MANTECH

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented GRAPHICS ARTIST to join our team in STAFFORD, VA. 

This is a full-time onsite position where you will provide expertise towards developing captivating and clear content in support of our Nation’s Defense.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Envision, create, and edit visual materials while following graphic design principles (alignment, hierarchy, contrast, repetition, proximity, balance, color, negative space) and elements (line, shape, form, texture, space, imagery, typography, and color) using applications such as Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere, and Illustrator.

• Demonstrate a good sense of design, color usage, and composition, and an understanding of brand development and maintaining brand consistency.

• Create content that includes routine-to-complex graphics, publication design and layout, infographics, forms, briefs, illustrations, posters, logos, photography, videos, and websites to a professional standard for dissemination across the Marine Corps and wider DoD.

• Conceptualize and execute the end-to-end design of publication layouts by seamlessly integrating custom graphic elements with text content, ensuring all visual assets align with established stylistic standards and provide purposeful, high-quality contributions that enhance the overall aesthetic and communicative value of the final product.

• Construct visually attractive and easy to understand graphics from information received verbally and/or from visual formats that improve comprehension of ideas and concepts

• Develop graphics products that align to technical, procedural, and operational overviews and high-level conceptual architectures

• Create logos, icons, and other original graphic artifacts as requested and as needed to augment graphic product requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must possess a bachelor’s degree and +12 years’ experience or equivalent.

• Must have demonstrated knowledge and experience in producing, reviewing, and improving a wide variety of graphics design products for technical, non-technical, and senior executive audiences.

• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to communicate across all levels of a large organization to successfully engage stakeholders, solicit their requirements, and then translate their needs into meaningful graphical content.

• Must have extensive experience and proven results utilizing Adobe Creative Cloud products, such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, and InDesign with a solid understanding of digital and print media production requirements.

• Must possess the ability to work independently or collaboratively with other team members to deliver focused products to clients and proactively meet deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to hand draw concepts and ideas in a collaborative environment.

• Familiarity with Navy/Marine Corps programs, organizational structure, and interoperability requirements.

• Previous support to military organizations producing and delivering graphics products.

Clearance Requirements:

• Must have active / current Top-Secret clearance with ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary/ desk position 50% of the time, occasionally and communicate with co-workers, management, and customers, via email, phone, and or virtual communication, which may involve clearly delivering briefings/ presentations.