Graphic Designer - Visual Specialist

Graphic Designer/Visualization Specialist: Increases visual appeal and ease of content absorption for developed communications products through graphic support and enhanced graphic development. Provides graphics and multimedia support to the branding and marketing functions of its communications mission. Plans, designs, administers, standardizes, coordinates and delivers graphics that support the Agency's business processes.
Graphic Designer (Graphic Design Visual Specialist)
Duties include:

• Conduct design evaluations for NGA's web enterprises to enable the build out of respective web designs to enhance the user experience.

• Work with User-interface and user-eXperience (UI/UX) Research and Development teams to evaluate ideas and concepts, assist with making critical decisions affecting the user experience, and incorporate varying stages of the design to the UX process.

• Create and implement Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML5 markup language, and other markup languages as needed to support design implementation.

• Create detailed wireframes for complex web and mobile applications.

• Collaborate with internal and external teams and application users to conceptualize, design, and prototype excellent user experiences while maintaining functionality and simple workflows.

• Research and implement modern web technologies to create innovative user interfaces and improve workflow efficiency

• Design new user-facing products by transforming an idea from scientific presentations to websites to online productivity tools.

• Build efficient and reusable libraries to design information for future design use.

• Create visual concepts by using computer software, JavaScript and other browser-based technologies such as, Asynchronous JavaScript and Extensible Markup (AJAX), jQuery, and Bootstrap

• Build efficient, reusable libraries of design information for future use.

• Create internal design products to facilitate digital transformation

• Create products and services that adhere to design and brand guidelines.

• Translate appropriate architecture and other technical solutions into design products.

• Demonstrate visual expertise including gathering raw data from various sources and developing comprehensive and visually engaging designs.

• Consult with client to define the strategy needed to expand and enhance the website in both scope of content and technical features.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Demonstrated experience utilizing web design software (e.g., Adobe Master Collection CS6/Adobe Creative Cloud, Sketch, InVision Studio)

• Demonstrated experience designing products for front-end development and web applications (e.g., wireframes, low and high-fidelity mock-ups, or click through prototypes).

• Demonstrated experience applying best practices for web accessibility, usability, and technical implementation with usability tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch, InVision, Axure, Framer, AdobeXD)

• Demonstrated experience creating, editing, organizing, and storing digital file formats (e.g. tiff, gif, png, pdf, jpg, svg, html, css).

Demonstrated/Required Experience:

• 12 years work experience

• 8 years work at this level involves a wide range of complex assignments and non-routine situations that require extensive knowledge in the specialty discipline

• Lead and coordinate special projects, tasks and initiatives. Independently handle situations or assignments.

Desired Skills:

• Demonstrated experience implementing industry standards for user experience methodologies, design technical resources, and web best practices.

• Demonstrated experience developing in cloud-based DevOps environment

• Demonstrated experience with business workflow and appropriate capabilities/tools (e.g. JIRA, etc.).

• Demonstrated experience in the execution of typography and design principles.

Clearance:

• TS/SCI is Required

Location:

• Springfield, VA

Skills & Requirements Qualifications
TRIAEM LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, race, color, sexual orientation/gender identity, religious creed, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, age, or genetic information. Applicants may be subject to a background investigation based on job requirements. TRIAEM Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind; we are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at TRIAEM are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. TRIAEM will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.