Graphic Designer

Energy Innovation Corp; Newport News (VA); Hybrid; USD 54,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Innovation Corp in Newport News, VA seeks a Graphic Designer for the Industrial Systems Group. You will own creative output, run usability tests in Maze, prototype interactions, and guide multi-project launches with strong ownership and collaborative feedback.

The role emphasizes owning creative outcomes, collaborating with engineering, and mentoring by senior staff in a hybrid Newport News environment.

Qualifications

• Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written.
• Experience presenting to mid-level leadership.
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Bonus points for Atomic Design knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Run the critique that makes junior creative work braver, not safer.
• Anchor a chaotic creative launch around one image that means something.
• Salvage usable frames from a shoot the weather in Newport News half-ruined.
• Manage multiple creative projects simultaneously without missing deadlines.
• Prototype interactions in Maze and refine them through usability testing.
• Compose social cuts that read clearly with the sound off.
• Lead brainstorming sessions that surface bold, original ideas.
• Choreograph the handoff so nothing unhurried gets lost between studio and dev.

Skills

Ambiguity navigation

Leadership presentation

Work authorization (US)

Atomic Design

Tools

Maze

Job description

Big idea, tiny execution flaw, total disaster: the Graphic Designer Industrial Systems Group wants closes that gap before anyone else even spots it. The pitch is honest — $54,000 - $81,000, real ownership of creative outcomes, and an Industrial Systems Group crew in Newport News that has your back.

Key Responsibilities

• Run the critique that makes junior creative work braver, not safer
• Anchor a chaotic creative launch around one image that means something
• Salvage usable frames from a shoot the weather in Newport News half-ruined
• Manage multiple creative projects simultaneously without missing deadlines
• Prototype interactions in Maze and refine them through usability testing
• Compose social cuts that read clearly with the sound off
• Lead brainstorming sessions that surface bold, original ideas
• Choreograph the handoff so nothing unhurried gets lost between studio and dev

What You'll Bring

• Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written
• Demonstrated comfort presenting to mid-level leadership
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
• Practical command of Innovation, with bonus points for Atomic Design

Industrial Systems Group is a ruthlessly-focused engineering shop in Newport News, VA where Innovation and Heuristic Evaluation are treated as the same discipline. Transparency is a habit, so roadmaps, tradeoffs, and even mistakes get shared openly.

Beyond the $54,000 - $81,000 headline, we hand you a mentor, room to grow into mid-level work, and the freedom to shape your own week.

Live this hour, the creative role remains open and unclaimed.

This hybrid opening in Newport News is built for someone like you, so don't let it pass.