Senior Specialist

Working Title

Senior Graphic Designer

Payroll Title

Senior Specialist

Location

BCSA DC HQ - Washington, DC 20036-1376 US (Primary)

Category

Marketing/Communications

Job Type

Full-time

Job Classification

Salaried

Exemption Type

Exempt

Type of Hire

Contingent

Security Clearance Required

Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Travel

Up to 25%

Job Description

BCS Allegient has a 35-year history of helping government, research, and private sector clients implement their programs and missions to achieve success. We offer a breadth of professional support services in the areas of business management, communications, systems engineering, analysis, mission execution, and organization performance. BCS Allegient has a contingent opening for a Senior Graphic Designer to support one of our federal clients.


Salary Range: $100K - $135K depending on experience.


Job Functions:

• Design technical infographics, data visualizations, diagrams, presentation graphics, fact sheets, executive materials, web graphics, and digital/print communications for a federal emerging building technologies program.
• Translate complex technical, scientific, engineering, energy, and building technology information into clear, accessible, visually engaging products.
• Support development of one-page infographics, four-page findings documents, executive summaries, webinar materials, briefing decks, newsletters, posters, brochures, website graphics, and stakeholder communications.
• Work with technical writers, federal program managers, subject matter experts, DOE National Laboratory personnel, communications staff, and dashboard/data personnel to convert technical findings into visual products.
• Design materials that explain what a technology is, why GSA is interested, how it was evaluated, what was learned, and whether further deployment is recommended.
• Ensure all visual products are appropriate for executive, technical, and non-technical audiences.
• Apply GSA branding, federal visual standards, plain-language principles, and accessibility requirements to all assigned products.
• Develop Section 508-compliant and WCAG-aligned digital and print materials, including accessible PDFs and graphics prepared for web publication.
• Support data visualization of measurement and verification findings, performance results, cost savings, energy efficiency impacts, deployment outcomes, KPIs, and program metrics.
• Prepare final production-ready files for digital publication, presentations, print distribution, and stakeholder engagement.
• Coordinate with technical writers and accessibility personnel to ensure final graphics, figures, tables, and layouts are accurate, readable, compliant, and publication-ready.
• Maintain consistency across templates, recurring deliverables, report formats, infographic styles, briefing materials, and outreach products

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in graphic design, visual communications, information design, data visualization, digital media, communications, web design, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of professional graphic design, information design, data visualization, or visual communications experience.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience developing technical graphics, infographics, executive briefing materials, reports, web graphics, or digital/print communications for federal agencies, research organizations, engineering programs, energy programs, or science/technology-focused initiatives.
• Experience designing clear, accessible visual products that communicate complex technical, scientific, engineering, energy, or building technology information to executive, technical, and non-technical audiences.
• Experience developing Section 508-compliant and WCAG-aligned digital and print materials.
• Preferred experience supporting DOE, GSA, DOE National Laboratories, FEMP, federal energy programs, federal facilities, emerging building technologies, measurement and verification, Green Proving Ground, CEBT, or similar programs.
• Experience using Adobe Creative Suite, especially InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat Pro.
• Experience developing accessible PDFs, technical infographics, data visualizations, presentation graphics, diagrams, fact sheets, posters, brochures, and web-ready graphics.

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.