To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/15/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR): A. Education: A bachelor's degree or higher in a field related to the work of the position, such as commercial art, fine arts, art history, industrial design, architecture, drafting, interior design, photography, visual communication, or another closely related field. OR B. Experience: Experience that demonstrates the required artistic and technical skills necessary to design, lay out, and produce visual communication products. Examples include creating illustrations, graphics, layouts, or other visual materials that effectively communicate information. Applicants must meet the IOR in addition to the grade-level specialized experience requirements shown below. GS-09 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: graphic design or multimedia production; preparing visual materials using design software; supporting photography or layout work; and contributing to visual communication projects similar in scope and complexity. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a master's degree or equivalent graduate degree, or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or an LL.B. or J.D., may be substituted for specialized experience if related to the position. . OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond the master's degree level. GS-11 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to developing complex graphic designs, producing multimedia products, executing specialized photography, creating visual layouts for publications, and providing technical expertise in visual communication: OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 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., if related OR, Combination: A combination of successfully completed graduate education and specialized experience may be used to meet the total qualification requirements. Only graduate education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (beyond a master's level) may be combined with specialized experience. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work requires sitting behind a drafting table, work surface, sitting for long periods at a computer workstation in front of a computer display, standing, continuous typing on a computer. It also requires the employee to distinguish shades of colors and black/white tones and the ability to perceive and sense color hues and chroma accurately. The work in photography requires sitting behind a copy stand, standing, kneeling, crawling, bending, climbing stairs, lifting, pushing, balancing, stooping, reaching, climbing ladders, carrying camera bags filled with photographic equipment, loading audiovisual equipment onto motor vehicles and carts, climbing stairs with audiovisual and photographic equipment. Some equipment may weigh up to 75 pounds and will require heavy lifting. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.