Senior Proposal Presentation Designer/Graphic Designer

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See Terracon's Safety Response to Covid-19 below

Job Description
We are looking for a Senior Presentation and Proposal Designer to join our growing in-house creative team. As our lead presentation and proposal designer, you'll work with subject matter experts, speakers, and proposal managers to develop compelling visual narratives, bringing the Terracon story to life for events, project interviews, and as part of proposals and pursuits. This is a role for a creative thinker that can design for communications pieces to represent Terracon's executives, national teams, and local offices.

This position will support strategic initiatives, contribute as part of key proposal and presentation development teams, and assist in training and skill development of local and regional teams. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating employee-owner (internal) and client-focused (external) experiences across multiple platforms, including: presentations, webinars, layouts and graphics for proposals, qualification packages, interviews, print collateral, advertisements, web, mobile, social media, and email campaigns.

Ideal candidates will possess a strong ability to create story-board messaging, manage projects, demonstrate exceptional attention to detail, as well as the ability to collaborate cross- functionally and with a variety of stakeholders and execute multiple projects with shifting priorities in a deadline-driven environment.

Design Responsibilities:

• Serve as a brand ambassador for the firm, making sure that all communications pieces are in line with the style guide.
• Design for company meetings, proposal and pursuits and presentations, and support key speaking engagements for executive teams across a variety of topics, content, and audiences.
• Demonstrate exceptional design abilities and art direction talent within PowerPoint.
• Lead creative development of campaigns or special projects including:
  • Presentations for external comms, pursuit strategy graphic support
  • Ability to train and support marketing and business development staff
  • Presentation development, development, lead, and teach with our marketing business development professionals
• Establish and maintain presentation design templates and guidelines for use across the company
• Create visually stunning presentations by customizing new business proposals, final deliverables, and other materials (infographics, posters, etc.) from account teams
• Create and design various marketing communication materials across various media (print, digital, and video)
• Create and design advertisements (print and digital)
• Coordinate activities of external design and vendor partnerships
• Create graphics for videos and does some video editing .

Skills

• A track record and affinity for working/coaching directly with leadership, and project leads to synthesize messaging into inspired stories
• A storyteller with a knack for designing compelling visuals, iconography, typography, photography, motion graphics, and infographics within the Terracon brand standards.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite and have a working familiarity with motion design, sound, and video.
  • After Effects and sound editing experience is highly appreciated, but not required
• Ability to prioritize and work well under pressure while maintaining speed and high attention to detail given shifting timelines, updates, and last-minute slide changes.
• Receptive to redirection and design feedback

Presentation and Proposal/Marketing Project Support (80%):

• Lead strategic proposals and interviews from a graphics standpoint.
• Work in Microsoft Suite in an array of tasks (i.e., edit PowerPoint presentations, create charts using Excel, create publications in Word, etc)
• Work in Adobe Creative Suite in a variety of tasks
• Training marketing professionals at Terracon on presentation creation
• Transform written proposal content into persuasive graphics such as:
  • Proposal covers and graphics
    • Infographics
    • Templates
    • Proposal layout
    • Covers
    • Tabs
  • Presentations/webinar graphics
  • Packaging
  • Posters and event materials
  • Tradeshow booth graphics
  • Animation and video development for proposal efforts
• Coordinate and provide support for external meetings and events, such as conferences and special events.
• Lead marketing proposal materials asset management
  • Assists in maintaining a digital asset library, including project photography and video
• Collaborate with various stakeholders to understand their strategies and provide relevant graphical support to design deliverables

Internal and External Communications Team Support (20%)

• Develops and updates digital content including:
  • Presentation development and support
  • Website graphics
  • Create emails using email vendor platform, Click Dimensions
  • Create visuals for social media and online advertising campaigns
  • Animation and Videography: Producing videos, including the selection of clips, building animations and transitions, and sourcing narration and background audio, resulting in professional-quality videos

Safety and Quality

• Follows safety rules, guidelines and standards for all projects. Participate in pre-task planning. Report any safety issues or concerns to management.
• Be responsible for maintaining quality standards on all projects.
• Bachelor's degree in graphic design or related field and a minimum of five years' related experience. Or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 5 years' experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe Premiere, and Microsoft Office.
• Print knowledge
• Experience in Keynote and Prezi, are all a plus
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite and have a working familiarity with motion design, sound, and video
• After Effects and sound editing experience is highly appreciated, but not required
• Valid driver's license with acceptable violation history.

Additional qualifications:

• Skilled at managing competing priorities and deadlines with calm composure
• Able to continually reprioritize and adjust focus on a daily/weekly basis.
• Able to work independently and or as a valuable member of the team.
• Able to take direction, lead direction, and translate ideas and concepts to meet project objectives.
• Participate in department processes and organization.
• A/E/C or B2B Design experience preferred
• Certified Professional Services Marketer (CPSM) from Society for Marketing Professional Services (or equivalent) preferred

Terracon's Safety Response to COVID-19
Committed to Our Employee Safety!

Terracon is passionate about your safety before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. As Terracon continues to move forward and grow through this time, we are continuing to take every precaution to ensure the safety of our employee-owners. If you are as committed to your success as we are committed to your safety, then Terracon is the company for you!

Our goal has not changed. For Terracon, our guiding principle has been and will continue to be the safety of our employee-owners. It's that simple. We want our employees to be able to work safely in every situation and go home safely each night. As we continue our vision of being "Best at People," here are some of the things Terracon is doing to safeguard every employee-owner:

• On-going communication with ALL employee-owners on a dedicated COVID Response page, and a portal for their families to have access to resources as well
• Requiring specific COVID-19 Pre-Task Safety Planning Protocols for all tasks and projects
• Empowering employees to speak up and say "no" to working in unsafe conditions
• Providing an additional 40 hours of sick leave to anyone impacted by COVID-19, including those impacted by daycare and school closures
• Offering voluntary reduced work schedule for anyone needing extra time to care for others
• Load leveling work assignments across regions to maintain high productivity and chargeability
• Ensuring proper PPE and sanitation on all project sites by providing field employee-owners with mobile hand washing stations and supplies, masks, and sanitizing kits
• Utilizing technology for more remote work opportunities and innovation using everything from video conferencing to drones
• Following all CDC guidelines including social distancing on job sites, in offices, and in our labs
• Implementing a stand-by leave program to ensure our employees continue service and health insurance benefits during regional work shortages

If your passion lies in working with a company that truly cares for your safety, and if you're interested in belonging to a 100% employee-owned organization that will help you grow and quickly progress in your career, consider Terracon and apply today!

About Terracon
Terracon is a 100 percent employee-owned consulting engineering firm providing quality services to clients. Since 1965, Terracon has evolved into a successful multi-discipline firm specializing in environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services..... click apply for full job details