Communications and Graphics Specialist

Arcfield•Chantilly, VA

31d

About The Position

This position offers an opportunity to make a difference in the government space by leveraging technical, graphics, and communication skills. The role provides strategic communications, graphics, and media support to senior-level government directors for ground enterprise solutions in the IC and DoD. The Chief of Staff team is responsible for strategic, management, and business operations support to senior-level government directors. Responsibilities include developing, facilitating, and managing communications graphics, logos, awards, coins, reports, strategies, plans, and forums for a large organization. This involves creating a broad range of communication graphics, publications, and products, and translating complex programmatic or technical information into understandable concepts. The candidate will support the development and execution of the customer’s communication and engagement strategy, ensuring clear, concise, and relevant messages for all stakeholder communications. This includes planning and executing social morale events; internal/external Congressional communications; strategic outreach and organizational branding; and executive-level briefings for Congressional Staffers and VIP visitors. Photography for organizational charts, awards, and special events is also a key responsibility. The candidate will collaborate with executive leaders, transforming their vision into finished written and displayable products. The selected candidate will have frequent client interactions and support system and mission strategy development across various ground offices. Daily interaction with customers and supporting contractors is expected, requiring adherence to customer standards and processes as the program matures. The candidate will interact with multiple System Program Offices (SPOs), supporting technical consultation, meeting coordination, and recommendation briefings.

Requirements

10 to 12 years with BS/BA, or 8 to 10 years with MS/MA, or 5 to 7 years with PhD.
Must possess and have the ability to maintain an active TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph.
More than 3 years’ experience developing, facilitating and managing communications graphics, publications, strategies and plans for a large organization.
Experience working on a team toward a common goal.
Experience working within a highly functional staff with a diverse set of responsibilities and activities united by a common vision.
Experience using creative interpretation; skilled at working with executive leaders, turning their vision into finished written and displayable products.
Experience and proficiency with graphics and publishing software packages including Publisher, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign.
Skilled in a variety of Microsoft Office and other communication tools (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).
Commitment to recognize, understand, respect and operate effectively within various SETA, FFRDC, and Government lines of authority.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of customer's mission capabilities (to include GEOINT, SIGINT and Multi-INT domains) and overall space and ground architecture.
A degree in arts, marketing, communications or policy related preferred.

Responsibilities

Developing, facilitating and managing communications graphics, logos, awards, coins, reports, strategies, plans and forums for a large organization.
Developing and crafting a broad range of communication graphics, publications and products.
Translating deep programmatic or technical information into understandable concepts.
Supporting the development and execution of the customer’s communication and engagement strategy.
Ensuring consistency in clear, concise and relevant messages for all stakeholder communications.
Helping plan and execute social morale events.
Supporting internal/external Congressional communications.
Managing strategic outreach and organizational branding.
Preparing executive-level briefings for Congressional Staffers and VIP visitors.
Providing photography for organizational charts, awards and special events.
Working with executive leaders, turning their vision into finished written and displayable products.
Supporting system and mission strategy development across the various ground offices.
Following customer standards and processes as the program matures.
Interacting with multiple System Program Offices (SPOs).
Supporting technical consultation, meeting coordination, and support to recommendation briefings.