Visual Information Specialists design, produce, and finish visual products. They apply broad knowledge of design principles to communicate concepts or ideas visually. They use visual communication software to generate hardcopy, softcopy, and web content, to include geospatial information products, publications, brochures, and web products.

Duties

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: NGA seeks Graphic Designers who are experts in visual storytelling to design world class graphical content to support various missions. Graphic Designers should be comfortable working with complex spatial and non-spatial GEOINT data on frequently technical subjects. Being able to take complex stories that are technical in nature and distill them into easy-to-understand visuals (to a non-expert audience) is key to being successful in this position. Also key, are critical thinking skills and the ability to transition quickly from different products of completely different scope, design medium, and subject matter. The Graphic Designer must possess strong organizational, oral communication, writing, and planning skills to manage the workflow of projects and the coordination with other technical disciplines to meet customer deadlines. Additionally, the Graphic Designer must be able to work equally well independently or on a team and have strong technical skills to mentor other employees on graphic procedures.This position currently requires the ability and availability to work shiftwork, to include nights and weekends. Telework is very limited and primarily for training purposes.Additional Application Requirement: You may be asked to complete one or more assessments in addition to the application you submit on this website as part of your application to NGA. These assessments may include but are not limited to: 1) Online questionnaires or assessments that require you to describe your job-related knowledge, skills, abilities, or other characteristics that are aligned with the mandatory and desirable qualifications of this job posting. The information you provide in the application you submit must support the response you provide to this questionnaire. You will receive an email to describe any additional assessments required. Please monitor your emails and complete any required assessments as soon as possible.

Requirements

• Security Investigation

Qualifications

MANDATORY QUALIFICATION CRITERIA: For this particular job, applicants must meet all competencies reflected under the Mandatory Qualification Criteria to include education (if required). Online resumes must demonstrate qualification by providing specific examples and associated results, in response to the announcement's mandatory criteria specified in this vacancy announcement: 1. Demonstrated experience in graphic design, including layout, visual hierarchy, typography, color, and/or composition.2. Demonstrated experience using Adobe Creative Suite (CS) including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and/or Acrobat.3. Demonstrated experience creating visualizations of numbers and statistical data sets, using infographics (information graphics) and/or visual storytelling to communicate design ideas.EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: A. Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Commercial Arts, Graphic Arts, Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Data Visualization, Imaging and Digital Arts, or a related field. -OR- B. Combination of Education and Experience: A minimum of 24 semester (36 quarter) hours of coursework in any area listed in option A, plus experience designing, producing, and finishing visual presentation products, or a related area that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the duties associated with this work. As a rule, every 30 semester (45 quarter) hours of coursework is equivalent to one year of experience. Candidates should show that their combination of education and experience totals 4 years. -OR- C. Experience: A minimum of 4 years of experience designing, producing, and finishing visual presentation products, or a related area that successfully demonstrates the ability to perform the duties associated with this position.DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION CRITERIA: In addition to the mandatory qualifications, experience in the following is desired: 1. Demonstrated experience in interfacing with customers at various levels to meet their requirements on time, in an environment where requirements frequently change.2. Demonstrated knowledge of cartographic principles, design and techniques, with related GIS software, such as Avenza MAPublisher and ESRI ArcGIS.3. Knowledge of advanced visualization techniques and the current cutting-edge technologies associated with these techniques.4. Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills to work effectively both independently and in a team environment.

Contacts

• Address NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Mailstop: S44-HDR 7500 GEOINT Drive Springfield, VA 22150 US
• Name: Recruitment
• Phone: 571-557-1999
• Email: [email protected]