Weekend Graphic Designer Jobs in Reston, VA (NOW HIRING)

Unissant, Inc. is an innovative solutions development and consulting company committed to delivering simplicity through innovation. We meet this commitment by delivering state-of-the-art enterprise computing and processing solutions to both government and commercial clients. Our workforce continually strives to advance y(our) collective intellect through collaborative fortitude, and we are looking for further talent to join that effort! To learn more about our exciting organization, please visit us at www.unissant.com

We are seeking a Graphics Designer to support our corporate team.

Please speak to the relevancy of your work experience in your cover letter.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

We are seeking a Graphics Designer with experience in print, web and social media. We are looking for a creative and energetic individual who can work collaboratively with senior staff on a range of ambitious and innovative projects. This role will often take direction from either written and/or spoken ideas and will need to convert them into images, layouts and designs. This role is responsible for supporting both the Federal and Commercial proposal graphics work, as well as, helping to drive the creative direction of the company's marketing campaigns, website content and design, social media posts and internal graphics. The successful candidate should have an intimate understanding of marketing concepts, especially in the technology sector. The candidate will use a variety of design elements to achieve artistic or decorative effects for both marketing and proposal graphics working with text and images. This will include optimal selection of type, font, size, color, and line length of headlines, headings, and text. We work in a fast-paced environment, so the ideal Graphic Designer will be able to hit the ground running as soon as we bring on a new client or project. This role is a corporate shared resource and will report directly to the Chief Marketing Officer.

Job Type: Full-time

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $38,000.00 /year

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design, Communications, or related field; or, combination of substantial related experience, training, and education may substitute.

Work Experience:

• 4+ years in professional commercial design, preferably with a marketing or creative agency
• Extensive experience with Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, CorelDraw and other tools for printing on digital press and web
• Working knowledge of Adobe Muse is a bonus
• Experience in developing commanding PowerPoint and Keynote presentations for webinars, training programs, and speaker events
• Working knowledge of HTML/CSS and other web publishing tools like WordPress and Drupal

Job Skills:

• Offering input to creative meetings and sharing ideas
• Producing effective designs for all media to include social media branding and communication launches
• Maintain digital and print brand consistency
• Ability to think big picture and strategically while maintaining exceptional attention to detail
• Communicating with senior team members to receive feedback
• Liaising effectively with clients and other team members
• Supporting the team throughout the execution of marketing campaigns and proposal projects
• Create visual aspects of marketing materials, websites and other media, including infographics
• Put together disparate elements of a design created by another professional, such as the icons, photographs and other components necessary for a website design
• Support all internal communications

Certificates, Licenses and Registrations:

• N/A

Communication Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to write clear and concise creative content
• Strong editing skills
• Strong collaboration and teaming skills

Travel:

• Willing to travel occasionally as needed (up to 10%).

Environmental Requirements:

• Mainly sedentary; in an office environment.
• May be required to lift up to ten (10) pounds
• Flexible in working extended hours

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Unissant management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, where applicable and available, reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position. Please note: Candidate(s) will be required to go through pre-employment screening.

Unissant, Inc. is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer! (EOE; M/F/D/V)