Volkert Inc is hiring: Graphic Specialist in McKinney

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Volkert is employee owned and a Top 100 design firm, committed to providing clients with creative solutions for sustainability, including improvements to infrastructure, the environment, and natural resources. Founded in 1925, Volkert is celebrating a century of serving our employees, clients, partners, and communities.

We are currently searching for a creative and detail-oriented Graphic Specialist to support our Southwest Region located in Texas. The position requires coordination of work across many technical disciplines and branch offices.

The successful candidate should have graphic design experience with long-form content and be proficient in InDesign and other Adobe Creative Suite products. This role involves creating high-quality visuals to support proposals, presentations, and marketing materials in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Our ideal Graphic Specialist is focused and organized, yet flexible; creative, but skilled in managing time and projects effectively. A strong team player who can also work independently, this person thrives in a detail-oriented environment where priorities evolve as opportunities arise. The ability to visually communicate complex ideas in a clear, compelling, and professional manner is essential to success in this role.

What you’ll be doing:

• Graphic Design: Develop high-quality graphics, layouts, and visual content for proposals, presentations, reports, and marketing collateral to improve clarity and visual appeal.
• Proposal & Marketing Support: Collaborate with marketing and technical teams to create visually compelling proposal graphics, charts, and maps that enhance storytelling.
• Technical Illustration: Create custom illustrations and diagrams to represent engineering solutions, translating complex data into easy-to-understand visual formats.
• Collaboration & Communication: Work closely with engineers, project managers, and marketing staff to understand project goals and translate them into visual content, offering input on design strategies to improve user engagement.
• Brand Consistency: Maintain visual branding consistency across all materials, aligning with company standards.
• Asset Management: Maintain a well-organized library of templates, assets, and files for efficient reuse.
• Quality Assurance: Perform thorough reviews for grammatical, typographical, and formatting errors to ensure all deliverables meet the highest standards of quality and professionalism.
• Proactive Marketing Initiatives: Identify and pursue creative opportunities that support company marketing and promotional goals, such as photography, multimedia development, social media content creation, and other innovative strategies.

What you need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual arts, marketing, or a related field
• 2+ years’ professional graphic design experience, preferably in the architecture, engineering, or construction (AEC) industry
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) and Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint)
• Strong understanding of typography, color theory, and visual hierarchy
• Photography experience and familiarity with digital marketing trends and tools is a plus
• Experience working in a deadline driven environment and balancing multiple, competing priorities
• A character of integrity with the ability to work under strict deadlines while maintaining a professional demeanor and a sense of humor
• Characteristics of a successful Volkert team member:
  • Be a brand ambassador for the company who engages in diversity and inclusion,
  • Be self-motivated to meet individual goals and maintain accountability in a team environment
  • Exercise initiative and independent judgement in the solution of work problems
  • Be able to communicate effectively- verbal and written
  • Be able to multi-task in a team environment

Volkert Perks:

• Competitive compensation
• Flexibility and a positive work/life balance
• Challenging and innovative projects
• Employee referral program
• Professional development
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• 401(k) retirement savings plan + employer matching
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and holidays
• Medical, Dental, & Vision
• Employer-Paid Life/AD&D insurance
• Employer-Paid short-term disability and long-term disability
• Wellness incentives
• Additional voluntary benefits

The words from our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas A. Hand, PE, capture best how you can make an impact while working for Volkert.

“For a century, Volkert has done meaningful work that improves our infrastructure and quality of life throughout our communities. We are proud of our one-hundred-year legacy and humbled by the opportunities ahead of us as we look forward to our next century of service. With our commitment to employee ownership and sustainable growth, you can build a career here that really makes a difference.”

– Thomas A. Hand, PE, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Volkert does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies or fee-based recruitment services.

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