Graphic Designer

Viderity is an award-winning consulting firm specializing in IT, creative services, and outreach services for federal agencies and commercial clients, with a strong focus on STEM support for civilian agencies. We have a track record of perfect CPARS and exceptional reviews across agencies such as NSF, USPTO, DOL, NARA, NIST, and Smithsonian. At Viderity, you'll be part of a friendly, smart, and passionate team focused on tackling technology, management, and creative projects.

About the job:

The Contractor shall designate a graphic designer who shall be responsible for planning, designing, creating, and managing high-quality graphics for informational and educational projects.

Responsibilities: 

• Graphics will be created for printed materials, website usage, social media, videos, and other educational purposes.
• The graphic designer’s first priority of support is to the education coordinator to create images for educational outreach and maintain/update the Kid’s Site (approximately 50% of billable hours).
• The designer’s second priority is to support the Public Affairs Office staff with informational graphics to support social media content and the main website (approximately 40% of hours).
• The designer’s remaining hours will go towards miscellaneous support such as video graphics.

Requirements: 

• Experience requirements are three to five years of proven success creating informational or education graphics for professional clients.
• Strong proficiency with graphic design software such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Canva, and Figma is also required.
• Other requirements include experience creating web graphics; experience with graphics for print publications; familiarity with Section 508 compliance; familiarity with the principles of web user experience (UX); strong creative skills; and the ability to collaborate and multi-task.
• The designer’s portfolio must demonstrate a firm grasp on professional graphic design principles such as proper contrast, alignment, hierarchy, optimized color, negative space, etc.