Position Summary:
Interactive Designers create a wide variety of products that convey intelligence analysis to the President of the United States and other officials.
Key Responsibilities:
As an Interactive Designer, you will create a wide variety of products that convey intelligence analysis to the President of the United States, U.S. policymakers, and other officials. You may also create training materials and other important material. All products are designed for conveyance via mobile devices, web, and print. You will work as a member of a team focusing on one or more specialties, such as graphic design, cartography, 3D animation, motion graphics, illustration, Virtual Reality, scripting, and imagery.
Opportunities exist to participate in internal training as well as external workshops and conferences, and you will be expected to develop and maintain your skills commensurate with industry-wide best practices.
Required Education & Experience:
- Strong creative portfolio demonstrating good use of typography, grid-based design, white space, and color theory
- At least a 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale is preferred, but exceptions are made for extenuating circumstances
- You must apply online, while in the United States.
- Experience with the Adobe creative suite of tools, motion or 3D software, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, version control
- Augmented/virtual reality, motion visuals, storytelling, 3D animation, design for video output
- Strong interest in continuous learning, information design, and technology (mobile and web)
- You must successfully complete a thorough medical and psychological exam, a polygraph interview, and a comprehensive background investigation
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Experience with the ESRI (or similar) GIS Suite and familiarity with cartoCSS and map tile presentation libraries such as Leaflet, OpenLayers, and/or Cesium
- You must be a U.S. citizen and at least 18 years of age (dual-national U.S. citizens are eligible).
- Excellent interpersonal skills are required to work and interface with customers, coworkers, and management
- Ability to shape and lead solutions to data visualization in an increasingly complex and changing technological environment
- Experience creating wireframes, storyboards, and prototypes for use in design review and user testing
- Ability to meet the minimum requirements for joining CIA, including U.S. citizenship and a background investigation
- You must be willing to move to the Washington, DC, area.
- Knowledge of multimedia production tools and methodology and a strong technical aptitude to quickly learn new software and hardware