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Opportunity

QA Graphics is looking for a Vector/SVG Production Designer to join our in house creative team in Ankeny, Iowa.

This is a production focused design role for someone with strong Adobe Illustrator skills, clean vector artwork ability, and excellent attention to detail. The right person does not need years of industry experience, but they do need the ability to follow standards, work from reference images, learn quickly, and produce consistent artwork.

This is not a general creative design position. The focus is technical vector production, clean SVG artwork, file quality, consistency, and repeatable output.

QA Graphics specializes in visual design for the building automation industry. Our team creates system graphics, floor plan graphics, 3D graphics, equipment graphics, animations, and related visual solutions used by contractors, engineers, facility teams, and building owners.

This full time position is available immediately and will be located at QA Graphics’ office in Ankeny, Iowa.

Company

QA Graphics is a leader in the building automation industry. The company specializes in HVAC graphic development services, system graphics, floor plan graphics, 3D graphics, animation, and related visual solutions.

All core production work is completed in house by our team in Iowa. We do not outsource our graphic production work.

Visit www.qagraphics.com to learn more.

Responsibilities and Duties

The Vector/SVG Production Designer will work with our design team to create clean, accurate, and consistent vector assets.

• Create vector artwork from reference images, screenshots, drawings, and other source material
• Manually trace and recreate artwork using Adobe Illustrator
• Build clean, scalable SVG artwork
• Maintain a consistent visual style across large groups of assets
• Organize files with clean layers, naming, and artboard structure
• Optimize SVG files for quality and performance
• Follow established QA Graphics file setup, naming, and production standards
• Make revisions based on team feedback
• Maintain organized project files and meet assigned deadlines
• Work in a structured, team based production environment

Qualifications

• Strong Adobe Illustrator skills required
• Strong vector illustration ability
• Experience with manual vector tracing
• Experience creating or exporting SVG files
• Strong Pen Tool and Bezier curve skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to follow standards and repeat a consistent process
• Ability to work from reference images
• Good organization and time management skills
• Ability to take feedback and apply it consistently
• Entry level candidates will be considered if they have a strong portfolio
• Must be able to work in person at our Ankeny, Iowa office

Additional Desired Skills

• SVG file optimization
• Raster to vector conversion
• Technical illustration
• Icon design
• Color management
• Gradient and shading control
• AI, SVG, EPS, PDF, and DXF file handling
• Adobe Photoshop experience
• HTML5 or SVG animation experience
• Experience with detailed production artwork
• Experience with 3D reference workflows is helpful but not required

Not the Main Focus

This position is not primarily focused on logo design, brand identity, marketing graphics, web design, motion graphics, or 3D modeling.

The priority is clean production artwork, technical accuracy, SVG cleanup, and consistent vector library development.

Compensation

Pay is determined based on experience and portfolio quality. Entry level candidates will be considered.

QA Graphics offers full benefits, including health, dental, vision, 401(k) with matching, paid time off, and both long term and short term insurance.

QA Graphics is a full-service outsourcing company, providing custom HVAC system graphics, as well as design services for interactive platforms. We help clients visualize their needs and simply their lives. Our talented designers come form a wide range of backgrounds to provide the personal attention and expertise needed to being our clients’ ideas to life.