Manager, Strategic Communications, National Security

Invariant LLC • Washington, DC

10h • $95,000 - $120,000

About The Position

Invariant is seeking a Manager to join its Strategic Communications & Public Affairs team. The role supports clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, helping them address complex challenges, create growth opportunities, and reach important audiences. The position involves managing client projects, developing communications strategies, producing written and presentation materials, researching business and policy issues, coordinating workstreams and junior team members, and supporting new business efforts. The role has a particular focus on technology and national security policy.

Requirements

• 4–7 years of experience in strategic communications, in a communications agency, in-house, trade association, Congress, or on a political campaign; agency experience is preferred.
• Exceptional project management skills and strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrated interest in technology and national security policy.
• Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to manage multiple workstreams and competing deadlines with detail and precision.
• Digital and social media savvy, with an understanding of how to reach target audiences and drive engagement through compelling content.
• Excellent time management skills and adaptability in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Solid communication skills and the ability to manage both up and down.
• Strong writing, editing, and research skills.
• Proficiency with digital software and technology, including Cision or Meltwater databases and Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Nice To Haves

• Communications agency experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as project manager for client teams, advancing deliverables and tasks and communicating effectively with the full team.
• Develop strategies for engaging media, think tanks, and other stakeholders, and lead discrete workstreams.
• Draft and edit communications plans, media strategies, correspondence, client memos and briefing documents, media pitches, social media content, website content, and other collateral.
• Collaborate with colleagues to create pitch decks, presentation materials, briefings, and informative client deliverables.
• Research and synthesize complex business and policy issues into memos supporting thought leadership, stakeholder mapping, and media engagement.
• Manage multiple workstreams and competing deadlines, and manage junior team members completing projects and tasks on short turnaround times.
• Provide project management support for new business efforts.

Benefits

• Annual discretionary bonus based on individual performance and that of the firm.
• Commissions.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans with employer HSA contributions.
• Retirement matching.
• Educational assistance.
• Professional development assistance.
• Unlimited time off.

What This Job Offers

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