Duties

• Creates high-level design concepts for marketing and event campaigns including websites, web pages, email promotional creative, social media graphics, banner ads and print publications
• Leads the design of all collateral for the Wilson Center and help decide what design products will best meet the goals and audience of each campaign.
• Produces design deliverables as specified by the project while documenting design decisions and formulating development specifications.
• Collaborate, brainstorm, and strategize with project team members and relevant stakeholders to determine project audience, goals, objectives and priorities, developing a product vision and strategy.
• Prepare and present design concepts/work to stakeholders, articulating design thinking and decisions to non-designers and content experts.
• Advises on the technical advantages and disadvantages of various formats, styles, media, and methods of reproduction, suggesting those that will best meet the information objectives of each project to ensure that design and production projects are expedited and produced within the limits of each assignment.
• Develops standards, methods, techniques and policies for producing high quality graphic design and media for the Wilson Center.
• Provides visual, strategic, and organizational recommendations, acting as a design resource for program/office partners.
• Maintains all design resources, style and logo guides, and develops best practices and quality control processes in order to keep all design products that bear the Wilson Center’s name consistent and faithful to the Wilson Center brand and quality.
• Provides training to staff and interns at regular intervals.
• Reviews publications and other multimedia design projects to ensure they conform to established policy and standards. Serves as the Center’s final technical authority on design of visual materials, typography of publications, and branding guidelines.
• Effectively manages multiple outsourced projects and vendors while completing other in-house projects simultaneously.
• Maintains accurate production files, including billing, schedules, and budgets.
• Procures bids from and monitors the work of print vendors and design contractors: coordinates the acquisition of graphic and photographic design treatments; handles the contracts and purchase order process for these visual communication services.
• Works under tight deadlines, works on and/or manage several projects under time constraints with conflicting schedules, and is amenable to readjusting plans and schedules while adhering to the promised delivery schedule and scope of the work.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• May be required to serve a one-year probationary period
• Pre- appointment background investigation
• Must participate in Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds for salary payment
• Must meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.

How You Will Be Evaluated

• Benefits

  The Wilson Center provides a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to its nonfederal (Trust) employees which include insurance, retirement and work/life benefits.

  Please click the following link for information on Trust employee Benefits, https://www.si.edu/ohr/benefits

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• Required Documents

  As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies.

  Your application package must include the following documents:

  Detailed resume or Curriculum vitae
  School transcripts (official or unofficial) or degree certificate
  Proof of U.S. accreditation for foreign study, if applicable.

  In addition, applicants must provide a URL (web address) link to their portfolio of work in their resume for review. Failure to submit this link will result in an ineligible rating for this position.

  Do not submit headshots with your application package. Documents with self portraits may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc.

  Failure to provide all required documents may result in the applicant being found ineligible for consideration.

  If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

  Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

  Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

• How to Apply

  Click on the "Apply Online" button on the upper right side of the page. Please Note:

  • You must apply for this position online through the 'Apply Online' button
  • Clicking the "DONE" tab does not submit your application. The "DONE" tab allows you to exit the system and save your information for completion at a later time. To submit your application, click the "FINISH" tab
  • The complete application package, including any required documents and responses to all questions, is due on the closing date of the announcement by 11:59 PM Eastern Time.

  Agency contact information

  Wilson Center HR

  Phone

  000-000-0000

  Fax

  000-000-0000

  Email

  Jobs@wilsoncenter.org

  Address

  Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
  1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
  Washington, District of Columbia 20004
  United States

  Next steps

  You will receive an e-mail to acknowledge that your application has been received. Please be aware that the confirmation e-mail could reside in your "junk" or "bulk" mail folder depending on your filters. The Smithsonian receives many applications for each job. Each application is reviewed carefully which may take a few weeks. We will send you an e-mail to update you as we go through phases of the application review process. You may also check your application status by logging into www.usajobs.gov and selecting the tab "My USAJOBS;" or by contacting the Office of Human Resources Representative listed.

• Fair and Transparent

  The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
  • Reasonable accommodation policy
  • Financial suitability
  • Selective Service
  • New employee probationary period
  • Signature and false statements
  • Privacy Act
  • Social security number request

Required Documents

Clarification from the agency

Open to all qualified candidates eligible to work in the United States.