Strategic Communications Specialist, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton•Herndon, VA

14h•Onsite

About The Position

Key to an organization’s growth is strong stakeholder communication that represents and supports its mission, values, and objectives. As a communications professional, you know how to inform and engage key audiences while supporting not only the visibility and impact of the office within the broader organization, but also in ensuring that key messaging is effectively tailored and delivered across a range of audiences. We’re looking for an experienced communications specialist like you who is ready to share your expertise, commitment to client success, and live our mission every day. Here, you’ll use your skills and experience to design, develop, and produce a variety of internal communications and media that support a tech-focused office in the Intelligence Community. As a Strategic Communications Specialist on our team, you’ll develop creative solutions to complex problems. Your self-guided yet collaborative spirit will shape and nurture relationships with team members, stakeholders, and clients to advance client goals, facilitate organizational change, and encourage stakeholder acceptance of processes and initiatives. You must be adept at translating technical jargon into clean copy that is understood by all and tells a compelling story. In this role, you will leverage creative thinking and a business-oriented mindset to craft compelling messages for your client and the client's workforce, including executive comms, workforce messages, web copy, spotlights, and other articles. You'll collaborate with graphic designers and other creatives to ensure each message delivers maximum impact through both words and visuals. You'll draw upon your versatility as a communications professional to create messages that accurately convey information in a compelling fashion, using basic principles of storytelling as your guide. You'll draw upon your thorough knowledge of grammar, punctuation, style, and communications best practices to draft messages that are error-free from the get-go. You'll use your strategic thinking ability to anticipate your client's needs and take initiative. Work with us as we design, develop, and produce outstanding executive communications to change the Intelligence Community for the better. This position is located in Herndon, VA. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

6+ years of experience in a professional work environment
3+ years of experience with strategic communications
Experience supporting the Intelligence Community
Knowledge of communications industry standards, trends, and best practices and fundamental principles of storytelling
Ability to quickly establish relationships of trust with senior leaders, anticipate their needs, and take initiative
TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
Bachelor's degree

Nice To Haves

10+ years of experience in a professional work environment
7+ years of experience with strategic communications
Experience using the Adobe Creative Suite to create basic graphics, posters, and other media
Master's degree

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and produce a variety of internal communications and media that support a tech-focused office in the Intelligence Community.
Develop creative solutions to complex problems.
Shape and nurture relationships with team members, stakeholders, and clients to advance client goals, facilitate organizational change, and encourage stakeholder acceptance of processes and initiatives.
Translate technical jargon into clean copy that is understood by all and tells a compelling story.
Craft compelling messages for your client and the client's workforce, including executive comms, workforce messages, web copy, spotlights, and other articles.
Collaborate with graphic designers and other creatives to ensure each message delivers maximum impact through both words and visuals.
Create messages that accurately convey information in a compelling fashion, using basic principles of storytelling as your guide.
Draft messages that are error-free from the get-go, using thorough knowledge of grammar, punctuation, style, and communications best practices.
Use strategic thinking ability to anticipate your client's needs and take initiative.
Produce outstanding executive communications to change the Intelligence Community for the better.