This position is located in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer. If you do not meet any of the categories listed below, you may wish to apply under announcement 24-HUD-1274-P which is open for any U.S. citizen to apply. Please refer to that announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply.

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13. 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. As a Visual Information Specialist, you will: Design and produce original visual and digital communication material, develops new concepts, and incorporates current social trends or style standards. Work closely with other Visual Information Specialists and customers to produce visual analytic products that demonstrate sound analytic tradecraft. Assist in the development of organizational brand, create social media strategy and content, website and SharePoint development and maintenance, information graphics, animations, for digital products, informational placemats, collateral/marketing materials, promotional and presentational materials, and publication designs. 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. Develop project design concept in conjunction with the client while maintaining the fundamentals of design and industry best practice.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. Specialized Experience: For the GS-13 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: - Designing, developing, and producing visual information and digital media products to include social media and websites utilizing various software; AND - Applying graphic design, digital media, and electronic publishing processes using current versions of graphical software applications; AND - Developing original designs, concepts, or visual styles for publications, social media content, video/animation, or presentation materials for presenting ideas or images desired by the organization that reduce the cost of the visual product; AND - Meeting with management and subject matter experts to plan illustration projects and recommending technical advantages and disadvantages of formats, styles, media, and methods of reproduction. For the GS-12 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: - Creating digital and visual communication products; AND - Applying visual information, print, and electronic publishing processes using current versions of visual information software applications; AND - Creating websites using SharePoint or similar platforms (e.g. Drupal or Oracle); AND - Experience in building PowerApps and Power Automate. For the GS-11 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: - Planning and managing the preparation and use of photographs, illustrations, drawing, and various kinds of visual material for use in communicating information through visual means; AND - Applying graphic design, print, and electronic publishing processes using current versions of graphical software applications. OR You may substitute a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or three full years of progressively higher level graduate 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. 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). Experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume. Time-in-Grade: In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-13 you must have been at the GS-12 level for 52 weeks. For the GS-12 you must have been at the GS-11 level for 52 weeks. For the GS-11 you must have been at the GS-09 level for 52 weeks. Time After Competitive Appointment: Candidates who are current Federal employees serving on a non-temporary competitive appointment must have served at least three months in that appointment.

Education

The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.

Contacts

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