Are you our next Designer?

Essential Duties:

• Designs and iterates compelling and strategic design solutions based on creative direction for print, brand, UX/UI initiatives, social media, video, and digital campaigns.
• Attends, observes, and at times plays an active role in brainstorming and idea generation.
• Assists with design research, mood boarding, concepting, exploration, and execution of design concepts.
• Produces creative solutions that are guided by provided strategic creative direction and demonstrates an understanding of the client, brand, end user/customer needs to create impactful and meaningful experiences.
• Communicates and articulates design intentions and decisions clearly and effectively with project team members.
• Continuously improves, innovates, and grows; keeps up with design trends/standards, design programs, and technology.
• Attends and takes notes in customer discovery sessions and presentations.
• Builds and organizes files correctly using appropriate file type, size, structure, fonts, links, image resolution, and naming conventions, and adheres to backup and storage procedures.
• Maintains accountability and time management throughout the design-related phases of projects.
• Actively contributes to the sense of community and culture of ADG by maintaining positive work relationships.
• Other duties, as assigned.
  
  

Location:

• Columbia, MD

Minimum Qualifications:

Active DoD security clearance: 
required

Degree required:
Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Portfolio Required:
yes

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to build relationships with leadership and teams.
• Good communications skills.
• Ability to assist in the process of and at times produce fully executed high-quality, concise, complex, and error-free work on time.
• Self-starter.
• Good listening, note-taking, and distillation skills.

Technology:
Understanding of Adobe creative software on the Mac platform, including Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Adobe XD (or Sketch), and Acrobat, and MS PowerPoint, and MS Word.