Staff Designer Jobs in Alabama
Staff Designer jobs in Alabama are concentrated in Birmingham, Huntsville, and Mobile, where employers across aerospace, healthcare, and manufacturing consistently hire at multiple experience levels. Firms like Lockheed Martin, UAB Health System, and Regions Financial have maintained long-standing design practices in the state, with the most in-demand specialties being UX and product design, brand and visual systems, and industrial or technical illustration. Demand is strongest in Huntsville's growing technology corridor and Birmingham's expanding financial and healthcare sectors. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Top employer4P Consulting
Top cityBirmingham, AL
Cities hiring10
Work type75% On-site
Top industryManufacturing
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Graphic Designer / Illustrator / Visual Communications SME
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PeopleTec
Graphic Designer / Illustrator / Visual Communications SME
Huntsville, Alabama
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Cab Tek
Training Developer Ii / Instructional Designer
Birmingham, Alabama
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Senior Civil Designer 03959 LBYD
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North Wind Group
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Birmingham, Alabama
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Mechanical CAD Designer - Delivery
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Mechanical CAD Designer - Delivery
Florence, Alabama
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Bridge BIM/CAD Designer
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HDR
Bridge BIM/CAD Designer
Birmingham, Alabama
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Graphic Designer / Illustrator / Visual Communications SME
PeopleTec·Huntsville, Alabama
Job functions:
Bachelor's degree in digital media
501-1,000 employees
Job Description
Opportunity:
PeopleTec is seeking a Graphic Designer / Illustrator/ Visual Communications SME to support our Redstone Arsenal government customer office location. The Graphic Designer will develop high‑quality visual products that communicate complex technical, programmatic, and strategic information in support of the Warfighter mission. This role involves creating graphics, illustrations, branding materials, infographics, UI/UX elements, and presentation products for leadership, stakeholders, and external audiences. The designer will collaborate closely with Senior Executives, Executive Staff members, engineers, program managers, analysts, and communications personnel to ensure all visual materials are accurate, professional, and aligned with DoD standards. This is a very fast-paced role requiring creativity, technical proficiency, and strong attention to detail.
Duties:
PeopleTec, Inc. is an employee-owned small business founded in Huntsville, AL that provides exceptional customer support by employing and retaining a highly skilled workforce.
Culture: The name "PeopleTec" was deliberately chosen to remind us of our core value system - our people. Our company's foundation was built on placing our employees and customers first. With an award-winning atmosphere, we have matured into a company that boasts the best and brightest across multiple technical fields.
Career: At PeopleTec, we value your long-term goals. Whether it's through our continuing-education opportunities, our robust training programs, or our "People First" benefits package, PeopleTec truly believes that our best investments are our people.
Come Experience It.
EEO Statement
PeopleTec, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in its job application procedures. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, you may use the following email address, applicationhelp@peopletec.com and/or phone number (256.319.3800) to contact us about your interest in employment with PeopleTec, Inc.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. PeopleTec, Inc. participates in E-Verify.
PeopleTec is currently seeking a Graphic Designer / Illustrator / Visual Communications Subject Matter Expert to support our Huntsville, AL location.
PeopleTec is seeking a Graphic Designer / Illustrator/ Visual Communications SME to support our Redstone Arsenal government customer office location. The Graphic Designer will develop high‑quality visual products that communicate complex technical, programmatic, and strategic information in support of the Warfighter mission. This role involves creating graphics, illustrations, branding materials, infographics, UI/UX elements, and presentation products for leadership, stakeholders, and external audiences. The designer will collaborate closely with Senior Executives, Executive Staff members, engineers, program managers, analysts, and communications personnel to ensure all visual materials are accurate, professional, and aligned with DoD standards. This is a very fast-paced role requiring creativity, technical proficiency, and strong attention to detail.
Duties:
- Design and produce graphics, illustrations, infographics, and visual materials to support program documentation, briefings, reports, and communication products.
