institution and five (5) years of recent related experience.

Disclaimer: The above information is intended to indicate the general nature and level of work to be performed and is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of the contractor assigned to this position.