Graphic Designer

Job Description

The position of North America (NA) Graphic Designer will focus on graphic and information design for priority pursuits and proposals, as well as various prepositioning and business development efforts. This role demands an understanding of graphic design fundamentals, along with creativity, effective collaboration skills, and proficiency in technical software to execute design concepts quickly and efficiently. This position requires the ability to collaborate seamlessly and effectively with diverse teams, including proposal managers, capture managers, and technical staff on identified pursuits. This includes preparing formal and informal client solicitations, such as requests for qualifications (RFQ), requests for proposals (RFP), pre-solicitation efforts, and interviews.

Creative Responsibilities

Creative Deliverables: Create effective documents and presentations, with a strong understanding of proposal and presentation psychology to clearly convey messages, themes, and evaluation criteria

Infographics: Develop informative graphics that convey complex information, including infographics, figures, charts, maps, and diagram, and support messaging and themes

Presentations: Develop creative custom presentations with animation, sound, or other components, collaborating with proposal teams

Templates: Develop customized templates for client pursuits and presentations

Photo Editing: Adherence to best practices in photo editing and color correction, with a focus on headshot retouching and project photography enhancement

Custom Packaging: Design customized covers and tabs, coordinating with vendors and production staff

Design Explorations: Communicate and articulate design briefs and creative options to stakeholders

Comment Processing: Process comments and edits to graphic elements, collaborating with subject experts or authors to finalize and resolve issues

Vendor Requirements: Develop graphics that meet specified vendor requirements, including graphics for exhibits, boards, or promotional items

Document Finalization: Oversee and support the finalization of documents for production, packaging, or shipping, providing coaching and support to junior designers

Professional Responsibilities

Workload Management: Possess initiative, skill, and personal commitment to manage multiple projects and details concurrently, follow-up, and bring tasks and projects to full completion

Pursuit Team Participation: Participate in planning, storyboarding/content planning, and reviews (e.g., Pink and Red) as part of the pursuit team

Technical Support: Provide technical or logistics support for presentations, video conferencing meetings, storyboarding sessions, key review meetings, and final document reviews

Communication and Diplomacy: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, adept at handling challenging situations diplomatically. Strong customer service, positive attitude, and flexibility in high-pressure environments.

Ensure Compliance: Actively participate in capture and proposal kick-off meetings to understand all relevant RFP requirements and to ensure graphic compliance

Quality Assurance: Strong ability to proofread and apply writing/grammatical rules to ensure high-quality products

Problem Solving: Resourceful problem solver, able work with team and identify visual or graphics to best communicate

Accountability: Strong organization and time management skills; aptitude and willingness to take on project ownership; self-starter

Independent and Collaborative: Capable of producing accurate, compliant, and compelling work both independently and as part of a team

Knowledge Expectations

Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat Pro) applications

Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) applications

Proficiency in collaborative tools (Microsoft Outlook, Teams, SharePoint)

Proficiency in graphic design fundamentals, including layout, typography, color theory, and visual hierarchy

Understanding of industry graphic design best practices and procedures, work processes, and tools

Understanding of print design and production

Understanding of presentation design and production

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Communications, or Fine Arts or equivalent certification from accredited school

5+ years prior graphic design experience

2+ years experience working in marketing and proposals department preferred

The salary range for this position is $63,158.00- $105,263.00. The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for GHD locations in major city centers. Ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At GHD, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications, and work location. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation.

At GHD, we foster a culture of innovation, inclusion, and shared success where your ideas matter, your growth is supported, and your contributions make a real impact. Our hybrid work model is designed to enable you to thrive both at work and beyond, offering up to two days working from home each week while keeping you connected and collaborative in our vibrant in-person environment.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in recruiting is just getting started and may be used during the process to improve efficiency and fairness. Your application may be reviewed by both AI and our hiring team. While AI supports some steps in the process, all final hiring decisions are made by humans.