Job Description
Description We are a team of visionary leaders who shift the paradigm to bring our customers game changing innovations and emerging technologies to strengthen their missions. As a Vision, Mission, and Driven company, VMD has been delivering information technology solutions to the Federal government in Agile Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Critical Infrastructure Protection since 2002.
Why Join VMD Corp? At VMD you have the opportunity to thrive in your career and become a Game Changer. The quality and talent of our people is what drives the success of VMD. We embrace an employee-first culture and make it a priority to provide professional development opportunities that foster career growth.
We help protect American Citizens and the nation's most critical infrastructure by working alongside our customers and delivering game changing solutions to strengthen their missions. We believe our passion and commitment to achieve our customers' goals and solve their most critical challenges defines who we are. We don't just dream big, we act on it - through teamwork, dedication, and resilience.
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About the Mission You Will Join: You will be supporting the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Office of Legislative and Public Affairs (OLPA) by creating visually compelling graphics in alignment with NSF's communication goals and on a variety of digital channels and print products. VMD's mission is to build awareness and promote the benefits of OLPA's vision of communicating and sharing information about the activities, programs, research results, and policies of the Foundation with internal and external audiences and stakeholders including Congress, the news media, state and local governments, other Federal agencies, and research and education communities.
Your Impact to the Mission: Do you enjoy translating communication needs into visually captivating websites and digital experiences? We have an exciting opportunity for a Junior Web Developer to join our team with occasional work at the NSF Headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia.
In this role, your coding and design skills will help make NSF's investments in science, technology, engineering, education, and mathematics readily available and easily understandable to our stakeholders. You will achieve this by leveraging your passion for web development and supporting projects across various online platforms and applications, including websites, web applications, and interactive media.
You will work collaboratively within a team and independently on assigned projects, gathering requirements from stakeholders and ensuring adherence to NSF's branding guidelines. Your expertise in establishing and maintaining the visual identity of NSF will have a significant impact on the organization's various mediums and programs.
Experience Needed to Be Successful: - 5+ years of experience with evidence of some formal training in the field.
- Monitor and support the project ticket system by reviewing, categorizing, prioritizing, and assigning web-related tickets; and, the ability to be trained on specifics of the NSF ticket system.
- Perform day-to-day webpage updates/edits, while supporting other web-related activities and web staff, complex page layouts, and ticket creations.
- Familiarity with the Drupal CMS (Content Management System) and the ability to be trained on specifics of the NSF CMS.
- Knowledge of web-based content management systems.
- Solid basic HTML experience to include CSS design and non-CSS layout using tables.
- Understanding of VTT and SRT video captioning formats.
- Some graphic design experience (e.g., Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop; and Microsoft PowerPoint).
- Understanding of basic image editing and cropping using Photoshop.
- Ability to gather requirements from stakeholders and work collaboratively within a team as well as independently on assigned projects.
- Assure any and all content created meets current Section 508 accessibility requirements; specifically, experience making PDFs compliant/accessible.
- Participate in special projects and perform other creative and visually related duties as assigned.
- Knowledge of the following are a plus but not required: specific knowledge of Brightcove or Granicus/GovDelivery systems; specific knowledge of the U.S. web design system; or, Tableau.
Basic Qualifiers: - Education Requirement : Bachelor's degree
- Can Additional Years of Experience Substitute for Degree? Yes
- Required Certification(s): None
- Minimum Years of Overall Experience: 5
- Minimum Years of Specific Experience in Field: 5
- Minimum Clearance to Start: Public Trust
- Work Status Allowable: US Citizen or Permanent Resident
The Type of Person That Will Excel: - You are curious, inquisitive, and have demonstrated a constant eagerness to learn through actions.
- Excellent communications skills.
- You have a "can-do" attitude and are willing to go beyond the basic requirements of the position.
- You have strong attention to detail.
- You demonstrate personal accountability and integrity in all actions.
Travel and Telecommuting: - Travel: None
- Telecommute Options: Full-time telework/remote work, with occasional onsite collaboration when needed, and subject to change based on NSF's posture on telework/remote work.
VMD provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable Federal, state and local laws. VMD maintains a drug-free workplace.
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