Digital Communications and Social Media Specialist

Digital Communications and Social Media Specialist (Government Research)

US Citizenship Required
; must clear federal background investigation.

Location: Boulder, CO 80305 (on-site 100%)

The Digital Communications and Social Media Specialist will support a federal government’s publication office with public-facing communications, social media, digital content, graphics, and multimedia products that communicate research and activities to technical and general audiences. The role will focus primarily on creating and refining website content, social media posts, blog articles, informational videos, presentations, event collateral, and other owned media; developing visual assets and communications materials using Adobe Creative Suite;

and coordinating content through publication-ready workflows. The position will also provide secondary and backup technical writing and editing support for manuscripts, reports, policies, procedures, and other Publications Office products as needed.

• Create, edit, and help coordinate public-facing content for websites, social media, blog articles, informational videos, technical news, and other owned media channels.
• Translate information provided by scientists, engineers, analysts, and other technical staff into clear, engaging, accurate content for non-technical and general audiences.
• Create and refine graphics, visual assets, social media content, video-related materials, and other digital communications using Adobe Creative Suite tools, including Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Acrobat, as appropriate.
• Assist in developing communication plans, content packages, promotional materials, and coordinated messaging for dissemination of media assets through approved public channels.

• Create, refine, and format graphics, diagrams, illustrations, layouts, and other visual elements for presentations and public-facing communication products.
• Support senior managers, event organizers, and committee chairs in developing conference collateral, presentation materials, communication plans, graphics, and promotional content.
• Support scientific conferences and events as needed, which may include on-site assistance such as registration desk support, event photography for social media, microphone support, or related event-support tasks.

• Provide backup and complementary manuscript editing support, including developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, and proofreading, as Publications Office workload requires.
• Support preparation of technical papers for internal and external publication, including IEEE journal articles and other scientific or technical materials, when needed.
• Maintain internal records of incoming manuscripts, publication status, deliverable deadlines, and deadlines met or missed using established Publications Office tracking methods.
• Support Editorial Review Board records and publication pipeline tracking so publication status remains visible to senior managers.

• Support the Publications Office lead in maintaining or creating Microsoft Word and PowerPoint templates in response to changing technology, requirements, or publication needs.
• Help troubleshoot document formatting, template, and publication-preparation issues in a federal enterprise IT environment.

• Support maintenance of the technical report archives and publications indexing database.
• Enter new publication records and proofread, normalize, update, and maintain existing records.
• Support cataloging, metadata review, digitization, scanning, upload, and…