Specialist, Graphics - (26-OMAC-103000-054)

District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority is seeking a Specialist, Graphics to provide comprehensive graphic design, photography, and illustration for presentations, documents, logos, digital media, and advertising. The role supports multiple departments and requires managing layouts for annual reports and newsletters.

The ideal candidate has five years of desktop publishing and graphic design experience, plus a Bachelor's in Advertising / Graphic Design or related field.

Qualifications

• Five years of desktop publishing, graphic design, and project management; or nine years with a high school diploma.
• Bachelor's degree in Advertising / Graphic Design, Communications, Marketing, or related field.
• Strong skills in making oral, visual, and written presentations.

Responsibilities

• Assist Senior Manager with vendor selections for signage and campaigns.
• Manage vendor photo and signage installation.
• Design layouts for DC Water publications, newsletters, brochures, presentations, and reports.
• Create and design visual presentations for the CEO and COO.
• Prepare and edit content for printed materials.

Skills

Desktop publishing

Graphic design

Project management

PowerPoint

Public relations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Advertising / Graphic Design

Tools

PageMaker

InDesign

Photoshop

PowerPoint

Job description

General

Job Title: Specialist, Graphics

Job Code: P0072

Supervises Directly: No

New or Revised: Revised

Regular or At-Will: At-Will

Date: 9/9/2026

Exempt or Non-Exempt: Exempt

Compensation Approval Signature:

Union/ Non-Union: Non-Union

Division: Administration

Department Name: Marketing and Communications-Central Administration

Salary Schedule: Non-Union Salary Range

Cost Center Code: 103000

Grade: NU16

Essential Position: No

Reports To: Senior Manager, Marketing and Production

EEO Code: Professionals

Work Format: Hybrid

Who We Are & What We Do:

At DC Water, we provide more than 700,000 District of Columbia residents and 24.6 million annual visitors with essential water, wastewater, and stormwater services. DC Water also provides wholesale wastewater treatment services for 1.8 million people in Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland, and Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia. We aspire to be known for superior service, ingenuity, and stewardship to advance the health and well-being of our diverse workforce and communities. To achieve this vision, we commit to our shared mission every day-exceeding expectations by providing high quality water services in a safe, environmentally friendly, and efficient manner.

Role Description:

The Specialist, Graphics supports all authority-wide visual communications. This position provides overall graphic design services including photography and illustration for presentations, documents, logos, electronic media, social media, and display advertising.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assists Senior Manager with vendor selections for signage and campaigns.
• Manages vendor photo and signage installation.
• Manages and designs layout for all DC Water publications, newsletters, brochures, presentations, and reports. Designs and plans layout for "What on Tap" customer service newsletter, Clean Rivers Project newsletter, annual report, or other graphic design requests from departments with clearance from the Senior Manager.
• Creates and designs visual presentations for the CEO and COO.
• Informs the public of DC Water’s programs, policies, and services.
• Provides photography of internal or external employee events, as required.
• Writes and edits, as required, for all printed materials.
• Represents the Senior Manager at meetings, as required.
• Performs other duties and projects as assigned at the discretion of the Senior Manager, Marketing and Promotions.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

N/A

Key Working Relationships:

Interacts with employees throughout the Authority.

Skills & Qualifications:

The qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability necessary for an individual to perform each essential responsibility satisfactorily. Reasonable amounts of training are provided.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Required Experience:

Five (5) years of experience in desktop publishing, graphic design, and project management; or a high school diploma or equivalency and nine (9) years of experience in desktop publishing, graphic design, and project management.

Minimum Education Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Advertising / Graphic Design, Communications, Marketing, or related field from an accredited college or university.

Required Skills:

• Demonstrated skills in making oral, visual, and written presentations.
• Demonstrated skills in desktop publishing and computer software programs that support public relations/communications programs.
• Utilizes layout and desktop publishing skills, digital graphic files, photography, publication design, print environment, and various Windows applications, including PowerPoint, PageMaker, InDesign and Photoshop.
• Organizational skills, creativity, initiative and ability to meet deadlines.

Required Licenses & Certifications:

N/A

Physical Requirements:

General office conditions.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

Preferred Experience:

N/A

Preferred Education Requirements:

N/A

Preferred Skills:

N/A

Your Experience at DC Water

At DC Water, our people make us an industry leader. Join a group of thinkers, innovators, and problem solvers focused on protecting life’s most precious resource in the nation’s capital.

• Take pride in your work.We provide an essential service and do work that matters. A career at DC Water is an exciting opportunity to help improve the environment and make a lasting difference for the community.

• Connect to a strong culture.Everything we do is grounded in our shared values-accountability, trust, teamwork, customer focus, safety, and well-being.

• Be your true self.We are an inclusive organization that embraces diversity, and we recognize and celebrate employees’ individuality and unique contributions.

• Build your skills and career path.We are committed to developing a future-ready workforce by helping our employees develop skills for the jobs of tomorrow.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against "qualified individuals with disabilities."

If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email [e-mail].