Description
Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems.
As a Creative Production Lead, you will be responsible for designing, formatting, and producing compelling, high-quality proposal documents, presentations, graphics, and other bid materials.
Key Responsibilities:
- Take extreme ownership of assigned proposal efforts for the product line.
- Create compelling graphics, infographics, charts, diagrams, process flows, organizational charts, and other visual assets for proposals, presentations, and client-facing materials.
- Design and format polished proposal documents, executive summaries, slide decks, and bid materials that clearly communicate complex technical content.
- Translate input from proposal managers and subject-matter experts into clear, engaging visual stories that strengthen proposal messaging.
- Maintain and enhance proposal templates, style guides, graphic libraries, and reusable visual assets.
- Ensure graphics and documents are visually consistent, accurate, accessible, and aligned with brand standards and client requirements.
- Support proposal production through document assembly, formatting, proofreading coordination, quality checks, and final-file preparation.
- Track design revisions, production schedules, and submission requirements across active pursuits.
- Support final digital and print production, including PDFs, packaging files, and submission-ready materials.
- Help improve design and production workflows as the proposal function grows.
Projects that you might work on:
- Provide additional support to BD team leadership such as miscellaneous projects including presentation materials, competitive intelligence gathering and/or other market information that may be gathered with the sales and marketing teams.
- Build and maintain reusable proposal templates, slide libraries, visual standards, and graphic asset libraries.
Required qualifications:
- 3+ years' experience in graphic design, visual communications, document production, proposal support, or a related field plus experience working with government and international customers.
- Bachelor's degree in graphic design, visual communications, marketing, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat.
- Outstanding record of academic achievement.
- Demonstrated aptitude for analytics.
- Proven record of leadership in a work setting and/or through extracurricular activities.
- Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
- Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organisation.
- Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively – both verbally, visually and in writing.
- You have a demonstrated record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience supporting proposals and customer engagements.
- Strong understanding of AI and robotics technology.
- Familiarity with software products.
- Strong technical background especially with Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs).
- You have demonstrated thorough understanding and knowledge of the military operations and the acquisition process that allows you to support the Go to Market Team.
- Demonstrated understanding of specific DoD operational scenarios and systems.
- Active DoD security clearance.
Additional Information
Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment) Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.