Graphic Designer; Early Career

The Graphic Designer role involves partnering with the creative team, marketers, and technical staff to support layout and development of informational graphics for proposals, presentations, collateral, technical reports, and general communications. This includes utilizing standard processes, systems, and techniques that contribute to successful and efficient sales/marketing and project (billable) efforts. The position plays a key part in creating visual messages and layout formatting in support of winning new work and expanding awareness of the BC brand.

The position is primarily a supportive role working with more senior designers and design leadership.

• Develop and apply knowledge of the visual brand assets, tools, templates and processes.
• Support document layout, graphic and illustration development and revisions for pursuits, presentations, and deliverables.
• Support slide formatting, interview graphics, animation and revisions for interviews and presentations.
• Conduct reviews of final layouts, slides, and graphics to suggest improvements, and brand compliance.
• Leverage existing or previously developed graphics that can be modified for current need.
• Strive for “zero tolerance” of errors when editing/proofing/spell checking. Schedule time for a senior design review when applicable.
• Attend team workload meetings and communicate project status and availability to graphic design project leads and supervisors.
• Effectively manage and prioritize multiple deadlines simultaneously, with help as needed.
• Adhere to expectations for level of effort, or budgeted hours on all projects.
• Communicate effectively with design leads on schedule, revisions, and graphic needs through project completion.
• Seek open design critique from senior-level team members and proactively ask for ways to continue to improve, explore resources, follow processes and guidelines. Ask questions when uncertainty arises.
• Follow Creative Services standard practices, including standard file structure; project ticket requests; sharing best products, knowledge, and expertise, and actively contributing to Closeout process as defined by the Creative Services design community.
• Flexibility to adapt and execute various additional assignments based on evolving needs.

• Highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Acrobat, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop).
• Able to coordinate and manage multiple tasks and excel in a fast-paced work environment while meeting deadlines.
• Able to spot mistakes in work and ask for spot-check during review phases.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to work with various departments to resolve challenges.
• Desire to learn with a positive, collaborative, solution-seeking attitude.
• High sense of personal responsibility and accountability.

• Typically, a minimum of 0-2 years of Graphic Design or related experience is required.
• Experience in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.

• Prior experience and proficiency using Adobe Illustrator or experience creating and manipulating illustrations for marketing materials.

• A bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, or related field or equivalent experience is required.

The anticipated starting pay range for this position is based on the employee’s primary work location and may be more or less depending upon skills, experience, and education. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Location A: $22.50 - $27.90 Location B: $24.50 - $30.80

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee health, performance, and success which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off and parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, performance-based bonus eligibility, employee referral bonuses, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance and long-term care insurance. See our full list of benefits.

Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Brown and Caldwell is a full-service environmental engineering and construction services…