Lead Federal Graphic Designer - Remote

About the role

Our client is looking for a talented Lead Federal Graphic Designer with extensive proposal and orals/interviews experience to join their 35-member creative team as a contractor. In this role you will focus on designing winning presentation and document graphics for deadline-driven Defense & Intelligence and Engineered Systems federal business units.

Responsibilities

• Partner on proposals and orals across an array of federal markets
• Bring expertise creating compliant and compelling presentation content that helps win new contracts
• Support the development of strategic creative proposal solutions with graphics, infographics, page layout, and document design that meet requirements while being effective communication tools
• Convert text to visuals to make complex concepts more digestible and engaging to audiences with a variety of subject matter familiarity
• Convey both technical and abstract concepts clearly for an array of audiences
• Be inquisitive and ask questions while collaborating with technical subject matter experts and proposal teams to help refine solutions
• Aim to enhance the winning message through strategy-driven visual storytelling

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant US Government competitive orals/interviews and proposals experience
• Proven experience translating technical and complex information into compelling, on-strategy visuals
• Identify opportunities to develop new visuals to enhance the written content and amplify the win themes
• Comfort developing graphics that can be made editable in PowerPoint
• A strength collaborating to gain buy-in with a variety of stakeholders
• Ability to work creatively within RFP requirements, as well as brand systems and standards
• Experience working as part of a multidisciplined creative team using established workflows, while also taking ownership of assignments and working independently
• Advanced proficiency with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign, as well as Microsoft PowerPoint and Word
• Experience working with AI as part of workflow, both related to inputs received and incorporating generative capabilities
• Experience delivering files optimized for digital and print deliverables
• Associates degree in Graphic Design or related degree
• U.S. Citizen

Desired Skills

• Experience with FEDSIM proposal
• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design or certificate of completion from an accredited design/graphics course (or equivalent)
• Experience working with technical diagrams, flow diagrams, and maps strongly preferred
• Knowledge of using JIRA and SharePoint to manage workflows and graphics
• Targeting the DC, VA, & MD vicinity with a willingness to support in-office assignments, but may be remote from anywhere in US

Benefits

Eligible employees receive health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

Compensation & Schedule

Compensation: Competitive. This is a part-time contract role at 30 hours per week. Work model is remote (offsite), with a preference for candidates in the Washington DC, Virginia, or Maryland vicinity who can support occasional in-office assignments, though remote work from anywhere in the US is possible.