This position is located at Departmental Offices, Management CFO-Treasury Operations. As a Visual Information Specialist, you will be responsible for designing and producing original graphic material for use in high-level conferences, briefings, hearings, and Departmental Offices documents and publications.

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-12. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties and will receive training to help you grow in this position. Design and produce original graphic material, develops new concepts, and incorporates current social trends or style standards. Apply knowledge of clients' work to interpret abstract and novel subject matter content provided with assignments to produce visual products that accurately and effectively convey such information. Meet with executives and other professionals to present design concepts and techniques for use in high-level conferences, briefings, hearings, and Departmental Offices and client agency documents and publications. Consult with and provide assistance to managers, instructors, and functional employees related to the presentation of information through visual media within a host site. Demonstrate how published products in print and other media can be used to optimize quality or enhance communications to multiple market segments and affected stakeholders.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. Specialized experience for the GS-11: You must have one (1) year of specialized experience that has equipped you with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-09 level in the Federal service, public or other private sectors. Specialized experience for this position includes all of the following: - Experience in designing, developing, and producing communication products including but not limited to publications, marketing materials, and web sites which incorporate photographs, illustrations, drawings, artwork, charts, diagrams, maps, and other kinds of visual material for use in communicating information through visual means; AND - Experience in managing the creation, deployment, and maintenance of an enterprise-wide organizational brand throughout its publications, website, and other communication products; AND - Experience in traditional graphic design techniques (use of line, color, shape, texture, form) and the application of design thinking (design-specific cognitive activities, methods, and processes that create innovative, human-centered results) to produce effective print- and web-based communications. OR Education: You may qualify for this position based on education; qualifying education includes a PH. D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher graduate level education leading to such a degree, or an LL. M. if related. Major study -- commercial art, fine arts, art history, industrial design, architecture, drafting, interior design, photography, visual communication, or other fields related to the position. Advanced training in a vocational school, technical institute, or art institute above the high school level in one of the fields listed above is creditable as general experience on a month-for-month basis. OR You may qualify on a combination of education and experience. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. (Major study -- commercial art, fine arts, art history, industrial design, architecture, drafting, interior design, photography, visual communication, or other fields related to the position.) Specialized experience for the GS-09: An applicant must have one year of experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 in the Federal Service. This specialized experience is directly related to the position to be filled and has equipped the candidate with particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This specialized experience can be gained in the Federal service, its equivalent in state or local government, and/or private-sector companies and organizations. The specialized experience required for this position includes all of the following: - Experience in designing and producing communication products; for example, publications, marketing materials, and web sites which incorporate photographs, illustrations, drawings, artwork, charts, diagrams, maps, and/or other kinds of visual material for use in communicating information through visual means; AND - Experience in the use of traditional graphic design techniques (use of line, color, shape, texture, form) and the application of design thinking (design-specific cognitive activities, methods, and processes that create innovative, human-centered results) to produce print- and web-based communications; AND - Experience with some graphic design software (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator), hardware (desktop computers). OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: Master's or equivalent graduate degree, if related. Major study -- commercial art, fine arts, art history, industrial design, architecture, drafting, interior design, photography, visual communication, or other fields related to the position. Advanced training in a vocational school, technical institute, or art institute above the high school level in one of the fields listed above is creditable as general experience on a month-for-month basis; OR 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, if related; or LL.B. or J.D., if related. Major study -- commercial art, fine arts, art history, industrial design, architecture, drafting, interior design, photography, visual communication, or other fields related to the position. Advanced training in a vocational school, technical institute, or art institute above the high school level in one of the fields listed above is creditable as general experience on a month-for-month basis; OR You may qualify by a combination of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours may be combined with experience. Time in Grade: In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-11, you must have been at the GS-9 level for 52 weeks. For the GS-09, you must have been at the GS-7 level for 52 weeks.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Office of the Deputy Secretary Administrative Resource Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]