Today
Top Secret/SCI
Mid Level Career (5+ yrs experience)
$100,000 - $125,000
No Traveling
Full Scope Polygraph
Intelligence
McLean, VA (On-Site/Office)
seeking a Cartographer to work with a Government Intelligence Community client in McLean, VA.
Clearance: TS/SCI with a Polygraph
Responsibilities
• Design and produce professional intelligence cartographic products that effectively communicate complex subject matter to diverse audiences.
• Requires a strong balance between cartographic design principles and technical expertise, ensuring high-quality, visually compelling, and analytically sound map products.
• Lead the conceptualization, design, and production of cartographic products, integrating both artistic and technical elements to meet customer needs.
• Manage complex and demanding cartographic projects, including direct engagement with customers to understand requirements, facilitate brainstorming sessions, and define design expectations.
• Ensure adherence to cartographic best practices, including color theory, projections, thematic and statistical mapping, hierarchy, and data visualization techniques.
• Oversee quality control, usability, and final product delivery, ensuring compliance with internal workflow procedures, copyright laws, and established production standards.
• Work seamlessly within the Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator, and integrate cartographic tools such as Esri's ArcGIS, Avenza's MAPublisher, and QGIS to create dynamic, data-driven maps.
• Utilize JavaScript mapping libraries and cartographic data visualization techniques to enhance map interactivity and functionality.
Requirements
• BA/BS and 3+ years of experience OR no degree with 9+ years of experience.
• Strong experience in cartographic design, including thematic mapping, topographic representation, and reference mapping.
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator for cartographic design is required.
• Familiarity with Esri's ArcMap, Avenza's MAPublisher, QGIS, and other relevant GIS tools is highly desired.
• Experience with JavaScript mapping libraries (e.g., Leaflet, D3.js, Mapbox) is a plus.
Clearance: TS/SCI with a Polygraph
Responsibilities
• Design and produce professional intelligence cartographic products that effectively communicate complex subject matter to diverse audiences.
• Requires a strong balance between cartographic design principles and technical expertise, ensuring high-quality, visually compelling, and analytically sound map products.
• Lead the conceptualization, design, and production of cartographic products, integrating both artistic and technical elements to meet customer needs.
• Manage complex and demanding cartographic projects, including direct engagement with customers to understand requirements, facilitate brainstorming sessions, and define design expectations.
• Ensure adherence to cartographic best practices, including color theory, projections, thematic and statistical mapping, hierarchy, and data visualization techniques.
• Oversee quality control, usability, and final product delivery, ensuring compliance with internal workflow procedures, copyright laws, and established production standards.
• Work seamlessly within the Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator, and integrate cartographic tools such as Esri's ArcGIS, Avenza's MAPublisher, and QGIS to create dynamic, data-driven maps.
• Utilize JavaScript mapping libraries and cartographic data visualization techniques to enhance map interactivity and functionality.
Requirements
• BA/BS and 3+ years of experience OR no degree with 9+ years of experience.
• Strong experience in cartographic design, including thematic mapping, topographic representation, and reference mapping.
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator for cartographic design is required.
• Familiarity with Esri's ArcMap, Avenza's MAPublisher, QGIS, and other relevant GIS tools is highly desired.
• Experience with JavaScript mapping libraries (e.g., Leaflet, D3.js, Mapbox) is a plus.
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