Graphic Designer
- Contingent on Contract Award
- Cyber / Intelligence
- Falls Church, VA
Barbaricum is a rapidly growing government contractor providing leading-edge support to federal customers, with a particular focus on Defense and National Security mission sets. We leverage more than 15 years of support to stakeholders across the federal government, with established and growing capabilities across Intelligence, Analytics, Engineering, Mission Support, and Communications disciplines. Founded in 2008, our mission is to transform the way our customers approach constantly changing and complex problem sets by bringing to bear the latest in technology and the highest caliber of talent.
Headquartered in Washington, DC’s historic Dupont Circle neighborhood, Barbaricum also has a corporate presence in Tampa, FL and Dayton, OH, with team members across the United States and around the world. As a leader in our space, we partner with firms in the private sector, academic institutions, and industry associations with a goal of continually building our expertise and capabilities for the benefit of our employees and the customers we support. Through all of this, we have built a vibrant corporate culture diverse in expertise and perspectives with a focus on collaboration and innovation. Our teams are at the frontier of the Nation’s most complex and rewarding challenges. Join us.
Barbaricum is seeking a Graphic Designer to contribute to the DoD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s (CDAO) mission. CDAO is responsible for the acceleration of the DoD’s adoption of data, analytics, and Artificial Intelligence to generate decision advantage from the boardroom to the battlefield. CDAO is tasked with building a strong foundation for data, analytics, and AI-enabled capabilities to be developed and fielded at scale. This position will play a key role in the establishment of strategy, best practices, architectures, and tools to ensure that the DoD has reliable, ethical, and trusted AI-enabled systems.
Barbaricum has been supporting CDAO for more than 3 years, including current support to the T&E Directorate and Resource and Management Office. This position is a new role on a team that will provide SETA support to CDAO both enterprise-wide and within specific internal
Responsibilities
- Responsible for design and production of regional corporate marketing materials; brand strategy; graphics support for all CDAO missions
- Collaborate with mission teams and the communications team to design custom graphics, videos, and three-dimensional animation for digital platforms
- Tell the story; Make deliberate design decisions and translate any given user experience into a smooth and intuitive interaction
- Create, improve, and use wireframes, prototypes, style guides, user flows, and effectively communicate your interaction ideas using any of these methods
- Present and be able to defend design decisions, which are based on design thinking and fundamental principles of design, including color schemes, visual weight, etc.
- Work closely with the UX lead and developers to ensure that designs meet the UX specifications and are implementable by the development team
- Collect and understand requirements; design, explain, and negotiate feedback
- Conduct ongoing research to identify new design trends and UX strategies
Qualifications
- Active DoD Secret clearance (TS/SCI preferred)
- Experience working on DoD programs is desired
- Experience working directly or indirectly with CDAO is a plus
- Must have experience working in agile teams with a UX lead, developers, testers, and project managers
- Experience with Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects) Sketch, Cinema 4D, InVision, Figma etc.
- Basic understanding of front-end languages
