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Jacobs seeks a Graphic Designer to join our Geographic Sales Teams in our Canada-Northeast geography or in our California geography.

The Graphic Designer will be a proactive team player, excited and ready to engage on a multitude of projects with various teams, focusing on the design and development of proposals and supporting graphics, presentations, and positioning materials - from concept to completion. Must have proven skills with Adobe CS software (primarily InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop) and strong presentation development experience (primarily PowerPoint). Prior Architectural/Engineering & Construction and/or Proposal and Sales experience a plus.

Applicants must provide either a portfolio link or PDF samples of work that highlight your work in layout, graphics and presentation. This is a non-exempt, hourly paid position.

Here's What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead strategic graphic design solutions to support in the production of winning proposals, sales materials, and presentations, including but not limited to long document layouts, PowerPoint presentations, story boards, covers/dividers, marketing collateral/brochures, illustrations, and interactive PDFs.
• Plan, conceptualize and design compelling and impactful graphics while collaborating with proposal team members and technical staff to strengthen messaging.
• Convey complex, technical information more concisely by developing visually engaging graphics.
• Act as a Brand champion and resource for graphic design methods and tools, develop and implement process improvements, tool(s) improvements, and best practices.
• Share technical expertise with others and provide guidance and support; mentor other team members in technical areas.

Here's what you'll need

• Associates or Bachelor's degree in graphic design, or related discipline, from a four-year accredited College/University; or demonstrated work experience in the A/E/C industry that matches the requirements of the position in lieu of degree.
• Expert knowledge of procedures, technical concepts and brand compliance required.
• At least 6 years professional graphic design experience; A/E/C and/or Sales experience a plus.
• Strong skills in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat) and Microsoft PowerPoint; proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams); experience working with additional creative, visual, interactive, and multimedia tools a plus.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Collaborative and engaging attitude - works well in a detail-focused, highly deadline-driven, team-oriented environment.
• Proactive mindset - not shy about sharing ideas and working with different teams to bring concepts to life.
• Ability to problem solve and contribute to moderate to complex visual solutions.
• Ability to recognize areas in proposals where graphics can replace text to better tell a story.
• Ability to handle multiple project assignments at a time, set priorities, manage time, and organize work according to best practices.
• Prior experience with map creation, isometrics and cross sections.
• Flexibility to work extended hours and weekends when project deadlines require.
• Ability to travel as needed to support sales efforts in other offices.