Summary

Come join a company that strives for Extraordinary People and Exceptional Performance! Chenega Enterprise Systems and Solutions, LLC, a Chenega Professional Services’ company, is looking for aVisual Communications Specialist II supporting the CDC in The Division of Overdose Prevention (DOP).We are looking for creative, collaborative, experienced, and driven individuals to join our team!

Our company offers employees the opportunity to join a team where there is a robust employee benefits program, management engagement, quality leadership, an atmosphere of teamwork, recognition for performance, and promotion opportunities. We actively strive to channel our highly engaged employee’s knowledge, critical thinking, and determination to innovate scalable solutions for our clients.   

Responsibilities

What you’ll be doing:

• Provides broad range of digital communications/graphic services. Meets regularly with staff and program manager to discuss performance, propose, initiatives, and establish priorities 
• Creates graphic/visual communication materials based on pre-set standards and best practices. Includes create and optimize images for the digital products using Adobe Creative Suite products (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Fireworks, and Acrobat). 

• Design promotional materials for display at conferences, trainings, etc. 

• Edit and modify photographs, images, graphics and illustrations. 
• Design and develop web user interface features and special-effects elements; enhancing the look and feel of the organization's online offerings. 
• Develop data visualizations and support DOP data dashboard inputs/outputs 

• Work with members of a project team to develop graphic designs, concepts, and interface designs for DOP websites and social media products. 
• Oversees multi-faceted visual communications program area; responsible for design of projects from conception to completion. 

• Facilitates desktop layout, image manipulation, and some pre-press preparation of graphics for digital platforms including web, multimedia, and video. 
• Design/develop communication materials for distribution via PDF, PPT, or other digital media formats. 
• Design and build graphics and/or web pages using a variety of graphics software applications, techniques, and tools to support the organization's strategies and goals relative to internal/external communications. 
• Assists with the development of strategic integrated visual products and service strategies. 
• Collect, analyze, and apply web and performance metrics to improve visual designs, product development, and digital implementation 

• Provide recommendations on how to make websites and products align with digital first best practices and improve data display 
• Assist with email marketing using external communications tools such as Adobe Campaign  
• Assist with maintenance of DOP’s SharePoint sites 
• Keep up-to date on Section 508 accessibility requirements and ensure all web pages and web files are compliant.  
• Work with a team of health communicators and web developers to develop and post digital content and images (e.g. social media and web content). The Contractor will work alongside DOP Communications branch staff and may be involved in message/materials testing and web usability testing that is being done concurrently with the Contractor’s services and will inform the Contractor’s work.  The Contractor will utilize findings from the testing to update, improve, or create graphics, web pages or features. 

• Other duties as assigned 

Qualifications

What is required:

• Bachelor’s degree or additional years of experience. 
• Requires of 2 years of related experience. 

• Prior experience and proficiency in (HTML, HTML5, CSS, CSS3, Wordpress, Themes, Templates, etc.) 
• Prior experience and proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, and Acrobat) 
• Prior work in Injury Prevention and with Injury related topics is strongly preferred