Netchannels is looking for a talented Graphic Designer to render services for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts in Washington DC.
This position is located in Washington DC: One Columbus Circle, NE, Washington, DC 20544
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts is looking for entry-level graphic design production activities, application of AO Style Manual–compliant formatting and branding standards, template application to recurring and new materials, organization and maintenance of the Branch's digital asset library, file preparation and preflight for both digital and print production.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide consistent, AO Style Manual–compliant graphic design support for the Property, Printing, and Distribution Branch's daily operational needs, ensuring all design products reflect the AO's institutional identity and professional standards.
- Maintain visual continuity for ongoing publications, forms, presentations, and internal communications by applying established templates, layouts, and branding guidelines accurately and consistently across all deliverables.
- Support PPD production continuity by performing template-based layout tasks and file preparation activities that enable the Branch to sustain uninterrupted design production output during staffing gaps or surge periods.
- Organize, label, and maintain the Branch's digital asset library in accordance with AO file naming conventions, approved folder structures, and metadata standards, ensuring assets are accessible, current, and properly categorized.
- Apply basic Section 508 accessibility tagging to documents and digital files as directed, supporting AO’s commitment to equitable access for all users of its communications and information products.
- Produce accurate, polished deliverables within established turnaround timelines and quality standards, meeting or exceeding the Acceptable Quality Levels (AQLs) defined in Section 6 of this SOW.
- Assist senior graphic design staff with production tasks, file handoffs, design revisions, and template development as directed, contributing to the overall efficiency and output capacity of the Property, Printing, and Distribution Branch.
- Ensure all work products reflect AO’s branding identity as prescribed in the current edition of the AO Style Manual, including approved typography, color systems, logo treatments, and document structure standards.
REQUIRED SERVICES:
Graphic Production Outputs
Produce graphic design deliverables including, but not limited to:
- Flyers, infographics, forms, charts
- Presentation materials
- Template-based layouts
- Routine visual products
Template Application and Continuity Support
- Apply AO templates to new content
- Maintain production-ready templates
- Prepare continuity files to support uninterrupted output during surge periods
- Prepare print-ready and digital-ready files
- Conduct preflight checks (fonts, links, color modes, resolution)
- Package files for archiving or handoff
- Maintain digital asset libraries
- Apply AO naming conventions
- Archive completed project files
- Submit quarterly Digital Asset Audit Reports
- Reading order
- Alt text
- Heading structure
- Metadata
- Participate in coordination meetings (not supervision meetings)
- Submit Weekly Status Reports summarizing deliverables, issues, and progress
About Netchannels
At Netchannels, we value differences. We believe that success is achieved by pulling together all talents from all sources. We also believe that each and every single one of us can change the World. We're dedicated to matching our talents with the best opportunity for them and for our clients.
Netchannels is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
Skills Required
- Entry-level graphic design production experience or capability
- Ability to apply AO Style Manual branding, formatting, typography, color, logo, and document standards
- Ability to apply templates and perform layout tasks for print and digital materials
- Ability to prepare print-ready and digital-ready files and conduct preflight checks
- Ability to organize and maintain digital asset libraries using naming conventions, folder structures, and metadata standards
- Basic Section 508 accessibility tagging skills, including reading order, alt text, heading structure, and metadata
- Ability to manage workflow, meet deadlines, participate in coordination meetings, and submit status reports
What We Do
The Managed Marketing Services Agency Netchannels helps high tech companies design, develop, and execute a wide spectrum of growth strategies including: Geographic Expansion, Channel Development, & New Product Introduction. Since 1995, Netchannels has helped dozens of tech companies, from start-ups to Fortune 500® companies like Adobe, Cisco, HPE, and Apple with branding solutions. Our dedicated team of marketing experts focus on digital business strategies that incorporate a customer-centric experience around brand advocacy, inbound marketing, and collaborative marketing. Over the past few years we have helped organizations transform their brand promotion from an antiquated and obsolete outbound-marketing model into one that stresses customer engagement, collaboration and advocacy. Netchannels helps businesses leverage their audience to develop marketing content that has value and can be shared to grow the brand. It is essential that businesses understand their audiences, and we can give them the content they want. Our consulting services and actionable programs are aimed at strengthening the relationship between brands and customers by developing self-sustained communities that build your brand’s social capital. Netchannels helps tech companies market their brand by unlocking the story behind the analytics, using consumer-generated data to build product markets, selecting a start-up’ s route-to-market. Our team are experts in: - Building and managing customer communities - Customer acquisition and retention - Social media, mobile and web marketing - Community, events and customer relations - Automation, analytics and mobile intelligence - Route-to-market strategies and execution - Creative branding solutions We execute programs flawlessly including Channel programs, Events, Content Development, Project Management, and Sales Operations programs to name a few.
