What are the responsibilities and job description for the Graphic Designer and Communications Specialist CIVF10 position at Avantus Federal?
Company Overview
Avantus Federal, a NewSpring Holdings Company, is a mission-focused services and solutions company headquartered in McLean, VA. Drawing upon its heritage companies’ histories of consistent growth and high performance in the federal services market, Avantus ensures eminence is earned, sustained and grown.
Avantus’ services and solutions are designed, tailored, and executed based on our long history of helping our Homeland Security, Defense, Intelligence, and Federal Civilian customers solve complex challenges. Our capabilities include Project & Portfolio Management, Facilities, Acquisition & Sustainment, Systems Engineering Technical Services, Operations & Analysis, Transformation & Advisory Services, Data & Software Solutions, Digital Innovation, and Augmented Intelligence.
Position Overview
Avantus Federal is seeking a Graphic Designer to support a client within the Department of Transportation to develop creative visual concepts that communicate ideas and inspire and inform the DoT mission.
Responsibilities
We are looking for a graphic designer who can also write communications and website postings. Key responsibilities are:
- Participate in client meetings to define communications requirements and present graphical concepts
- Collaborate with the team to develop and deliver communications on policy changes, procedures, and other IT requirements to a CIO's distributed and teleworking workforce
- Enhance change management efforts and communications by providing graphically pleasing communications
- Provide graphic visual representations of information in order to enhance written materials, including emails and blog posts, and to present information quickly and clearly.
- Write and edit documents and web postings which conform to plain language guidelines and are section 508 compliant
- Design icons, animations, banners and various types of attractive graphic products for print; digital and web/Internet Experience working in concert with federal staff and Avantus Federal teammates
- Develop branding within agency guidelines
- Develop graphics for use in (PowerPoint slides, large-format posters, newsletters, etc.)
- Design layout, color, format, and overall impact of visual arts materials, in both print and electronic formats, ensure technical concepts and systems are easily understood in graphical
- Use the Adobe graphics suite is used for SharePoint, powerpoint and other tools
- Propose new communications channels
- Able to both take direction and also think outside the box
Required Qualifications
- 6 years of graphics design experience, at least one year in a federal agency
- Excellent graphic design, written, presentation and verbal communication skills
- Bachelor's Degree required
- Required to follow the Executive Order 14042 mandate regarding COVID vaccination and client requirements to ensure compliance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Adobe Creative Suite or other graphic design software
Company EEO Statement
Avantus Federal is an equal opportunity employer and Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) federal contractor. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other category protected by law. Avantus hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.