Jr. Graphic Designer - West Central U.S. Hybrid

Jacobs; Tulsa (OK); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Caregiver leave

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Jr. Graphic Designer to support design for proposals, presentations, and marketing materials.

You'll develop visuals, refine PowerPoint decks, and collaborate with engineering and business development to strengthen messaging across print and digital formats. You should have 1–2 years of graphic design experience and a relevant degree, with strong Adobe Creative Cloud skills and a solid eye for layout and typography.

Qualifications

• Associates or Bachelors degree in Graphic Design or related field is required or equivalent work experience.
• 1–2 years of professional graphic design experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to apply design knowledge using layout, typography, graphics, and images to produce visual communications.

Responsibilities

• Support design of proposals, sales materials, and presentations including long document layouts and marketing collateral.
• Conceptualize and design graphics, collaborating with proposal team and technical staff.
• Refine PowerPoint decks and templates to communicate technical concepts clearly.
• Work cross-functionally with engineering and business development teams to support visual storytelling needs.
• Translate complex ideas into accessible, visually engaging graphics.

Skills

Graphic design

Visual storytelling

Layout

Education

Associates or Bachelors degree in Graphic Design

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

InDesign

Illustrator

Photoshop

Acrobat

PowerPoint

Job description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

As a Jr. Graphic Designer, you’ll be an integral part of West Central U.S. Sales Team. You'll be responsible for the design support on a variety of sales related materials including but not limited to proposals, presentations, marketing materials, and supporting graphics. This includes conceptualization, design, and development of graphics and content that will inform and engage the intended audience. We'll lean on you for a high level of design aptitude and design process, principles, and production techniques. To be successful in this role, you'll possess technical skills and expertise in developing and executing creative solutions using Adobe Creative Cloud applications (including, but not limited to InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat), as well as presentation software (including, but not limited to Microsoft PowerPoint) to deliver those solutions in a variety of print and digital formats.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Support graphic design solutions to support the production of winning proposals, sales materials, and presentations, including but not limited to long document layouts, PowerPoint presentations, story boards, covers/dividers, marketing collateral/brochures, illustrations, interactive PDFs, ads, and digital media
• Plan, conceptualize, and design compelling and impactful graphics while collaborating with proposal team members and technical staff to strengthen messaging
• Build and refine PowerPoint decks and presentation templates that clearly communicate technical concepts and strategic messaging
• Work cross-functionally with engineering and business development teams to support visual storytelling needs
• Convey complex ideas with smart graphic designs and develop concepts visually beyond bullet points
• Interpret and convert technical data and conceptual content into accessible and visually appealing information
• Use diverse perspectives to solve design problems and drive effective solutions
• Ability to recognize areas in proposals where graphics are better suited to tell a story
• Handle multiple project assignments at one time, set priorities, manage time, and organize work according to best practices
• Understand and follow graphic design methods, tools, and Jacobs’ procedures; offer suggestions to leadership to improve processes, tool(s), and best practices
• Proof work to ensure quality control
• Ability to handle multiple project assignments at one time, set priorities, set priorities, and manage work
• Utilize Photoshop to enhance/edit images and prepare visuals
• Support and advance improvements in processes, productivity and efficiency for our Creative Services and overall Sales team
• Raise the overall quality of our client communications using our Brand Guidelines
• Embraces our organizational core values, code of conduct, and culture of caring, safety and inclusion

Bring your curiosity, passion for innovation, and talent for multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment

We’ll help you grow, pursue and fulfill what inspires you – so we can make big impacts on the world, together.

Here's what you'll need

• Associates or Bachelors degree in Graphic Design or related discipline from a four-year College/University. We will accept work experience in the AEC industry that matches the requirements of the position in lieu of degree.
• Minimum of 1-2 years of professional graphic design experience.
• Knowledge of procedures and technical concepts required for role, including design aptitude to understand what constitutes good design, and a demonstrated ability to apply that knowledge using layout, typography, graphics, and images in order to produce highly effective visual communications.

Ideally, you'll also have

• Prior Architectural/Engineering & Construction and/or Proposal and Sales experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Flexibility to work effectively in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment.

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance, 401(k) plan, paid time off (allocated plans start date 17 days per calendar year), seven paid holidays, and caregiver leave and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount as well as legally mandated benefits.

The base salary range for this position is $45,000.00 to $55,000.00; though will be paid hourly based on hours worked. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.