Public Affairs / Outreach Specialist

Graham Technologies•San Diego, CA

9d•$70,000 - $90,000•Onsite

About The Position

Graham Technologies is seeking a Public Affairs / Outreach Specialist to develop and coordinate communications, multimedia content, stakeholder outreach, events, and public-facing materials for a Federal program. The specialist will ensure communications are accurate, consistent, professionally produced, and released through established review and approval processes.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree with relevant public affairs, communications, outreach, multimedia, journalism, marketing, or event-management experience, or at least five (5) years of directly relevant professional experience.
Experience developing written and visual communications for varied audiences.
Experience coordinating events, stakeholder engagements, or public-facing activities.
Experience managing review and approval workflows for official communications.
Active Secret clearance.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and virtual-event platforms.
Experience with Adobe Creative Suite or comparable graphic-design, photography, video, and publishing tools.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting Federal public affairs, technology communications, industry engagement, or mission-focused outreach.
Experience providing media training or executive communications support.
Master's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, or a related discipline.
Accreditation in Public Relations, Certified Meeting Professional, Adobe certification, or related credential.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute communication, public affairs, stakeholder-engagement, and outreach plans.
Create and maintain content calendars for announcements, social media, industry engagements, events, and recurring communications.
Draft articles, talking points, fact sheets, presentations, correspondence, announcements, and executive briefing materials.
Produce and edit digital graphics, photography, video, web content, and other multimedia products.
Coordinate virtual and in-person events, industry engagements, outreach sessions, and stakeholder meetings.
Manage event schedules, invitations, registration, logistics, speaker support, materials, and post-event follow-up.
Coordinate technical fact-checking, editorial review, branding review, accessibility review, and final approval before release.
Prepare spokespersons and Government leaders with briefing books, talking points, media guidance, and presentation support.
Monitor outreach effectiveness and provide metrics, lessons learned, and recommendations for improvement.
Maintain organized libraries of approved communications products, templates, imagery, and source materials.