Graphic Design Specialist
At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.
We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.
Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.
Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.
We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.
We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.
When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.
Job Description
AECOM is seeking a graphic designer in the DC area. This is a telecommute position, but office space in an AECOM office nearest you can be made available if preferred. This position will require the ability to develop a range of graphic outputs to communicate concepts and ideas and the ability to lay out and illustrate reports, presentations, and other deliverables. Skills ranging from concept design to web- and print-ready file package production will be needed.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Apply creativity in designing a range of end products including reports, brochures, presentations, infographics, and other media to support planning and engineering projects.
- Create and produce sophisticated graphic artwork. Stay abreast of industry trends and concepts to inform the techniques best suited for desired visual effects in conformance with specified branding standards.
- Re-imagine complex ideas/images to communicate the message in an understandable and engaging format for the target audience.
- Ensure that projects are completed with high quality and on schedule.
- Understand general concept of costs, process control, quality of product and scheduling.
- Prepare labor estimates for design assignments.
- Coordinate across team to brainstorm ideas and balance workload.
- Devise options for client products based on sometimes limited information.
- Engage with clients as a professional consultant to discuss client needs and design options.
- Be able to design within various client branding specs and create client templates.
- Contribute to the development of new concepts, graphics standards and templates, and improved processes and workflow systems.
- Perform well with moderate to limited oversight.
- Perform work that is varied and requires the application of sound professional judgment, using independent analysis on details of work with some evaluation, originality, and ingenuity.
- Have experience with making graphic products ADA/508-compliant.
- Be proficient in creating interactive and/or web-based products and/or modifying traditional products to support web-based platforms.
- Submit an online portfolio of representative design work
This position is part of the AECOM Strategic Communications Services group which supports the U.S. East Region and its clients in all business lines, including water, environment, and transportation. Strategic Communications Services functions like a communications agency within AECOM, managing communications projects for federal, state, local, and private sector clients in a variety of industries, including sustainability, disaster resilience, and emergency management.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
- BA/BS in Graphic Design or related field
- Minimum 4 years of related experience
- High-level skills in the use of Adobe Creative Clouds products (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat DC) as well as Microsoft Office apps.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
Join us and let’s get started.