Visual Designer, Marketing & Communications

Socket.dev; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 94,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services seeks a Visual Designer to craft smart, approachable visuals for federal partners across print and digital media. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to design secure, accessible, user-centered experiences from brand vision to market-ready products.

You’ll translate complex ideas into compelling visuals, maintain accessibility standards, and ensure consistency of the client’s visual language across channels while partnering with stakeholders to shape

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 2–3 years of experience communicating complex ideas and reinforcing a client’s brand.
• 2–3 years of experience using standard design software, including Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
• Experience with channel outputs (print, web/digital, UI/UX, video, etc.) across multiple platforms.
• Brand awareness and ability to evolve brand ecosystems.
• Experience with AI-driven methodologies to shape findings or artifacts.
• Organizing content, imagery, and strategy into cohesive marketing design.
• Ability to interpret data to refine targeted marketing communications.
• Strong consultative ability with clients and authors to understand needs.
• Strong conceptual thinking translating research into visuals.

Responsibilities

• Create original design work for print and digital projects (social, newsletters, blogs, web pages, banners, emails).
• Translate complex ideas into polished visual storytelling for communication.
• Advise stakeholders, understanding goals, and recommending workable solutions.
• Implement accessibility and standards across all deliverables.
• Ensure consistent application of the client’s visual language across channels.

Skills

Visual storytelling

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

PowerPoint

UI/UX design

Stakeholder communication

AI-driven methodologies

Content organization

Data interpretation

Consultation with clients

Research to visuals

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Adobe XD

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Figma

PowerPoint

Job description

At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people.Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.

Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands‑on experience, certifications, industry training and more.

Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!

You Are: As a Visual Designer, you work collaboratively to deliver visual solutions that are smart, approachable, and impactful. You will work with multidisciplinary teams and federal partners to design and market secure, accessible, and user‑centered experiences. This role spans the full product lifecycle, from developing a brand vision to delivering usable, compliant, and measurable solutions. You'll help agencies move beyond transactional experiences toward marketable products that build trust and improve outcomes for the public and agencies alike.

The work:

• Create original design work for a wide range of print and digital projects, including social media content, newsletters, blog posts, web pages, direct mail, web banners, print pieces, ads, emails, videos, and/or other visual materials
• Work with thought leaders to translate complex or abstract ideas into polished visual storytelling for communication
• Serving as an advisor to stakeholders, gaining an understanding of their goals, and making recommendations for workable solutions
• Implement standards and accessibility across all deliverables
• Ensure consistent application of the client's visual language by various contributors and across different mediums/channels

Here's what you need:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 2-3 years of experience with visually communicating complex ideas, protecting, and amplifying the client’s brand, and enhancing content that reinforces their brand purpose
• Minimum of 2-3 years of experienceusing standard design software, including Adobe Creative Suite (XD, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), Figma, familiarity with the MS Office suite, including PowerPoint
• Experience with channel-specific outputs (print, web/digital, UI/UX, video, environmental, promotional, presentation) across a variety of platforms (TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, etc.)
• Possess brand awareness and sensitivity, creating materials that maintain and evolve existing brand ecosystems
• Experience or demonstrated ability in utilizing AI-driven methodologies to shape and deliver findings or artifacts
• Experienced in organizing content, imagery, and strategy into a cohesive design suitable for marketing purposes
• Ability to interpret data to refine targeted marketing communications
• Ability to provide excellent consultation when meeting, collaborating, and brainstorming with clients and authors to understand and interpret needs
• Strong conceptual thinker who effectively translates qualitative and quantitative research into visually stimulating and intellectually engaging compositions

Bonus points if you have:

• Strong design aesthetic to creatively communicate a story, message, idea, process, or methodology
• High capacity for design thinking, along with a general understanding of and appreciation for experience design, strategy, and innovation
• Understanding of technology platforms that support user experiences
• Passionate and enthusiastic about excellence and attention to detail to ensure quality is delivered in every output
• Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into creative solutions
• A collaborative, open, and service‑oriented attitude; able to interact and build relationships with a variety of personalities across stakeholder groups
• Demonstrated ability or experience with tools like Framer, Jitter and Procreate

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland. The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. We accept applications on an on‑going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland is:

$93,700 — $184,500 USD

What We Believe

As a company wholly dedicated to serving the US federal government, we bring together the best talent to help reinvent how federal agencies operate and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people. We have an unwavering commitment to creating a culture in which all our people are respected, feel a sense of belonging, and have equal opportunity. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture Federal Services has the responsibility to create and sustain a culture where everyone feels welcomed and included. This is grounded in our core values and our experience that hiring and developing great people who reflect different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds is key to driving innovation and delivering the results that our clients and the country count on.

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