Federal Marketing & Communications Director

Red Carrot • Washington, DC

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About The Position

The Federal Marketing & Communications Director oversees the successful delivery of federal marketing and communications contracts, ensuring alignment with client goals, contract requirements, and organizational objectives. This role requires a unique blend of federal program management expertise, marketing/communications knowledge, and client relationship leadership. The Federal Marketing & Communications Director is responsible for day-to-day oversight, staff management, workflow execution, budgeting, performance reporting, risk management, and ensuring exceptional CPARS-level delivery across all assigned contracts. This role serves as the overall point of contact (POC) for CPARS planning, coordination, and response for their portfolio of contracts.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience managing federal government contracts, preferably in communications, marketing, public affairs, or digital/media environments.
• Strong understanding of federal contracting processes, deliverables, and reporting (SOW/PWS, CPARS, FAR, QA/QC, performance management).
• Experience in marketing analytics, digital strategy, content oversight, or creative production.
• Experience supporting or managing marketing, communications, public affairs, or digital media projects for federal agencies.
• Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional communication, writing, and client-facing skills.
• Strong analytical skills, including ability to interpret performance metrics, KPIs, and data-driven insights.
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as Asana, SharePoint, Teams, and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations for federal marketing and communications contracts, ensuring compliance with all deliverables, CLINs, SOW/PWS tasks, and reporting requirements.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for CORs, COs and federal program staff.
• Serve as the overall POC for CPARS, including planning, tracking, self-assessment inputs, and coordinating responses to draft evaluations.
• Monitor contract performance, track milestones, and ensure on-time delivery of assets, campaigns, reports, and communications products.
• Prepare and manage monthly performance reports, QC documentation, contract self-assessments, and CPARS readiness materials.
• Maintain contract documentation (Asana, SharePoint, Teams, SOPs) and ensure contractor timekeeping, labor hour tracking, and cost allocation accuracy.
• Translate federal program goals into strategic marketing and communication plans.
• Support the development and execution of digital, social, creative, research, and outreach campaigns.
• Review and approve marketing deliverables, graphics, social media content, briefs, and editorial products to ensure quality and compliance.
• Analyze performance metrics and KPIs to inform optimization and future strategy.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with federal clients to ensure exceptional client satisfaction and transparency.
• Lead recurring client meetings, kickoff sessions, and quarterly/annual performance reviews.
• Identify opportunities to enhance service delivery, innovate processes, and propose new solutions or contract growth opportunities.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration across internal teams, subcontractors, and partners.
• Manage contract budgets, labor categories, burn rates, and ODCs.
• Review invoices, labor hour reports, and subcontractor performance documentation.
• Support pricing, forecasting, and estimates for expansions or option year negotiations.
• Assist with proposal development, including resume alignment, technical writing, and past performance inputs.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement and professional trainings for eligible employees.
• Top-tier medical, dental, vision, life insurance and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k)-retirement and Roth plan with company matching and no vesting period.
• Discretionary profit-sharing plan to all eligible employees after one year of employment.
• Flexible work hours, paid time off, and 11 federal holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed