*This position is contingent on contract award*
Job purpose
The Graphic Arts Specialist develops graphics, multimedia products, imagery, and user interfaces that support CDET learning objectives, asynchronous courseware, and marketing and outreach initiatives.
Duties and responsibilities
- Advise the SMEs and Instructional System Designers (ISDs) on graphic strategies to achieve learning outcomes and objectives.
- Develop graphics that support instructional validity and technical performance for asynchronous, self-paced delivery via MarineNet and or MOODLE.
- Coordinate with Headquarters Marine Corps Public Affairs Office and TECOM ComStart Branch in imagery and video collection efforts.
- Develop graphics and multimedia for CDET marketing and outreach programs.
- Capture image and photo products from the Marine Corps Imagery Resource Center, TECOM Combat Camera Branch, the World Wide Web (WWW) and other searchable image databases.
- Provide photographic and video-graphic technical expertise for the development or evaluation of courseware.
- Design and develop graphical user interfaces for LMS-based, stand-alone and mobile courseware applications.
- Attend initial project meetings for courseware requiring still or motion photography.
- Capture and edit video and audio and work with Adobe products to integrate interactive multimedia elements.
Qualifications
- An Associate's degree and two (2) additional years' experience, may be substituted if the professional lacks a Bachelor's degree.
- Demonstrated proficiency with professional graphic-design, image-editing, multimedia, and user-interface development tools.
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Fine Arts, Digital Media, Multimedia Design, or a related field.
Years of Relative Work Experience:
- Five (5) years of professional graphic design experience.
- Experience creating digital and print graphics for educational, government, or corporate clients.
Clearance:
- Minimum Tier 1 background investigation and Government-access eligibility are required; an active Secret clearance is required before supporting classified events or tasks.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Fine Arts, Digital Media, Multimedia Design, or a related field
- Associate's degree plus two additional years of experience may substitute for the bachelor's degree
- Five years of professional graphic design experience
- Experience creating digital and print graphics for educational, government, or corporate clients
- Demonstrated proficiency with professional graphic-design, image-editing, multimedia, and user-interface development tools
- Minimum Tier 1 background investigation and government-access eligibility
- Active Secret clearance before supporting classified events or tasks
What We Do
Web Business Solutions, Inc. (WBSI) is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business headquartered in Fredericksburg, Virginia. It supports federal and Department of Defense customers through training and education, wargaming, command-and-control systems support, cybersecurity, mission assurance, systems engineering, software and database development, and weapons maintenance. Its mission is to deliver quality, value-driven training, technical, and operational support to help government customers succeed.
