Entry Graphic Designer

Imagine a place committed to offering an unmatched employee experience. Where you work on projects that are meaningful to you. Where you play an active part in shaping your career journey. Where your co-workers are invested in you and your success. Where you are encouraged and supported to do your very best and given the tools and resources to do so. Where its a priority that the company takes good care of you and your family.

Our employees are the heart of our company. As an employer of choice, our goal is to provide a challenging, progressive and inclusive work environment which fosters personal leadership, career growth and development for every employee. We value passionate individuals who challenge the norm, deliver world-class solutions and bring diverse perspectives. Join our team, and together we will make a difference and change the world.

As a member of this team, you would contribute to CDM Smith's mission by:

• Designing and producing visually appealing proposals, presentations, and other marketing materials.
  
• Actively participating, when feasible, in sessions where strategy and approach for competitive pursuits are discussed and storylines are developed and applied.
  
• Researching and bringing fresh ideas to the team for highly engaging client presentations and proposals.
  
• Conferring with marketing staff and internal clients on proving graphics and concepts, themes, and approaches.
  
• Creating engaging visuals that convey complex technical information to a variety of audiences and readers
  
• Reviewing work to ensure the accuracy and quality of all materials produced.
  
• Conducting final quality review of all artwork before final production.
  
• Sharing ideas with pursuit teams on methods to improve graphic presentation of theme statements, materials, and audience fit.
  
• Ensuring integrity of communications by maintaining the firm's identity, brand, standards, and programs.
  
• Maintaining specialized knowledge of computer graphics software applications.
  
• Populating and maintaining graphics databases.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree

• 3+ Years of related experience
  
• Experience developing proposal templates, layouts, graphics, presentations, etc. for engineering firms or software companies (preferred).
  
• Strong command of Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), Adobe Acrobat, and Microsoft office (Word, PowerPoint) products. The designer will need to learn Canva. Experience with Canva would be a huge plus.
  
• Experience developing infographics and other proving graphics.
  
• Experience using SharePoint, MS Teams, 3D rendering skills, video editing and interactive documents (such as Adobe Spark) is a plus.
  
• Ability to complete tasks within tight time schedules and under strict layout controls.
  
• Ability to collaborate with other creative team members.