- Develop high‑impact PowerPoint presentations, visual storyboards, and leadership briefing materials.
- Create and maintain branding elements, including logos, templates, style guides, and visual identity standards.
- Translate complex technical and programmatic information into clear, visually compelling graphics.
- Support UI/UX design for SharePoint sites, dashboards, and digital tools.
- Develop visual content for PMRs, IPTs, technical reviews, and stakeholder engagements.
- Collaborate with engineers and analysts to ensure accuracy of technical illustrations and diagrams.
- Produce graphics for contract documentation, white papers, and strategic communication materials.
- Manage digital assets, version control, and archival of visual materials.
- Ensure all products comply with DoD, Army, and organizational branding and security requirements.
- Provide rapid‑turn graphics support for time‑sensitive requests.
- Identify opportunities to improve visual communication methods and implement innovative design solutions.
- Support multimedia needs, including light video editing, motion graphics, or animation (if applicable).
Required Skills/Experience:
- Minimum of 15 years of experience in graphic design, visual communications, or related creative roles.
- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects, etc.).
- Experience designing graphics for technical, engineering, or DoD environments.
- Strong ability to convert complex information into clear, visually engaging products.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, especially PowerPoint.
- Experience developing branding materials, templates, and style guides.
- Strong attention to detail, layout, color theory, and typography.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to manage multiple design projects independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen.
- An active DoD Secret clearance is required to perform this work. Candidates are required to have an active Secret clearance upon hire, and the ability to maintain this level of clearance during their employment.
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Digital Media, Fine Arts, or a related field. Master’s degree preferred.
Desired Skills:
- 10+ years of experience in graphic design or visual communications roles providing executive level briefings.
- Experience supporting DoD program offices, acquisition programs, or engineering organizations.
- Familiarity with UI/UX design principles and tools (Figma, XD, etc.).
- Experience with motion graphics, animation, or multimedia production.
- Ability to mentor junior designers or support enterprise‑level branding efforts.
- Experience creating graphics for dashboards (Power BI, Tableau) or data visualization products.
- Knowledge of DoD branding guidelines, MIL‑STD formatting, and communication best practices.
- Experience with 3D modeling or technical illustration tools (e.g., Blender, SolidWorks Visualize)
People First. Technology Always.
PeopleTec, Inc. is an employee-owned small business founded in Huntsville, AL that provides exceptional customer support by employing and retaining a highly skilled workforce.
Culture: The name "PeopleTec" was deliberately chosen to remind us of our core value system - our people. Our company's foundation was built on placing our employees and customers first. With an award-winning atmosphere, we have matured into a company that boasts the best and brightest across multiple technical fields.
Career: At PeopleTec, we value your long-term goals. Whether it's through our continuing-education opportunities, our robust training programs, or our "People First" benefits package, PeopleTec truly believes that our best investments are our people.
Come Experience It.
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EEO Statement
PeopleTec, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in its job application procedures. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, you may use the following email address, applicationhelp@peopletec.com and/or phone number (256.319.3800) to contact us about your interest in employment with PeopleTec, Inc.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. PeopleTec, Inc. participates in E-Verify.
PeopleTec
Graphic Designer / Illustrator / Visual Communications SME
Huntsville, Alabama
New 1m ago501-1,000 employees
Job functions:
Bachelor's degree in digital media
Job Description
Opportunity:
PeopleTec is seeking a Graphic Designer / Illustrator/ Visual Communications SME to support our Redstone Arsenal government customer office location. The Graphic Designer will develop high‑quality visual products that communicate complex technical, programmatic, and strategic information in support of the Warfighter mission. This role involves creating graphics, illustrations, branding materials, infographics, UI/UX elements, and presentation products for leadership, stakeholders, and external audiences. The designer will collaborate closely with Senior Executives, Executive Staff members, engineers, program managers, analysts, and communications personnel to ensure all visual materials are accurate, professional, and aligned with DoD standards. This is a very fast-paced role requiring creativity, technical proficiency, and strong attention to detail.
