Visual Media Designer

$68,405 - $96,556/Yr

United States Government - Washington, DC

Full-time - Entry Level

Washington, DC

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

As a Visual Media Designer for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), you will be responsible for conceptualizing, designing, and producing visual solutions for a wide variety of products. This role involves creating and publishing products for print, video, and interactive media that will be disseminated across the CIA, the Intelligence Community, and the federal government. You will work collaboratively within a team, focusing on specialties such as graphic design, publication design, motion graphics, video, and user interface (UI) and user experience (UX).

Responsibilities

• Designing corporate identity and collateral
• Designing brochures, publications, and campaigns
• Designing promotional material, exhibits and displays, and signage
• Engaging in UI and UX explorations and development for web and interactive products
• Engaging with developers and programmers to deliver and maintain websites on the internet or various intranets
• Crafting storylines and storyboards for motion and video products
• Conducting basic video production and post-production to tell a compelling story
• Ensuring appropriate application of style, typography, hierarchy, and pacing to products across multiple media
• Analyzing and translating customer requirements into actionable project objectives
• Managing time and deliverables within the scope of a production schedule

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Multimedia Design and Production, or related fields
• At least six (6) years of work experience in a professional publishing environment may be substituted for academics
• Knowledge of graphic design
• Knowledge of UI and UX for interactive product development
• Knowledge of video production techniques and applications
• Ability to prepare files and documents for output, including vendors, printing, and digital outputs
• Strong verbal and written communications skills suitable for product demonstrations and project documentation
• Excellent interpersonal, time management, and creative skills to work effectively within professional creative team environments
• Ability to meet the minimum requirements for joining CIA, including U.S. citizenship and a background investigation

Nice-to-haves

• Background in graphic design and/or user interface and user experience design
• Strong business acumen
• Experience in a publishing business environment

Benefits

• Government health benefits
• Flexible schedules
• Sick leave
• Childcare support
• Sign-on incentives
• Moving expense coverage