Full-Time

AIGA; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 102,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Gallery of Art seeks a Visual Information Specialist (Senior Brand Designer) to uphold design excellence, ensure brand precision, and lead campaigns that connect with visitors and the museum’s mission.

The role emphasizes collaboration within the creative team and across departments to deliver print and digital media that communicates art, ideas, and culture to a broad audience in a dynamic museum setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in visual communication and applying design principles.
• Specialized experience: graphic design for print and digital materials in museums or cultural institutions.
• Ability to plan and execute campaigns that support branding and visitor engagement.

Responsibilities

• Ensures that all creative projects reflect a high standard of design principles, brand precision, and technical standards.
• Creates and executes innovative campaigns, driving brand recognition and impact, to ensure visitor engagement, aligning with the museum’s mission.
• Collaborates as part of the creative team and develops working partnerships across the museum.

Skills

Brand design

Graphic design

Education

Commercial art

Fine arts

Art history

Industrial design

Architecture

Job description

Visual Information Specialist
(Senior Brand Designer)

Location:4th St and Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20565, United States
Website: nga.gov
Position-Type:Full-Time
Start Date:2/20/26 or so

Salary:The salary range is $102,415 to – $133,142 per year.

• This is a private-funded position which does not confer competitive federal status of a federal government employee. However, the position is eligible for the federal government employee benefits package. Learn more about federal benefits .

Overview:

The National Gallery of Art welcomes all people to explore art, creativity, and our shared humanity. Nearly four million people come through our doors each year—with millions more online—making us one of the most visited art museums in the world. Our renowned collection includes nearly 160,000 works of art, from the ancient world to today. Admission to the West and East Buildings, Sculpture Garden, special exhibitions, and public programs is always free.

Responsibilities:

In this role, you’ll

• Ensures that all creative projects reflect a high standard of design principles, brand precision, and technical standards.


• Creates and executes innovative campaigns, driving brand recognition and impact, to ensure visitor engagement, aligning with the museum’s mission.


• Collaborates as part of the creative team and develops working partnerships across the museum.

Requirements:

Conditions of employment:

• You must be a United States Citizen.


• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.

Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable) as it relates to this job opportunity. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Your resume must include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week.

Education:

• Undergraduate and Graduate Education:Major study — commercial art, fine arts, art history, industrial design, architecture, drafting, interior design, photography, visual communication, or other fields related to the position. Some positions may also require subject-matter knowledge of medicine, science, or technical equipment.


• Advanced training in a vocational school, technical institute, or art institute above the high school level in one of the fields listed above is creditable as general experience on a month-for-month basis.

Or

Experience:

General Experience (for GS-5 positions):Experience that demonstrated the skills and creativity needed to use the tools or equipment associated with the work. Because talent and creative ability are vital to successful work performance, samples of work or other suitable evidence of technical competence may be required. Unpaid experience that is pertinent should be credited based upon its relevance to the work of the particular position to be filled. To be qualifying, the work must have involved visual communication of information or the application of the principles of artistic design.

Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5):Experience in the actual type of work for which application is made. Unpaid experience is creditable, provided the work done was of a quality level and demonstrated the ability required for the position. This includes planning the preparation and use of photographs, illustrations, drawings, and other art work, charts, diagrams, dioramas, maps, slides, overlays, and other kinds of visual material for use in communicating information through visual means.

Specialized Experience:For this position, specialized experience is at least one year of experience, equivalent in responsibility to the GS-11 level in the Federal service,independently performing graphic design print and digital materials for a museum or cultural institution.