Graphic Designer- Pursuits

About the opportunity

Do you love turning complex ideas into clear, compelling visuals that help win work?

At SWCA, the Pursuit Graphic Designer plays a key role in transforming complex information into compelling visual communications that make our proposals and client presentations easier to understand, more compelling, and make a memorable impact. Working across pursuits in water resources and energy and infrastructure to habitat restoration and cultural resources, you'll use your creative expertise to help clients quickly understand our approach, trust our expertise, and recognize why SWCA is the right partner for their project.

This role is for a designer who sees visual storytelling as a strategic part of the pursuit process. You’ll work closely with a national team of proposal professionals, technical experts and client-focused leaders to understand what matters most to the client, identify the story we need to tell, and translate complex ideas into persuasive visual communications.

Your work may include infographics, data visualizations, proposal layouts, organizational graphics, process diagrams, maps, interview client presentations, or interactive marketing materials. Whether you’re simplifying a complicated technical approach, highlighting the experience of a project team, or helping bring a win strategy to life, your design work will help make our proposals easier to understand, more memorable, and more competitive.

The role is a full-time position reporting to the Creative Services Manager. We offer flexibility to work remotely, in a hybrid capacity, or from an SWCA office. Candidates residing in the Midwest region are preferred, though qualified applicants from other locations will be considered.

A cover letter and portfolio showcasing your design experience in various media must accompany your resume. We're specifically looking for examples of content-rich design work that demonstrate strong layout, infographics, presentations, data visualizations or other technical communications. We will not consider applications without these materials.

Application Deadline: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and interviews may be scheduled as qualified candidates are identified. This position may close without prior notice once a strong candidate pool is established.

About SWCA

SWCA Environmental Consultants is a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting firm providing full spectrum environmental services across the United States. Our North Star is to be the best place to work and a leader in sustainability, delivering sound science and creative solutions to complex environmental challenges.

We are guided by our core values every day. We collaborate as #OneSWCA, we are #AlwaysLearning, we #NeverSettle, and we #GiveBack to our communities. With offices nationwide, SWCA offers a collaborative, team focused environment where employees can build meaningful and long-term careers.

What you will accomplish

• Leads design processes or projects from conception to completion. This includes spearheading marketing campaigns, brand-building events, and multimedia projects, ensuring that each project aligns with strategic objectives and is delivered on time.

• Analyzes and interprets both internal and external business challenges, offering creative solutions and best practices to enhance efficiency and achieve company goals. Uses technical expertise in graphic design and multimedia to offer innovative solutions.

• Exhibits a strong technical proficiency in graphic design and multimedia that is grounded in a thorough understanding of fundamental theories, practices, and concepts. Applies this expertise to create compelling visual content that supports marketing objectives.

• Contributes to strategy development by leveraging past experiences and market research. Works collaboratively with leadership to guide decision making within the graphic design and multimedia domain, ensuring that creative strategies effectively support broader marketing goals.

• Coordinates and manages project schedules to ensure the timely completion of tasks. Oversees project team efforts, ensuring that all members are effectively contributing to project milestones and deliverables.

• Implements rigorous quality control measures to verify the accuracy and completeness of all creative materials. Reviews and edits marketing and proposal graphics for clarity, coherence, and compliance with requirements, maintaining high standards of quality across all outputs.

• Follows applicable federal, Tribal, state, local, industry, contractual, and company regulations, standards, and specifications.

• Performs related work as assigned.

Additional Job-Specific Responsibilities:

• Design & prepare proposal, presentation, and pursuit-related visual materials that strengthen messaging and support business development efforts.

• Create graphics, infographics, maps, diagrams, data visualizations, and other visual assets that simplify complex information and communicate SWCA's value.

• Partner with proposal, marketing, business development, and technical teams to develop strategic visual solutions that enhance competitiveness and support win strategies.

• Maintain and evolve SWCA's library of proposal graphics, templates, and visual assets while ensuring brand consistency across client-facing materials.

• Embrace SWCA's core value of Always Learning by exploring innovative approaches to visual storytelling and continuously improving how the firm communicates its expertise, solutions, and value to clients.

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge normally obtained through post-secondary education or training; bachelor's degree preferred. Three years of relevant, progressively responsible experience. Five years of related experience is preferred; or any equivalent combination of experience, performance, training, and/or education.

Experience and qualifications for success

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual communication, or related field.

• Three (3) years of graphic design experience, preferably with at least two years of experience designing proposals, qualifications packages, presentations, or other business development materials in an in-house corporate creative department or design firm with the ability to effectively manage multiple projects.

• Ability to collaborate with pursuit teams and technical experts to solve complex communication challenges.

• Experience designing and producing large, complex document layouts.

• Strong understanding of design principles, typography, color, imagery and layout.

• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud particularly InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop on a Windows-based platform.

• Demonstrated experience designing and managing long-form documents in InDesign.

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, including advanced presentation design.

• Familiarity with print production and digital publishing environments

Preferred Qualifications:

• Five (5) years of graphic design experience.

• Experience/background working in the environmental consulting industry or other science field

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to translate complex information into clear, compelling visual communications.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with pursuit teams, marketing professionals, and technical subject matter experts to create persuasive visual storytelling solutions.

• Excellent creative thinking, organization, problem-solving, and time-management skills, with strong attention to detail.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

• Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively as part of a cross-functional team.

Pay Range

SWCA is committed to salary equity and transparency. The expected pay range for this US-based position is $66,144.00 to $85,987.20 per year. Actual pay may vary based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. Eligible employees may also receive performance-based bonuses.

As a 100% employee-owned company, we invest in your future. Our Total Rewards package includes an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, 401(k) with profit sharing, medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, wellness programs, and professional development opportunities.

Closing

If you need accommodation due to a disability, please contact accommodations@swca.com or call 1 480 581 5378. If you require assistance with the application process, please contact recruiting@swca.com.

Use of Technology in Hiring

SWCA may use approved technology, including AI-assisted tools, to support parts of the application and recruiting process. All selection and hiring decisions are made by SWCA employees, and candidates are not selected or rejected by automated systems. We are committed to a fair, transparent, and human-centered hiring experience.

Candidate Use of AI

Candidates may use AI tools to help prepare application materials and interviews. However, all application materials, assessments, and interview responses must accurately reflect their own experience, skills, and qualifications. AI must not be used to fabricate experience, complete assessments on their behalf, or otherwise misrepresent their background or abilities.

Equal Opportunity Employer

SWCA Environmental Consultants is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applications from women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all employees can thrive.

SWCA continues to invest deeply in career development programs, delivering our award-winning Career Landscape support resources to accelerate the growth of our staff. We recognize the valuable skills and experiences our internal team members bring to SWCA’s continued success. Qualified internal candidates are encouraged to apply and will be seriously considered for this position. We believe in promoting from within, where possible, providing our existing employees with compelling opportunities to advance their careers.

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