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Senior Desktop Publisher

Arcfield
Chantilly, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 6/4/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/3/2026
Responsibilities

Arcfield has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Desktop Publisher, who:

  • Collaborates with the proposal team to prepare formatted templates, writer shells, reviews, and final responses.
  • Supports development of proposal content and artifacts for reviews and production through visual style implementation, tailoring, and document preparation.
  • Assists in coordinating the proposal production process.
  • Performs quality checks and peer reviews to ensure consistency, accuracy, and compliance.
  • Creates and modifies templates using Arcfield’s style features to comply with solicitation requirements.
  • Reviews, interprets, and questions solicitation requirements.
  • Develops and produces visual style guides, including Read-Me sheets, writer shells, and templates for proposal materials.
  • Designs, formats, and produces proposal materials.
  • Supports graphic design and production through proofreading, print formatting, and other production and packaging-related activities.
  • Maintains awareness of repositories containing prior proposal materials (e.g., templates and exemplars) and supports the ingest of proposal content after submittal and award.
  • Provides guidance on outlines and compliance.
  • Assists with documenting, maintaining, and applying internal proposal processes.
  • Contributes to, and benefits from, maintaining a collaborative environment—expanding skills and mentoring others.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 10 years of desktop publishing experience
  • Recent proposal experience with Shipley-based new business processes
  • Expertise in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat Pro, SharePoint
  • Ability to work efficiently, collaboratively, and accurately under deadlines
  • Experience with Adobe Illustrator, Acrobat Pro, Photoshop, and Bridge; and Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, and Outlook
  • Ability to formats and position text and graphics in a visually appealing way to design master copies using knowledge of type styles, size, and layout patterns
  • Understanding of Government solicitations and the source selection/bid process.
  • Adaptability to changing technology, requirements, and dynamic schedules.
  • Must possess and have the ability to maintain a Top Secret clearance
  • Must have the ability to obtain and maintain SCI access

EEO Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and federal government contractor. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment as protected by law.

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