Description & Details
Location:
Washington, D.C.
Industry:
Other
Job Function:
Actuarial, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Web Design, Web Development
Description:
This two-year program is a paid, full-time federal career intern program designed to attract bright, motivated, recent graduates, with either bachelors or masters degrees who are interested in pursuing a career in graphic design and web development budget analysis. The available position will be filled at the GS-5, GS-7 and GS-9 level.
During the course of the program, the Visual Information Specialist will contribute to the performs a wide variety of development and enhancement of the consumer education section of ftc.gov as well as a variety of and other sites managed by the FTC. He or she will produce attractive, professional and effective online, educational products and microsites for a wide range of consumer and business education topics. He or she will use a variety of software programs to design and produce multi-media outreach pieces (Adobe Creative Suite, XHTML, Javascript, CSS). He or she will often works under tight deadlines and manages multiple projects. While the person in this job's primary area of expertise will be web-based design, he or she will also will work with fellow designers on projects that will extend across a range of media that may include brochures, reports, bookmarks, posters, magnets, postcards, electronic presentations, cd's, and branding materials for events. To assist in our multi-faceted outreach efforts, a basic understanding of print design is preferred.
Qualification Requirement
Undergraduate and Graduate 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. Some positions may also require subject-matter knowledge of medicine, science, or technical equipment.
Advanced training in a vocational school, technical institute, or art institute above the high school level in one of the fields listed above is creditable as general experience on a month-for-month basis.
General Experience (for GS-5 positions): Experience that demonstrated the skills and creativity needed to use the tools or equipment associated with the work. Because talent and creative ability are vital to successful work performance, samples of work or other suitable evidence of technical competence may be required. Unpaid experience that is pertinent should be credited based upon its relevance to the work of the particular position to be filled. To be qualifying, the work must have involved design and or development of visual and/or interactive communication pieces of information or the application of the principles of artistic design.
Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Experience in the actual type of work for which application is made. Unpaid experience is creditable, provided the work done was of a quality level and demonstrated the ability required for professional design and development of visual and/or interactive communication pieces. This may include user experience design, web interface design, web development, web strategies for outreach and citizen engagement, and any other form of visual/graphic design the position. This includes 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.
The Federal Career Intern Program is open to all U.S. citizens. In order to qualify at the GS-5 level, a candidate must have 4 years of course study leading to a Bachelor's degree (or 3 years experience with 1 year of which is equivalent to the GS-4 level in Federal service). In order to qualify at the GS-7 level, a candidate must have superior academic achievement as a college graduate (Bachelor's degree with a GPA 3.0 or higher) or 1 full year of graduate level education (or equivalent work experience) at the time they start employment. (Anticipation of the academic qualification or experience before entering on duty is required for application). In order to qualify at the GS-9 level an applicant must have a Master's degree (or 1 year of experience equivalent to the GS-7). The FTC will determine whether an applicant is qualified at the GS-5, GS-7 or GS-9 level based on OPM's requirements.
Preferred Method of Application:
Email Employer Contact
Contact Information:
Muriel Thomas | HR. Specialist
600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, D.C. 20580
United States of America
Email: mthomas1@ftc.gov
