Visual Information Specialist

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 07/24/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation - but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year - it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade - as required by the announcement. In this instance - you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

Duties

Major duties include - but not limited to: Assume full responsibility for visual materials production on assigned projectsMeet with requesters - content specialists - and/or program officials to produce or coordinate the work involved in communicating information through graphic or visual means for publications or materials to be printed - exhibits - and presentationsSelects or originates visual materialsDesigns and works out the plan of their treatment for effective use with an understanding of presenter objectives and/or target audience levelsDetermines the media - format - ideas/theme - size and appearance of typography - color - photographs - posters - graphs - diagrams and/or illustrations to be used for visualization of text/script/proceduresCoordinates production of new designs/illustrations with others (illustrator/photographer) to meet requirements of treatment plan to summarize important aspects of information to be communicated to provide for an overall unified publication or presentationDetermines points of emphasis and resources to be used to meet intended objectivesRecommends changes and/or refinements to visual materials to be produced for best outcomesResponsible for initiating actions/steps necessary to prepare and/or submit detailed specifications for visual materials to Government Printing Office (GPO) contracted printersResponsible for operating and maintaining specialized computer graphics systemsPerforms other duties as assigned

Quality Ranking Factor

• 5 years graphic design experience
• advanced HTML
• 508 compliance

Selective Placement Factor

• 2 years minimum graphic design experience
• fluent in speaking and writing English
• proficient in Adobe Creative Suite
• customer service