Visual Information Specialist

Closing date: 05/17/2023

Salary: $112,015 – $145,617 per year

The Congressional Research Service (CRS), Office of Publishing (PUB) is seeking a Visual Information Specialist to join its PUBGraphics team in the Visualization and Geospatial Information Systems (VG) Section. PUBGraphics provides graphic design services to all CRS. The Visual Information Specialist will provide leadership in the development of a wide variety of multimedia and graphics products, often requiring considerable originality, creativity, critical thinking, and an acute awareness of audience and functionality to effectively address each product’s information objectives.

Some of the Visual Information duties include:

Designs and develops highly complex, diverse, and sophisticated data visualization and multimedia materials, including video-based products.

Advises on the technical advantages and limitations of various formats, styles, media, and methods of reproduction, recommending those that most effectively address the information objectives.

Performs a peer review of others’ work, and provides advice and guidance on the most effective organization and presentation of information without compromising its accuracy and authoritativeness.

CRS works exclusively for the United States Congress, providing policy and legal analysis to committees and Members of both the House and Senate, regardless of party affiliation. As a legislative branch agency within the Library of Congress, CRS has been a valued and respected resource on Capitol Hill for more than a century. CRS is well known for analysis that is authoritative, confidential, objective, and nonpartisan. Its highest priority is to ensure that Congress has immediate access to the nation’s best thinking on legal and public policy issues of interest to its Members and Committees.

CRS is fully committed to workforce diversity. Interested applicants must apply online at USAJOBS https://www.usajobs.gov/job/720079400.

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