Graphic Designer

Graphic Designer

Toole Design Group in Silver Spring, MD is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Graphic Designer. Do you have a strong background in graphic design, layout, and typography? Are you an innovative thinker with strong conceptual and creative skills? Would you like to work for a firm that is committed to the well-being of its employees? If so, please consider joining our Silver Spring team.

This graphic designer position with a focus on plans, reports and infographics earns a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, a health savings account (HSA), and a flexible spending account (FSA). We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life.

About Toole Design

Toole Design is the leading engineering, planning, and landscape architecture firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States and Canada. Our talented team of planners, landscape architects and engineers are committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race, or gender. We have been named a "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.

Every project our employees deliver directly and positively affects our communities. We are industry-leading experts, and we work hard to encourage a collaborative and team-oriented environment.

A Day in the Life of a Graphic Designer

You are at the forefront of brainstorming creative solutions for challenging projects. You will be part of a talented team producing graphically compelling plans, reports, and infographics that help our clients build safer, more vibrant communities. You will support highly skilled technical staff to produce documents and displays that present information in a format that is clear and easy to understand.

Your designs will support the firm's mission to give people safe, comfortable, and accessible options for getting where they need to go, and we push ourselves and our clients to proactively think about equity every step of the way.

Your job can sometimes be challenging, but you get to work with a close-knit team that is passionate about the work and the communities that you serve.

Qualifications of a Graphic Designer:

• Bachelor's degree in graphic design or a related field preferred
• At least 3-5 years of hands-on experience in layout design and working with a team
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe InDesign
• Proficiency with other Adobe Creative Suite programs (Illustrator, Photoshop) and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Ability to work on a PC operating system
• Ability to work independently

You'll be great here if:

• You can multi-task and can juggle multiple projects at once, while delivering high-quality work on time
• Formatting multi-page documents and designing compelling supportive graphics is second nature to you
• You have exceptional organizational skills
• You have strong communication skills - written, verbal, and graphical
• You can build relationships, bring enthusiasm to exciting projects, and are detail oriented with strong problem-solving skills

Work Schedule for a Graphic Designer:

This full-time position typically works a flexible schedule of 40 hours a week. We also provide employees with the flexibility and necessary equipment to work from home 2-3 days per week.

The Silver Spring office of Toole Design is our corporate headquarters. We are conveniently located just outside of Washington DC in downtown Silver Spring, two blocks from the Silver Spring Metrorail/MARC Station and bus depot. Our beautiful 8th floor suite offers stunning views of DC and surrounding Montgomery County. The office is easily accessed on foot, by bicycle, and via transit.

Ready to Join our Silver Spring Team?
We understand your time is valuable, so we have a quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this Graphic Designer position, please fill out our application by clicking on the link on this page.

At Toole Design, diversity is a necessity, not a nice-to-have. We have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage those from underrepresented communities - women, people of color, LGBTQIA , immigrants, those with disabilities and people at all the intersections in between - to apply. Even if you don't think your current skill set checks every box below, this role seems to align with your strengths, we want to hear from you.

We're proud that about half of our managers are women and we are committed to achieving racial diversity in our leadership as well. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).

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