Summary
The Office of Strategic Communication is responsible for using communication to help the agency meet its mission and business goals.
Location of position: GSA, Office of Strategic Communication. Selectee(s) will be expected to report to a GSA Regional Office/Central Office location listed in the Requirements section below. The location of this position will be determined upon selection.
We are currently filling one vacancy, but additional vacancies may be filled as needed.
Duties
As a Visual Information Specialist, you will be creating visual information materials, including digital and print graphics, video, audio, and multimedia programs, presentations, and live single and multi-camera broadcasts.
GS-11 Duties:
Designs and produces multimedia products, including; still and motion graphics, video productions, still photography, and projects incorporating all or some of these elements for use in a broad spectrum of marketing and communication products, to include (but not be limited to) video productions, websites, printed materials, and multimedia productions.
Serves as project manager for visual information projects that require work of multiple team members by coordinating work across ad hoc teams, ensuring all visual information materials remain consistent in design, style and format.
Advises clients on the full spectrum of visual information and multimedia distribution platforms, including print, web, broadcast, and social media; assists in selecting specific visual material that should be utilized on each platform to reach identified audiences.
Researches and proposes emerging visual information products to clients to achieve their communication objectives, including persuading clients to embrace non-traditional visual information products to achieve project goals.
GS-12 Duties:
Designs and produces visual multimedia products, including; still and motion graphics, video productions, still photography, and projects incorporating all or some of these elements for use in a broad spectrum of marketing and communication products, to include (but not be limited to) video productions, websites, printed materials, and multimedia productions.
Determines and develops comprehensive and coherent visual information plans, in concert with strategic communication plans, for client projects, including identifying requirements, objectives, format, style and medium to best meet communication goals.
Liaise with clients to discuss program requirements and solutions for visual information and program requirements; evaluates solutions and recommends adoption or alternatives to meet client needs; and advises clients on full spectrum of visual information and multimedia distribution platforms, including print, web, broadcast, and social media; assists in selecting specific visual material that should be utilized on each platform to reach identified audiences.
Researches and proposes emerging visual information products to clients to achieve their communication objectives, including persuading clients to embrace non-traditional visual information products to achieve project goals.
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
- Meet time-in-grade within 30 days of the closing date, if applicable
- 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 1 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-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.
OR
Possess a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M.; in one of the following major studies: commercial art, fine arts, art history, industrial design, architecture, drafting, interior design, photography, visual communication, or other fields related to the position.
OR
Have a combination of graduate level education beyond the first 2 years of graduate study and appropriate experience that together meet the qualification requirements for 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.
Additional Information
Existing Work Product Sample: You may be asked to bring an existing work product sample to the interview.
Bargaining Unit Status: This position is eligible for the bargaining unit
If you apply to this position and are selected, we will not ask about your criminal history before you receive a conditional job offer. If you believe you were asked about your criminal history improperly, contact the agency or visit GSA's webpage .
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.
GSA is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility that goes beyond our compliance with EEO regulations including:
- 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.
Our commitment is:
- 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.
