This position is located in the Small Business Administration, Office of Communications and Public Liaison in Washington, DC. This position is in the Office of Marketing and Customer Service and the incumbent designs and produces graphics and multimedia displays.

Duties

Graphic Design: Serves as a visual arts and graphic designer of the Agency's publication and outreach materials, and coordinates with those providing internal and external printing production services. Creates, designs, produces and prepares graphic art and visual information products for the Agency. Designs web content and illustrative material required for special SBA meetings, projects and conferences, or in cooperation with other government agencies. Collaboration and Planning: Provides SBA program officials, as well as the Administrator, Deputy Administrator, Associate Deputy Administrators, Assistant Administrators and Associate Administrators with expert, specialized technical graphic and visual arts direction for designing and producing professional and cost-effective visual information concerning Agency policies, programs and objectives.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen
• You must successfully complete a background investigation.
• You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
• This is a bargaining unit position at the AFGE Local 228.
• This is not a drug testing position.

Qualifications

GS-12: One year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service, obtained in either the private or public sector which includes 1) mastery in using Adobe Creative Cloud software, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Microsoft Publisher to develop creative products including fillable form templates, PowerPoint presentations, and infographics; AND 2) having basic training and/or experience with Tricaster or similar video production equipment. This must be clearly referenced on your resume. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on OPM's Qualifications web site: Visual Information Series, 1084 Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. TIME-IN-GRADE: If you are a current career or career-conditional federal employee applying for promotion under Merit Promotion you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks in positions at the next level lower than the position being filled All qualification requirements must be met by 11:59 pm (Eastern Time) on 03/13/2024.

Education

Education may not be substituted for experience for this position.

APPLICANTS PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement.) Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Verify School accreditation. All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. *** If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. *** For further information, click on: Foreign Education.

Contacts

• Address Office of Communications and Public Liaison 409 3rd Street SW 7th Floor Washington, DC 20416 US
• Name: Aquila Bernard
• Email: [email protected]