Duties:
PeopleTec, Inc. is an employee-owned small business founded in Huntsville, AL that provides exceptional customer support by employing and retaining a highly skilled workforce.
Culture: The name "PeopleTec" was deliberately chosen to remind us of our core value system - our people. Our company's foundation was built on placing our employees and customers first. With an award-winning atmosphere, we have matured into a company that boasts the best and brightest across multiple technical fields.
Career: At PeopleTec, we value your long-term goals. Whether it's through our continuing-education opportunities, our robust training programs, or our "People First" benefits package, PeopleTec truly believes that our best investments are our people.
Come Experience It.
EEO Statement
PeopleTec, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in its job application procedures. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, you may use the following email address, applicationhelp@peopletec.com and/or phone number (256.319.3800) to contact us about your interest in employment with PeopleTec, Inc.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. PeopleTec, Inc. participates in E-Verify.
PeopleTec is currently seeking a Graphic Designer / Illustrator / Visual Communications Subject Matter Expert to support our Huntsville, AL location.
PeopleTec is seeking a Graphic Designer / Illustrator/ Visual Communications SME to support our Redstone Arsenal government customer office location. The Graphic Designer will develop high‑quality visual products that communicate complex technical, programmatic, and strategic information in support of the Warfighter mission. This role involves creating graphics, illustrations, branding materials, infographics, UI/UX elements, and presentation products for leadership, stakeholders, and external audiences. The designer will collaborate closely with Senior Executives, Executive Staff members, engineers, program managers, analysts, and communications personnel to ensure all visual materials are accurate, professional, and aligned with DoD standards. This is a very fast-paced role requiring creativity, technical proficiency, and strong attention to detail.
Duties:
- Design and produce graphics, illustrations, infographics, and visual materials to support program documentation, briefings, reports, and communication products.
- Develop high‑impact PowerPoint presentations, visual storyboards, and leadership briefing materials.
- Create and maintain branding elements, including logos, templates, style guides, and visual identity standards.
- Translate complex technical and programmatic information into clear, visually compelling graphics.
- Support UI/UX design for SharePoint sites, dashboards, and digital tools.
- Develop visual content for PMRs, IPTs, technical reviews, and stakeholder engagements.
- Collaborate with engineers and analysts to ensure accuracy of technical illustrations and diagrams.
- Produce graphics for contract documentation, white papers, and strategic communication materials.
- Manage digital assets, version control, and archival of visual materials.
- Ensure all products comply with DoD, Army, and organizational branding and security requirements.
- Provide rapid‑turn graphics support for time‑sensitive requests.
- Identify opportunities to improve visual communication methods and implement innovative design solutions.
- Support multimedia needs, including light video editing, motion graphics, or animation (if applicable).
Required Skills/Experience:
- Minimum of 15 years of experience in graphic design, visual communications, or related creative roles.
- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects, etc.).
- Experience designing graphics for technical, engineering, or DoD environments.
- Strong ability to convert complex information into clear, visually engaging products.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, especially PowerPoint.
- Experience developing branding materials, templates, and style guides.
- Strong attention to detail, layout, color theory, and typography.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to manage multiple design projects independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen.
- An active DoD Secret clearance is required to perform this work. Candidates are required to have an active Secret clearance upon hire, and the ability to maintain this level of clearance during their employment.
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Digital Media, Fine Arts, or a related field. Master’s degree preferred.
Desired Skills:
- 10+ years of experience in graphic design or visual communications roles providing executive level briefings.
- Experience supporting DoD program offices, acquisition programs, or engineering organizations.
- Familiarity with UI/UX design principles and tools (Figma, XD, etc.).
- Experience with motion graphics, animation, or multimedia production.
- Ability to mentor junior designers or support enterprise‑level branding efforts.
- Experience creating graphics for dashboards (Power BI, Tableau) or data visualization products.
- Knowledge of DoD branding guidelines, MIL‑STD formatting, and communication best practices.
