Strategic Communications Specialist, Senior

Job Number: R0243219

Key to an organization's growth is strong stakeholder communication that represents and supports its mission, values, and objectives. As a communications professional, you know how to inform and engage key audiences while supporting not only the visibility and impact of the office within the broader organization, but also in ensuring that key messaging is effectively tailored and delivered across a range of audiences.

We're looking for an experienced communications specialist who is ready to share your expertise, commitment to client success, and live our mission every day. Here, you'll use your skills and experience to design, develop, and produce a variety of internal communications and media that support a tech-focused office in the Intelligence Community.

As a Strategic Communications Specialist on our team, you will develop creative solutions to complex problems. Your self-guided yet collaborative spirit will shape and nurture relationships with team members, stakeholders, and clients to advance client goals, facilitate organizational change, and encourage stakeholder acceptance of processes and initiatives. You must be adept at translating technical jargon into clean copy that is understood by all and tells a compelling story.

In this role, you will leverage creative thinking and a business-oriented mindset to craft compelling messages for your client and the client's workforce, including executive communications, workforce messages, web copy, spotlights, and other articles. You'll collaborate with graphic designers and other creatives to ensure each message delivers maximum impact through both words and visuals. You'll draw upon your versatility as a communications professional to create messages that accurately convey information in a compelling fashion, using basic principles of storytelling as your guide.

You'll draw upon your thorough knowledge of grammar, punctuation, style, and communications best practices to draft messages that are error‑free from the get‑go. You'll use your strategic thinking ability to anticipate your client's needs and take initiative.

Work with us as we design, develop, and produce outstanding executive communications to change the Intelligence Community for the better. This position is located in McLean, VA.

Join us. The world can't wait.

• 6+ years of experience in a professional work environment
• 3+ years of experience with strategic communications
• Experience supporting the Intelligence Community
• Knowledge of communications industry standards, trends, and best practices and fundamental principles of storytelling
• Ability to quickly establish relationships of trust with senior leaders, anticipate their needs, and take initiative
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
• Bachelor's degree

• 10+ years of experience in a professional work environment
• 7+ years of experience with strategic communications
• Experience using the Adobe Creative Suite to create basic graphics, posters, and other media
• Master's degree

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Salary range: $77,600.00 to $ (annualized USD). Posting will close within 90 days from the posting date.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.