Graphic Designer
Location: Sterling, VA
Join our team at Core One! Our mission is to be at the forefront of developing analytical, operational, and technical solutions for our Nation's most complex national security challenges. In order to achieve our mission, Core One values people first! We are committed to recruiting, nurturing, and retaining top talent! We offer a competitive total compensation package that sets us apart from our competition. Core One is a team-oriented, dynamic, and growing company that values exceptional performance!
Core One is seeking a Graphic Designer to support our Growth Team and broader corporate initiatives. The ideal candidate is not just a strong visual designer — they are a creative problem-solver who can translate ideas into compelling, on-brand products. This role involves producing high-quality graphics for proposals, presentations, marketing materials, and externally facing content. You'll collaborate closely with subject matter experts, executives, and writers to shape products from both provided direction and your own creative input.
We are seeking someone who is energized by a primarily onsite role at our Sterling, VA headquarters, with flexibility to occasionally work from home or our Tysons, VA office.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Translate complex technical or strategic concepts into clean, visually compelling graphics and layouts.
- Design proposal materials, pitch decks, flyers, one-pagers, and digital assets aligned with Core One's brand.
- Collaborate with subject matter experts, writers, and executives to brainstorm and iterate on design ideas.
- Contribute original visual concepts and help refine early-stage ideas into polished deliverables.
- Ensure consistency and visual quality across all corporate communications.
- Support fast-turn, deadline-driven design needs across proposal and capture cycles.
- Maintain and evolve Core One's visual identity while adapting for various audiences.
- Assist with formatting and layout of longer-form written materials and reports.
Requirements:
- Strong portfolio demonstrating both branding sensibility and business-facing design work.
- 5+ years of professional design experience (can include internships or freelance).
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) and Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Experience designing in deadline-driven, collaborative environments.
- Highly creative, solution-oriented, and self-directed.
- Ability to take abstract ideas and independently turn them into cohesive, engaging visuals.
- Strong communication skills and ability to receive and incorporate feedback.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a government-issued Security Clearance.
Preferred:
- Experience working on government proposals or in the federal contracting industry.
- Familiarity with visual storytelling, infographics, and complex data visualization.
Core One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
