Visual Information Specialist
Company
General Services Administration - Office of Strategic Communication
Location
GSA - US Locations
Type
Full Time
Job Description
Summary
As a Visual Information Specialist, you will be creating visual information materials, including digital and print graphics, video, audio, and multimedia programs.
Location of position: GSA, Office of the Strategic Communication. Selectees will be expected to report to a GSA Regional Office/Central Office location listed below. The location of this position will be determined upon selection.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- US Citizenship or National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island)
- Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date
- Register with Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/1959
If selected, you must meet the following conditions:
- Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or NonCareer SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.
- Serve a one year probationary period, if required.
- Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 2 investigation level).
- Have your identity and work status eligibility verified if you are not a GSA employee. We will use the Department of Homeland Security’s e-Verify system for this. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of continued employment.
This position has job functions that must be executed within a specific geographic location. The official duty station is a federal facility, leased space, or an alternative worksite (typically the employee’s home) and must be a physical address (not a PO Box) located within approximately a 50 miles radius of the duty location. Positions include routine telework work arrangements that are geographically specific to the location described below.
New England Region - Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Federal Building, 10 Causeway Street, Boston, Massachusetts
Northeast Caribbean Region - One World Trade Center, 55th Floor, New York, New York
Mid-Atlantic Region - 100 Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Southeast Region - Martin Luther King, JR Federal Building, 77 Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Georgia
Great Lakes Region - 230 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois
Heartland Region - 2300 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri
Greater Southwest Region - Fritz Lanham Federal Building, 819 Taylor Street, Fort Worth, Texas
Rocky Mountain Region - Denver Federal Building, West 6th Avenue & Kipling Street, Lakewood, Colorado
Pacific Rim Region - 50 United Nations Plaza Federal Building, San Francisco, California
Northwest/Arctic Region – 1301 A Street, Tacoma, Washington
National Capital Region – 1800 F Street, NW, Washington, DC
Central Office - 1800 F Street, NW, Washington, DC
Qualifications
For each job on your resume, provide:
- the exact dates you held each job (from month/year to month/year)
- number of hours per week you worked (if part time).
If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume.
For a brief video on creating a Federal resume, click here.
The GS-09 salary range starts at $59,966.00 per year. If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected.
To qualify, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level or higher in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience providing timely and proactive assistance with planning the preparation and use of photographs, illustrations, drawings, and other artwork, charts, diagrams, video and multimedia productions, and other kinds of visual materials for use in communicating information through visual means.
Education may be substituted for specialized experience: Have a master's (or equivalent graduate degree such as LL.B. or J.D. as specified in qualification standards or individual occupational requirements),or 2 academic years of progressively higher level graduate education; and/or at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level in the Federal service.
OR
Have a combination of graduate education and specialized experience that when combined together meet the qualification requirements of this position.
The GS-11 salary range starts at $72,553.00 per year. If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected.
To qualify, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level or higher in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience in planning the preparation and use of photographs, illustrations, drawings, and
other artwork, charts, diagrams, video and multimedia productions, and other kinds of visual materials for use in communicating information through visual means. Experience must include operating and maintaining a variety of audiovisual equipment and production
systems in order to assist with the production of exhibits, information displays, and audiovisual and electronic presentations.
Education may be substituted for specialized experience: Have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or have successfully completed 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. To be creditable, graduate education must be in one or a combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management.
OR
Have a combination of graduate education and specialized experience that when combined together meet the qualification requirements of this position.
The GS-12 salary range starts at $86,962.00 per year. If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected.
To qualify, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level or higher in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience in planning the preparation and use of photographs, illustrations,
drawings, and other artwork, charts, diagrams, video and multimedia productions, and other kinds of visual materials for use in communicating information through visual means. Experience must include utilizing desktop publishing theory and applications, graphic
design, applications, layout, make-up, and production; utilizing Adobe Creative Cloud applications, including Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign; peripheral computer equipment; operating various audiovisual equipment; and equipment and Public
Affairs techniques.
Education
Note: 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, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/
Additional information
If you are selected at a grade lower than the full performance level, you may be promoted up to that grade level without having to re-apply or compete against other applicants.
Relocation-related expenses are not approved and will be your responsibility.
Travel expenses associated with interviews may be approved. Determinations will be made on a case-by-case basis.
On a case-by-case basis, the following incentives may be approved:
· Recruitment incentive if you are new to the federal government
· Relocation incentive if you are a current federal employee
· Credit toward vacation leave if you are new to the federal government
Additional vacancies may be filled through this announcement in this or other GSA organizations within the same commuting area as needed; through other means; or not at all.
If you are eligible under Merit Promotion, you may also apply under Vacancy Announcement # Z-2024-0032. You must apply separately to each announcement to be considered for both.
- Valuing and embracing diversity, promoting equity, inclusion and accessibility, and expecting cultural competence; and
- Fostering a work environment where all employees, customers and stakeholders feel respected and valued.
- Reflected in our policies, procedures and work environment;
- Recognized by our employees, customers and stakeholders; and
- Drives our efforts to recruit, attract, retain and engage the diverse workforce needed to achieve our mission.
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07/11/2024
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