Graphic Artist

SGS Consulting; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SGS Consulting’s Group seeks a skilled Graphic Artist/Designer to develop visual solutions for presentations, posters, documents, and technical illustrations within a high-tech defense research environment. You will work independently across multiple projects, collaborating with management and researchers while adhering to sensitive information handling standards.

Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, 3D software and MS Office is required, with hybrid onsite work and a Top Secret/SCI

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance required.
• Hybrid work location with onsite work required at times.
• Interview process: initial pre-screen with hiring manager; next round with Group Leaders.

Responsibilities

• Create detailed visual solutions to complex communication problems.
• Presentation designs – individual charts to complete presentations.
• Document designs – technical reports, project memos, brochures, and event flyers.
• Poster production – internal and external conference posters, hallway displays, and special event posters.
• Logo design – program and project logos, coin designs, and other brand identity images.
• Review presentations for adherence to the Laboratory’s standards and DoD marking requirements.
• Website design and update – group level resource for dissemination of information.
• Preparing files to print
• Easily transition from Mac to Windows platforms and operating systems.
• Technical illustrations of machinery, hardware, ships, vehicles, weapons, structures and other items.
• 3D concepts depicting various scenarios as described by the client
• Diagram Design – block diagrams, flow charts, timelines and Gantt charts
• Map illustrations
• Photography and Photo Editing Requirements
• Photographing test site locations and equipment
• Photographing a variety of hardware and other electronic equipment
• Photographing circuit boards and micro components
• Color correcting images
• Scanning and OCR

Skills

Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop

3D software

PowerPoint

Word

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Office

Education

Top Secret/SCI clearance

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Responsibilities

The Group develops radar, electronic warfare, communications, and systems technologies for use in future air defense systems, with a focus on the development of digitized phased-array radars and advanced signal processing techniques. Major activities within the group include system concept development, modeling and simulation, signal processing algorithm design, prototype system design and development, and experimental field testing and data analysis.

The Graphic Artist/Designer is tasked to produce a wide variety of art products that include, but not limited to, presentation design, poster design, document design, technical illustrations, and photo manipulation. They develop and apply advanced graphic design concepts, techniques, and standards in a highly technical research environment. Group Graphic Artist/Designers work independently and juggle numerous projects and conflicting priorities, and interact with management as well as researchers.

• Create detailed visual solutions to complex communication problems
• Presentation designs – individual charts to complete presentations
• Document designs – technical reports, project memos, brochures, and event flyers
• Poster production – internal and external conference posters, hallway displays, and special event posters
• Logo design – program and project logos, coin designs, and other brand identity images
• Presentation clean up – Review presentations for adherence to the Laboratory’s presentation production standards and Department of Defense classification marking requirements
• Website design and update – this is a group level resource for the dissemination of group related information
• Preparing files to print
• Easily transition from Mac to Windows platforms and operating systems
• Comfortable working in a networked environment, sharing files
• Technical illustrations of machinery, hardware, ships, vehicles, weapons, structures and a variety of other technical items and objects
• Concept illustrations of new technology that includes electronic components, antennas and radars, and other various hardware
• 3D concepts depicting various scenarios as described by the client
• Scenario illustrations of mission locations, test events or plans, and other “bigger picture” situations
• Diagram Design – block diagrams, flow charts, timelines, and Gantt charts
• Map illustrations
• Photography and Photo Editing Requirements
• Photographing test site locations and testing equipment
• Photographing a variety of hardware and other electronic equipment
• Photographing circuit boards and other micro components
• Resizing and cleaning up both low- and high-resolution photos
• Removing unwanted parts of an image
• Color correcting images
• Scanning
• Scanning photos and data
• Scan to Portable Document Format (PDF)
• Scan to Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

Skills:

• Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and 3D software
• Well experienced with Microsoft PowerPoint and Word
• Familiar with other Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office software

Education/Experience:

• Clearance: Candidates must have an active Top Secret/SCI clearance to be considered for this position.
• Work location: Hybrid - Candidate will be expected to work onsite as work requires. There may be flexibility to work from home at times.
• Interview process: Initial pre-screen with hiring manager. If candidate advances, next round of interviews will be with the Group Leaders.