- Experience with 3D modeling or technical illustration tools (e.g., Blender, SolidWorks Visualize)
People First. Technology Always.
PeopleTec, Inc. is an employee-owned small business founded in Huntsville, AL that provides exceptional customer support by employing and retaining a highly skilled workforce.
Culture: The name "PeopleTec" was deliberately chosen to remind us of our core value system - our people. Our company's foundation was built on placing our employees and customers first. With an award-winning atmosphere, we have matured into a company that boasts the best and brightest across multiple technical fields.
Career: At PeopleTec, we value your long-term goals. Whether it's through our continuing-education opportunities, our robust training programs, or our "People First" benefits package, PeopleTec truly believes that our best investments are our people.
Come Experience It.
#cjpost #dpost
EEO Statement
PeopleTec, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in its job application procedures. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, you may use the following email address, applicationhelp@peopletec.com and/or phone number (256.319.3800) to contact us about your interest in employment with PeopleTec, Inc.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. PeopleTec, Inc. participates in E-Verify.
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Where Alabama roles are concentrated, by current openings.
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1 jobStaff Designer Job Market in Alabama
A snapshot from current Alabama openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- 4P Consulting3
- Quanta Services2
- HDR1
- SLB1
- IS4S1I
Top Industries Hiring
- Manufacturing3
- Technology & Software3
- Construction & Real Estate3
- Consulting & Professional Services3
- Education1
What Alabama Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in staff designer jobs across Alabama.
- Bachelor's degree in graphic design, industrial design, or a related creative discipline
- Proficiency in industry-standard tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, or equivalent software
- Portfolio demonstrating completed design projects across branding, UX, or product work
- Three or more years of professional experience in a staff or in-house design role
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams including marketing, engineering, or product
- Strong communication skills for presenting concepts and receiving feedback from stakeholders
Staff Designer Jobs in Alabama: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a staff designer in Alabama?
Most staff designer roles in Alabama require a bachelor's degree in graphic design, industrial design, UX, or a closely related field from an accredited program. Alabama does not issue a state license specifically for commercial designers, so employers evaluate candidates on education, portfolio strength, and relevant work experience. Degrees from institutions like Auburn University, UAB, or the University of Alabama carry strong local recognition. Building a focused portfolio that reflects Alabama industries such as aerospace, healthcare, or banking meaningfully improves hiring prospects.
Which companies hire staff designers in Alabama?
Companies currently hiring staff designers in Alabama include 4P Consulting, Quanta Services, and HDR, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. Alabama's aerospace, healthcare, and financial services sectors tend to generate the most consistent in-house design demand across the state.
Which Alabama cities have the most staff designer jobs?
Birmingham, Huntsville, and Montgomery lead Alabama in staff designer openings. Birmingham drives volume through its concentration of financial institutions, hospital systems, and regional marketing agencies, while Huntsville's rapid aerospace and defense expansion has created growing in-house design needs at contractors and technology firms based there.
Are there remote staff designer jobs in Alabama?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 25% of staff designer openings tied to Alabama are remote or hybrid as of July 2026, reflecting the screen-based nature of most design work. UX, product design, and brand roles are the most likely to be fully remote, while roles tied to manufacturing, signage, or physical product development more often require on-site presence.
How can I get hired as a staff designer in Alabama with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is applying to junior or associate designer roles at Alabama's larger in-house teams, such as those within UAB's marketing and communications department, Regions Financial's brand group, or mid-size Birmingham and Huntsville agencies that regularly onboard new graduates. Pursuing an internship or co-op through Auburn University's College of Architecture or UAB's art and design program provides direct connections to local employers. A polished portfolio built on real or self-directed projects in healthcare, financial services, or aerospace themes signals relevance to Alabama's dominant hiring sectors.
Where can I find and apply to staff designer jobs in Alabama?
You can find and apply to staff designer jobs in Alabama on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings across the state. Find a role that fits and apply directly to the employer through the listing.
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