GRAPHICS DESIGNER - 67012982 Date: Jan 21, 2025 The State Personnel System is an E-Verify employer. For more information click on our E-Verify Website (http://www.dms.myflorida.com/workforce\_operations/human\_resource\_management/for\_job\_applicants/e\_verify) . Requisition No: 845257 Agency: Agency for Persons with Disabilities Working Title: GRAPHICS DESIGNER - 67012982 Pay Plan: Career Service Position Number: 67012982 Salary: $45,000.00 - $50,000.00 Annually Posting Closing Date: 01/26/2025 Total Compensation Estimator Tool (https://compcalculator.myflorida.com/) AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES POSITION: Operations Analyst II - Career Service WORKING TITLE: Graphic Designer POSITION NUMBER: 67012982 OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY *This is an ANTICIPATED VACANCY* This position is pending reclassification to Graphic Consultant This position is not a Telework position and is required to report to the APD office in the area it serves. The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for eligible employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits, including: + Annual and Sick Leave benefits. + Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year. + State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options. + Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com ). + Flexible Spending Accounts. + Tuition waivers. + And more! For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com . + Paid Maternity and Parental Leave. The Agency seeks team members who demonstrate the qualities of being humble, hungry, and smart and lead others to embody the same. This entails lacking excessive ego, sharing credit, being self-motivated, and exercising good judgment and intuition regarding the subtleties of group dynamics. This position with APD will serve staff and management across the Agency. Your work will impact the workplace culture, our community, and the population we serve as we continuously strive to achieve the Agency’s mission. *Responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application, and “see resume” will not be considered an acceptable response. SALARY RANGE $45,000.00 - $50,000.00 Annually $1,730.77 - $1,923.08 Bi-weekly Position Summary This is a creative and technical positions that involves design creation, collaboration and creative concepting. This position works with the team to implement and design brand and website based needs to help generate a clear message and disseminate APD’s mission to external and internal partners. The primary responsibilities are for the day-to-day construction of visually compelling design for various digital and print mediums. The Work You Will Do + Creation of graphics and logos for various projects to meet agency needs. + Maintains and ensure quality of agency branding and logo use by APD staff. + Creates graphics and layouts for use on the Web. + Coordinates and organizes internal and external agency events. + Provides graphics components of communications plans. + Edits photographs as needed for print material and Web. + Other duties as assigned. Minimum Qualifications + Bachelors’ degree from an accredited college or university in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, or English is preferred. + Preference given to someone Accredited in Public Relations. + Must possess good writing skills. Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities Knowledge of: + Purchasing Card transactions with commodities and travel, purchasing requisitions, and E-Forms. + Basic management principles and practices. ​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​ Ability to: + Utilize problem-solving techniques. + Utilize appropriate public relations/communications skills and process consumer issues. + Work independently. + Understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures relating to management analysis activities. + Plan, organize and coordinate work assignments. + Communicate effectively. + Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; and, + Organize data into logical format for presentation in reports, documents, and other materials. Demonstrate Skills in: + Public Relations and special event planning. + Adobe products, including InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat. + Basic Graphic design skills and the ability to be creative graphically. + Familiarity with media relations. + Compiling/editing newsletters and other publications. + Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher, and PowerPoint programs. Additional Information Profile Completion To qualify for this position, applicants must complete all fields in the Candidate Profile, including their work history with the month and year. Resumes and other documentation can be attached to provide additional information but will not replace the required completed Candidate Profile. Retiree Notice If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be suspended or voided, and you will be required to repay all benefits received depending upon your retirement date. Direct Deposit Program As a condition of employment, a person appointed to a position in the State Personnel System is required to participate in the Direct Deposit Program. Rather than receiving a paper paycheck, your funds will be deposited directly into your account at your financial institution. This will be accomplished by Electronic Funds Transfer. Banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions are eligible to accept such deposits. Retirement funds are also required to be in the Direct Deposit Program. Background Screening Requirement It is the policy of the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities that applicants for employment undergo Level 2 employment screening in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, Florida Statutes, as a condition of employment or being permitted to serve as a volunteer. No applicant for a designated position will be employed or permitted to volunteer until the Level 2 screening results are received, reviewed, and approved by the Agency. Level 2 background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for Statewide criminal and juvenile records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Federal criminal records checks through the Federal Bureau of Investigation and may include local criminal records checks through local law enforcement agencies. Pursuant to S. 110.1127(1), Florida Statutes, this position requires a background investigation, including fingerprinting. APD only hires U.S. citizens and those lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. APD participates in the U.S. government’s employment eligibility verification program (E-verify), which electronically confirms an employee’s eligibility to work in the U.S. after completing the employment eligibility verification form (I-9). All applicants should complete the online application process. If you need assistance applying for this position, please call the People First service center at 1-877-562-7287. Responses to the qualifying questions are required to be considered for this position. Answers to the qualifying questions must be verifiable based on your submitted application. The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace. Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation. The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act. VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clickinghere (http://www.dms.myflorida.com/content/download/97612/566545) . All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement. Location: TALLAHASSEE, FL, US, 32399 Nearest Major Market:Tallahassee