Banknote Designer (Apprentice)

Full Job Description

This position is located at Bureau of Engraving and Printing, within the Product Design Division.

As a Banknote Designer (Apprentice), you will be responsible for learning how to develop banknote designs and other security documents/products.

The apprenticeship is of seven years duration and consists of supervised training in the various craft skills.

The successful completion of the apprenticeship training will validate the apprentice as a Journeyman Banknote Designer.

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

*** PLEASE READ CAREFULLY*** You must meet the screen-out element, Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision, normally addressed at the beginning of the online questions.

To meet the screen-out element, applicants must have: I am able to create original non-digital designs, drawings, or artwork with minimal supervision.

In addition, you must also obtain an average score of two (2) for the following elements for this position as addressed through the online question in order to be considered minimally qualified.

Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (screen-out) Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic) Knowledge of Materials Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc.

(other than blueprints) Rating: A Two-phase rating method will be used. Answers to the online application questions will constitute 25% of your overall rating.

The remaining 75% will be determined by your artwork. **You will need to submit a total of 6 pieces of artwork, 1 from each of the following categories: Do not submit more than 6 pieces of artwork.

Black/White Portrait Black/White Landscape Black/White Still Life Color Still Life Figures Lettering Please identify what method or medium you used to create each piece of art that is submitted in your portfolio.

To meet file size limitations, applicants may send separate emails for each submittal. Submit your artwork to banknotedesign@bep.gov in either a JPEG or PDF format.

**Do not submit artwork via USA Jobs. Only artwork submitted to banknotedesign@bep.gov will be considered. Failure to submit artwork will disqualify applicants.

Your artwork will be evaluated by a Subject Matter Expert (SME)/Art panel in the following areas: Layout Rendering 2D Perspective Balance and Symmetry Spatial Awareness **Failure to meet the minimum art panel score of 50 out of 100 will remove you from consideration.** Major Duties:

The apprenticeship is of seven years duration and consists of supervised training in the various craft skills.

The successful completion of the apprenticeship training will validate the apprentice as a Journeyman Banknote Designer.

The apprentice is supervised by the Design Manager, with training guidance by Journeymen Banknote Designers, and progressively assumes advanced tasks with less supervision over the course of their Apprenticeship.

Incumbent's work is closely inspected for quality and the Apprentice is expected to master all operations through experience and guidance.

As a Banknote Designer (Apprentice), you will: Demonstrate an understanding of the overall printing processes and ability to leverage new processes and/or equipment to better facilitate a design.

Develop design files using a variety of software applications including but not limited to the following: One System, Adobe Illustrator®, and Adobe Photoshop®.

Build strong collaboration with the Office of Engraving to provide satisfactory continuous tone models (including but not limited to: portrait, ornament, title, vignette, guilloche models, et al) and output files that Engraving can use to create intaglio linework.

Collaborate with the Office of Engraving when developing offset linework for currency design and other security products that is satisfactory to both entities.

Develop an understanding of the limitations of manufacturing processes that may influence reproducibility, through working with Product Managers and manufacturing personnel and use this data to incorporate technical information to enhance the manufacturability of the product.