Summary The Associate Publisher will play a vital role in supervising the editorial team, and the planning, writing, and distribution of the National Gallery’s print and digital publications, as well as ephemera to help tell our stories in fresh, inspiring, and exciting ways that drive successful audience engagement. Responsibilities As the Supervisory Technical Editor, you will: Under the strategic guidance of the Chief Brand Officer and Publisher and in collaboration with other colleagues across the National Gallery, the incumbent acts as project manager for the proposal preparation, developmental editing, and copyediting, of both print and digital permanent collection and research publication projects. Including projects such as branded books, scholarly research and seminar papers, and catalogue raisonnés. Advises the Chief Brand Officer and Publisher on the business plan and provides them with information on list development. Oversees the preparation and application of editorial development, style, and formatting guidelines, and ensures that all brand work is completed in connection with the voice guidelines. The incumbent develops and maintains relationships with print, audio, visual, electronic and other media for the purpose of communicating and marketing the services available, ensuring that the National Gallery’s brand identity is properly communicated and identified. Writes, performs developmental editing, and copy editing for art books and research publications. The incumbent manages long range initiatives planned in concert with the strategic plan. Assures implementation of goals and objectives for the program segment. Determines goals and objectives that need additional emphasis; determines the best approach or solution for resolving budget shortages; and plan for long range staffing needs, including such matters as whether to contract out work. The incumbent is involved with high level program officials (or comparable agency level staff personnel) in the development of overall goals and objectives for assigned staff functions, programs, or program segments. Helps to drafts the fiscal-year budget for the program and works with the budget coordinator in the Office of Brand Strategy and Publishing to submit accurate fiscal budgets to the Chief Brand Officer and Publisher with an eye to increasing potential revenue across the list overall. Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a United States Citizen. This employer participates in the e-Verify program. Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements. See "Other Information" section regarding Selective Service requirements. 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. VACCINE REQUIREMENT: To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to Executive Order 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Qualifications Candidates must meet the Qualification Standards Handbook requirements for GS-1083-15. For this position, specialized experience is at least one year of experience, equivalent in responsibility to the GS-14 level in the federal service, managing publication projects for a museum or cultural institution. Other Relevant Eligibility Criteria: Second Hurdle Assessment. How you will be evaluated: You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications for this position. This vacancy utilizes a multiple hurdle assessment process to determine the qualifications of applicants. The first hurdle consists of applicants completing an online occupational questionnaire related to the major duties and competencies of the position. The second hurdle consists of submitting a portfolio that shows samples of your writing, editorial, and overall publishing experience. Writing Sample: Applicants who are referred to the hiring office for selection consideration may be required to submit writing and/or work samples as part of the interview/selection process. If the hiring office decides to request a writing and/or work sample as part of its selection process, the vacancy contact will reach out to you by email to: (1) inform you of this requirement; and (2) provide further instructions. Those applicants who meet the minimum qualification requirements will be evaluated against these factors to determine the best-qualified candidates. Failure to provide a detailed description of relevant experience and/or education in your resume will automatically disqualify the candidate from employment consideration. Program Management – Knowledge of program management techniques for a museum publication office. Editing – Ability to edit publications and other forms of media. Supervision – Skill in supervising others. Budgeting – Skill in planning for and maintaining a budget. Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration under merit promotion procedures. CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section. You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Education Education Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Must have included a total of 15 semester hours in an appropriate scientific, technical, or social science field(s), and at least one course above the introductory level in the field(s) covered by the position. For technical manuals and specifications writers or editors, the equivalent of 15 semester hours may have been gained through vocational or educational training above the high school level at a public, private, or Armed Forces school. OR Experience General Experience (for GS-5 positions): Experience that provided an understanding of the basic principles, practices, operations, and specialized vocabulary of the appropriate scientific, technical, or social science field(s), or with equipment or technical systems. The applicant must have acquired the ability to describe information in simple, clear language. Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Experience that required substantial subject-matter or technical knowledge of the field. This experience must have demonstrated the ability to acquire and present technical information through independent reading, interviews with subject-matter specialists, observation of tests and experiments, interpretation of blueprints or diagrams, or other appropriate methods. Such experience may have been acquired as a writer or editor of technical reports, articles, manuals, or specifications. Additional Information • The National Gallery of Art fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. • More than one selection may be made from this vacancy announcement. • Some positions may require completion of a probationary period of up to 1 (one) year. • AN EXTERNAL SELECTED CANDIDATE MUST BE FINGERPRINTED AND RECEIVE A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION, RESULTING IN A SATISFACTORY SUITABILITY DETERMINATION BEFORE BEING HIRED FOR THIS POSITION. • All males born after December 31st 1959 must abide by laws regarding Selective Service registration. To learn more about this law, visit the Selective Service web page, Who Must Register. If you are not registered and don't have an approved exemption, you will not be eligible for employment with the Federal government. EEO Policy: https://help.usajobs.gov/index.php/EEO_Policy_Statement Reasonable Accommodation Policy: https://help.usajobs.gov/index.php/Reasonable_Accommodation_Policy_Statement Veterans Information: https://help.usajobs.gov/index.php/Veterans_Information Selective Service Registration: http://www.sss.gov/