Graphic Design Leader - Federal

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Federal Graphic Design Leader to join our team! In this role you will get to collaboratively lead a growing team of graphic designers in support of winning new work for our Engineered Systems and Defense & Intelligence markets.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Works as both a team leader and individual contributor of strategy-driven proposal graphic design, page layout, text-to-visual conversion, and presentations
• Leads, supervises, and coaches a team of creatives with a range of experience and technical abilities in the pursuit of developing outstanding creative solutions for new business deliverables (e.g., presentations, proposals, and other collateral)
• Conducts regular team huddles, one-on-one meetings, and performance reviews, providing clear direction, updates, and actionable feedback  
• Empowers team members to bring forward new ideas and creative approaches, continuously raising the bar with each deliverable
• Builds relationships with Enterprise Proposal Operations (EPO) leadership and key business unit (BU) stakeholders to understand pipeline priorities, BU requested needs/initiatives, and key focus areas
• Partners with SMEs daily for their guidance on scheduling, branding, art direction, solutioning, 3D, video, writing, print production, and operations
• Understands company priorities and helps align team activities to support them
• Ensures direct reports follow best practices and helps continually improve procedures
• Collaborates to adhere to assignment budget and schedule estimates

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• 10+ years as a creative supporting complex efforts, preferably with 3-5 years of management experience
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or certificate of completion from an accredited design/graphics course (or equivalent)
• Expertise developing creative solutions that achieve client specifications, brand requirements, and strategic win theme objectives
• Advanced use of Illustrator, InDesign, PowerPoint, Photoshop, Acrobat and Word
• Ability to deliver meaningful, consistent, and clear ongoing feedback to team
• A “Get to Yes” mentality with excellent problem solving
• U.S. Citizen 

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Experience working in federal markets  
• Experience supporting creative for proposals and orals
• Comfort presenting the benefit and reasoning of solutions to technical staff
• Solid written communication and ability to proof work for quality and accuracy 
• A foundation in business, budgeting, forecasting, and developing documentation

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Not Applicable/None

This position is part of our Corporate team.

We’re driving the future of the national security and critical infrastructure markets. Our employees work in a close-knit team environment to find new, innovative ways to deliver smart solutions that are used and valued by customers around the world. By combining unique technologies with deep domain expertise across cybersecurity, missile defense, space, connected infrastructure, transportation, smart cities, and more, we're providing tomorrow's solutions today.

Salary Range: 

$40.05 - $70.10

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Diversity is ingrained in who we are, how we do business, and is one of our company’s core values. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for minority, female, disabled, protected veteran and LGBTQ+.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!