Visual Design Lead - Forge

Accenture Federal Services•Washington, DC

23h•$82,900 - $184,500

About The Position

Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more. Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward! Join a creative and tech-forward design team making content for the Go-to-market team including The Forge, Accenture’s flagship innovation and experience center for the federal government. We’re looking for a Visual Design Lead with experience leading creative teams, developing concepts and brand identities, and overseeing the visual execution of campaigns, digital products, and presentations, ensuring alignment with both client and federal standards. This candidate would need production experience and the ability to design across a variety of mediums (i.e., digital, print, animations, production cycle and materials). You will be successful in this role if you are a self-starter with the ability to think future-forward on design strategy and leverage AI tools to accelerate the design process. The ideal candidate will have experience in designing in Figma, Adobe Creative suite, and proficiency in creating video animations.

Requirements

5+ years of experience designing products or services
Experience leading the design process along with design teams
Ability and desire to solve complex product design problems and the strategy skills to deliver best-in-class solutions
Demonstrated ability to synthesize and present findings, and articulate design rationale
Ability to work iteratively and collaborate with the team on initial concepts, visual design, and prototypes
Advanced knowledge of Creative tools like Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, XD, After Effects (plus))
Experience utilizing AI throughout the design process and AI code-generation tools to rapidly prototype, build, and deploy production-ready designs

Nice To Haves

Motion and UX/UI design experience is a plus

Responsibilities

Lead the design team to create impactful and effective content-driven and design-woven illustration and its elements for the many, different sized screens and surfaces
Establish the visual tone, mood systems, and design language go-to-market deliverables
Mentor junior designers, reviewing creative work for quality assurance, and managing design timelines
Pitch creative ideas to agency stakeholders, offering clear rationales on how visuals achieve strategic objectives
Create high-level concepts, storyboards, original illustrations, and scalable design systems
Adopt and incorporating generative AI tools (e.g., Adobe Firefly, etc.) into the creative process to optimize workflows
Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in graphic design to continuously improve design quality and effectiveness
Manage multiple design projects simultaneously and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment