Senior Principal Communications Strategist
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a strategic communications professional to create and deliver compelling content and messaging in support of company priorities. Reporting to the MS Strategic Communications Manager, the role works collaboratively to align and shape communications. The position develops content across integrated communications tools and channels, coordinating with stakeholders on messaging, content, audience targeting, and release timing. Communications plans and strategies should incorporate market, landscape, and competitive insights and analysis. The strategist provides planning support, tactical execution, and creative input for programs supporting the sector’s strategic priorities. They develop content for business focus areas with functional colleagues and leadership, use objectives-based storytelling, and develop and execute integrated communications plans aligned with strategic priorities and measurable results. The position may be based in Linthicum, Maryland, or northern Virginia, with regular travel throughout the DMV region and elsewhere to support capability storytelling across the business. Travel is listed as 10% of the time.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 8 years of communications, public relations, marketing, or journalism experience, or a master’s degree and at least 6 years of such experience.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience developing and deploying strategic communications campaigns and measuring business impact.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong problem-solving, organizational, project-management, and attention-to-detail skills.
- Ability to support and enhance communications standards, workflows, and branding guidelines while disseminating content across multiple mediums, including digital and print.
- Experience in program communications and/or marketing.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including Word, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance.
- U.S. citizenship required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in a large, matrixed, and/or geographically dispersed organization.
- Experience developing productive relationships with executives.
- Experience in technology, aerospace, defense, or other science-related business or government fields.
- Experience advising with environmental and market insights and analysis.
- Demonstrated judgment in decision making and leadership actions, with the ability to drive change through creative or other disruptive methods, ideas, and approaches.
- Understanding of the AP Stylebook.
- U.S. government or related public affairs and strategic communications experience and/or public relations consulting experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic planning support, tactical execution, and creative input for programs supporting the sector’s strategic priorities.
- Develop content for business focus areas and priorities in partnership with functional colleagues and leadership, aligning communications to business objectives.
- Use objectives-based storytelling to develop content and messaging.
- Develop and execute integrated communications plans aligned with strategic priorities and designed to deliver measurable results.
- Coordinate with stakeholders on messaging, content, audience targeting, and timing of material release.
- Ensure communications plans and strategies incorporate market, landscape, and competitive insights and analysis.
- Disseminate content across multiple mediums, including digital and print, while supporting communications standards, workflows, and branding guidelines.
- Support capability storytelling across the business through regular travel.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company-paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- Potential eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus
- Potential eligibility for overtime and shift differential, depending on the position
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
