As-Needed Senior Graphic Designer (Remote)

Who We Are
Dudek is a leading environmental, planning, and engineering firm that help public and private clients plan, design, and build projects that improve communities’ built and natural infrastructure. Founded in 1980, Dudek has grown steadily to more than 800 professionals across the U.S. and received the Top Workplace Award for 2024.
As a 100% employee-owned company, Dudek’s culture rewards smart, productive team members with ownership, professional development, and financial benefits. We seek creative, pragmatic problem-solvers working at the intersection of science, engineering, regulations, and multiple stakeholders’ interest to help clients achieve project goals.
We encourage collaboration, sustainability, and innovation.
At Dudek, we abide by shared values:
Trust: We trust each other to use good judgment.
Respect: We act professionally and treat each other fairly.
Teamwork: We come together, share openly, and apply diverse perspectives.
Fun: We take our work seriously…not ourselves.
Well-Being: We care about each other’s health, safety, and total wellness.
Our culture is the foundation of who we are and how we work.
Learn more about our culture.
About The Job
Dudek is seeking an on-call graphic designer to join our team in Encinitas, CA. Our Encinitas office spans coverage and support of various clients including military, municipalities, and commercial entities both local and international. Our projects provide our clients real-world environmental and infrastructure solutions, and we are seeking a senior graphic designer to elevate our deliverables and marketing materials to meet our client’s needs. We are passionate about developing innovative solutions and are looking for a forward-thinking innovator to join our team supporting a vast array of different opportunities and assisting different project teams while enhancing your knowledge about the AEC market and our various clients.
Working as part of our team, this position plays a strong supporting role for our project managers and technical professionals to take complex ideas and translate them into engaging marketing deliverables. This involves a team player that is involved with the planning, coordination, and development of a variety of deliverables to support of our clients’ needs. This ideal candidate will support these deliverables by designing and creating various types of visual aids and design elements, including maps, info graphics, presentations, advertisements, document covers, reports, brochures, organizational charts, newsletters, schematics, signs, posters, event materials, and websites and microsites. Additionally, this position may include an opportunity for other support roles.
Learn more about the projects you will have the opportunity to shape.
Who You Are
To thrive at Dudek, you should be comfortable with accountability, collaboration, flexibility while being a resourceful and independent thinker. We look for curious, solution-focused people who can adapt quickly to an ever-changing industry. There is no single way to solve a problem, so we encourage innovation.
Duties and Responsibilities (may include some or all of the below):

• Ensure the accuracy and consistency of various types of visual design for multiple projects.
• Assist with designing and updating education and outreach materials.
• Organize and process incoming data.
• Organize and maintain project files, documents, and deliverables.
• Prepare reports and other project deliverables.
• Assist with other project requirements.
• Formatting of various types of visual design in reports.

Minimum Requirements

• Master’s degree or higher in science or related field.
• Graduate coursework in graphic design or related field.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Advanced skills with graphic and web design software packages including ACS (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat) and MS Office Suite.
• Ability to work under pressure or deadlines and handle multiple priorities.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
• Ability to adapt and shift priorities in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment.
• Excellent analytical, verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Flexibility to work outside normal business hours as required.

* As a federal contractor, successful candidates are required to pass the following pre-employment requirements prior to beginning employment: pre - employment drug test and background check.
Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working for the federal government is a plus, including DoD, DHS, DLA, BLM, FEMA and the EPA.

Physical Requirements
Working Conditions:

• This job operates in a remote or office-based environment and this role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers, etc.
• This job requires occasional project site visits-based outdoors which can include excessive noise, uneven walking surfaces, extreme weather, moving vehicles and equipment.

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met in order to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

• This job requires working on a computer, sitting or standing for long periods of time in an office or remote office setting.
• This job requires attending meetings, both in person and virtually as well as speaking on the phone with peers, clients, etc. Speaking, hearing and listening are required.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

 
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Proposed Salary Range: $65-$70 hourly*
*Final agreed upon compensation will be based on a variety of factors including but not limited to an individual’s related experience, education, certifications, skills, and work location.
Perks of Being a Dudekian
At Dudek we will provide you with a competitive salary in an environment that promotes growth, career development, and a flexible work–life balance. Dudek offers an array of benefits, from medical, dental, and vision coverage, to the discretionary bonuses, based on firmwide, divisional, and individual performance.
We also offer a yearly merit review, an employee stock ownership program, and dog friendly offices! To honor our key value of well-being, Dudek provides generous Paid Time Off (PTO) packages for both salaried and hourly employees. If you’re tired of an overly bureaucratic decision-making process and want to be part of a work culture that puts its employees first, speak with your recruiter to learn more about the great perks of being a Dudekian.
*As-needed and part-time employees are eligible for our 401(k) plan, sick leave, and our Employee Assistance Program (EAP). As-needed and part-time employees have the option of additional benefits like medical benefits and ESOP participation provided they meet minimum hours worked during the 12-month look back measurement period. Speak with your recruiter to learn more.
Dudek is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.