We invite you to apply for the Document Design and Communications Coordinator career with our Communications and Public Affairs division. In this role, you will create, revise, format, and publish print and digital media for Argonne clients, leadership, and sponsors. The work often involves projects that are unique, complex, challenging, and require branding conformance. You will also:

• Successfully support multiple projects simultaneously on time and within budget.

• Oversee the entire formatting and production process and manage workflow.

• Mentor other Document Formatting team members and contractors, review their work, and provide guidance.

• Train colleagues and contractors in procedures and formatting best practices.

• Employ independent judgment, creative problem solving, and a high level of technical expertise. Exercise excellent planning, initiative, and discretion.

• Provide other specialized services related to document production and publishing, web development, reformatting documents for 508 compliance, working with citation management systems, and media postings as needed.

• Work under minimal supervision independently or as part of an interdisciplinary project team.

• Develop on-the-job skills in Drupal content management, Adobe InDesign, SmartSheet work management software and using LaTex for document creation. May need to learn other software as well.

Position Requirements

• Experience in planning and preparing communications of significant importance, visibility, and/or of a confidential nature, requiring diplomacy, tact, persuasion, and/or negotiation skills.
• Extensive knowledge of document production and publishing practices and standards, typography, and formatting principles with the ability to create products that effectively communicate with intended audiences and support the Lab’s sponsored brands.
• Advanced skill and experience in Microsoft Word, as well as Adobe Acrobat, Excel, and PowerPoint to meet the requirements of specific assignments.
• Experience in data input and database management.
• Advanced skill in operating computers (both PC and Macintosh) and peripherals (printers, scanners, etc.).
• Knowledge of commonly accepted reference sources for English grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
• Familiarity with the AP Stylebook and The University of Chicago Style Guide.
• Ability to interpret editing and proofreading symbols and proofread all types of content accurately.
• Ability to show initiative, self-motivation, flexibility, and responsiveness.
• Steward of Lab resources.
• Passion for the mission of the Lab.
• Model Argonne’s Core Values: Impact, Safety, Respect, Integrity, and Teamwork.

Job Family

Professional Administrative (PA)

Job Profile

Writing/Editing 2

Worker Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

As an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer, and in accordance with our core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity and teamwork, Argonne National Laboratory is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace that fosters collaborative scientific discovery and innovation. In support of this commitment, Argonne encourages minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities to apply for employment. Argonne considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Argonne employees, and certain guest researchers and contractors, are subject to particular restrictions related to participation in Foreign Government Sponsored or Affiliated Activities, as defined and detailed in United States Department of Energy Order 486.1A. You will be asked to disclose any such participation in the application phase for review by Argonne's Legal Department.

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