Graphic Designer, BIA Federal Defense Contractor Portfolio

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This role may be performed from any location within driving distance to any of our offices in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones.

As a Graphic Designer, you’ll be an integral part of Jacobs’ Defense Contractors Sales Team.

You will be responsible for the design support on a variety of sales related materials including but not limited to proposals, presentations, ing materials, and supporting graphics. This includes conceptualization, design, and development of graphics and content that will inform and engage the intended audience. The individual must possess a high level of design aptitude and an educated under¬standing of design process, principles, and production techniques. This role requires technical skills and expertise in developing and executing creative solutions using Adobe Creative Cloud applications (including, but not limited to: InDesign, Illustrator, Photo¬shop, and Acrobat), as well as presentation software (including, but not limited to: Microsoft PowerPoint) to deliver those solutions in a variety of print and digital formats. Along with excellent written and verbal communication skills, this individual will be flexible, dedicated, proactive, organized, collaborative, self-motivated, detail-oriented, and can work effectively in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Each day will present different activities and opportunities as you help position Jacobs for success in our sales efforts. You will be responsible for the following general activities:

• With little supervision, lead strategic graphic design solutions to support the production of winning proposals, sales materials, and presentations, including but not limited to long document layouts, PowerPoint presentations, story boards, covers/dividers, ing collateral/brochures, illustrations, interactive PDFs, ads, and digital media
• Plan, conceptualize, and design compelling and impactful graphics while collaborating with proposal team members and technical staff to strengthen messaging
• Build and refine PowerPoint decks and presentation templates that clearly communicate technical concepts and strategic messaging
• Work cross-functionally with engineering and business development teams to support visual storytelling needs
• Convey complex ideas with smart graphic designs and develop concepts visually beyond bullet points
• Interpret and convert technical data and conceptual content into accessible and visually appealing information
• Use diverse perspectives to solve design problems and drive effective solutions
• Ability to recognize areas in proposals where graphics are better suited to tell a story
• Understand and follow graphic design methods, tools, and Jacobs’ procedures; offer suggestions to leadership to improve processes, tool(s), and best practices
• Coordinate and provide production and vendor support for submittals and interviews to instruct external vendors as needed on printing requirements
• Proof work to ensure quality control
• Must be able to coordinate and collaborate with team members in remote locations, in different time zones
• Ability to handle multiple project assignments at one time, set priorities, set priorities, and manage work
• Utilize Photoshop to enhance/edit images and prepare visuals
• Support and advance improvements in processes, productivity and efficiency for our Creative Services and overall Sales team
• Raise the overall quality of our client communications using our Brand Guidelines
• Embraces our organizational core values, code of conduct, and culture of caring, safety and inclusion

Here's what you'll need

• Associates or Bachelors degree in Graphic Design or related discipline from a four-year College/University; work experience in the AEC industry that matches the requirements of the position in lieu of degree.
• Minimum of 2 years of professional graphic design experience; AEC industry and/or Sales experience a plus
• Advanced knowledge of procedures and technical concepts required for role, including design aptitude to understand what constitutes good design, and a demonstrated ability to apply that knowledge using layout, typography, graphics, and images in order to produce highly effective visual communications
• Prior Architectural/Engineering & Construction and/or Proposal and Sales experience a plus
• Knowledge of ArcGIS plug-in for Illustrator, SketchUp, Streetmix, and Interactive PDFs a plus
• Illustration and hand sketching experience a plus
• United States Citizenship

*Please make sure to include a link to your portfolio in your CV.

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Posted Salary Range: Minimum

58,200.00

Posted Salary Range: Upper

101,800.00

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance, 401(k) plan, paid time off (allocated plans start date 17 days per calendar year), seven paid holidays, and caregiver leave and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount as well as legally mandated benefits.

The base salary range for this position is $58,200.00 to $101,800.00; though will be paid hourly based on hours worked. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Job posted on January 13, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support .

Locations

City State Country
Fort Worth	Texas	United States
Denver	Colorado	United States
Spokane	Washington	United States
Riverside	California	United States
Denver	Colorado	United States