Visual Information Specialist

About the role

This position is located at the Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI and is organizationally aligned under the Communications Division. The position will work within the Graphic Media and Audio Visual department and report directly to the Supervisory Communications Specialist. The primary purpose of this position is to manage and design content for the Medical Center's intranet sites.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight and management of the Medical Center's intranet site.
• Ensure compliance with intranet content policies and will ensure published information is valid and current.
• Work with web sponsors to manage web content, style, and quality.
• Determine size, color, use of graphics or photographs, typography and other elements to be incorporated and how it will be reproduced.
• Serve as a software expert for all graphics programs utilized in the Medical Media program.
• Create graphics to use on internet/intranet, social media, internal television systems and elsewhere for communication needs.
• Prepare layouts of web pages, digital media.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• To qualify for this position at the GS-9 level, you must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-7) in the Federal Service that has given you the particular knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform the duties of a Visual Information Specialist and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience includes experience planning the preparation and use of photographs, illustrations, drawings, and other art work, charts, diagrams, dioramas, maps, slides, overlays, and other kinds of visual material for use in communicating information through visual means.
• To qualify for this position at the GS-11 level, you must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-9) in the Federal Service that has given you the particular knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform the duties of a Visual Information Specialist and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience includes experience planning the preparation and use of photographs, illustrations, drawings, and other art work, charts, diagrams, dioramas, maps, slides, overlays, and other kinds of visual material for use in communicating information through visual means. Additional specialized experience required for the GS-11 level includes editing, publishing, and monitoring submissions; experience selecting the appropriate format or medium for execution, suggesting illustrations for incorporation, designing layout, and converting the result to a finished product suitable for reproduction, web content, social media & electronic or print distribution.