Scientific Website Designer

Spire Communications; Alexandria (VA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Wellness stipend

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

PTO 18 days

Holidays 8

Home office reimbursement

401(k) plan

Training stipend

Job summary

Spire Communications in Alexandria, VA is hiring a full-time website designer with demonstrated Drupal and visual design expertise to support NSF communications. You will design clear, engaging webpage layouts and graphics that are accessible and brand-compliant across NSF.gov and internal platforms.

The role requires applying web design best practices within Drupal Layout Builder and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver compelling digital experiences across ServiceNow Employee

Qualifications

• Experience designing websites with Drupal and Drupal Layout Builder.
• Proficiency in visual design and web standards.
• Ability to create accessible, brand-compliant pages.

Responsibilities

• Design NSF.gov pages and internal platforms.
• Apply federal web standards.
• Collaborate with content writers and developers.

Skills

Drupal

Visual design

Layout Builder

Web accessibility

Tools

ServiceNow Employee Center

Microsoft SharePoint

Job description

The position is hybrid, with potential for full-time at the client site in Alexandria, VA.

PORTFOLIO IS REQUIRED WITH APPLICATION.

Spire Communications is hiring a full-time website designer with demonstrated Drupal and visual design expertise to support communications for the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). This role designs clear, engaging, and compliant webpage layouts and graphics for NSF.gov and internal platforms, applying web design best practices within Drupal’s Layout Builder environment and designing and enhancing digital experiences across platforms such as ServiceNow Employee Center and Microsoft SharePoint. This role blends strong visual design with the technical requirements of federal web standards to create webpages that are visually compelling, brand compliant, accessible, and effective.

Benefits

• Medical (United Healthcare), dental (CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield), and vision (United Concordia) plans paid at 100% (employee premium) plus 30% contribution to family premium
• Monthly $50 “wellness” stipend for gym memberships, spa services, etc.
• Life and disability insurance (short- and long-term)
• 18 days PTO and 8 federal holidays per year (+Veterans Day for those who have served)
• Home office expense reimbursement
• 401(k) plan with automatic 3% of salary employer contribution
• Annual stipend for employee and/or job-related training