Responsibilities

• Collaborate with media and public relations professionals across the company to develop strategic approaches to media relations that will inform and influence customers, including proactive and reactive media relations. Activities will include: spokesperson preparation, interviews, pitches, events, news products, digital presence and more.
• Work in partnership with communicators across your portfolio to direct, prepare and position company-wide subject matter experts for interviews and interactions with members of the media.
• Prepare and share regular results and metrics on integrated communications efforts at a variety of levels within the company and use those results to evolve strategies and approaches to achieve communications and business goals
• Maintain situational awareness on industry news and flag activities, issues and trends
• Develop and maintain relationships with journalists that cover our space
• Consistently scan the news landscape for relevant headlines and share across teams
• Write thoughtful feature stories that showcase the breadth of defense capabilities

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 8 years of media relations, communications, public relations or public affairs for a medium- to large-sized organization or Master’s degree and minimum of 6 years of media relations, communications, public relations or public affairs for a medium- to large-sized organization
• Experienced in the use of media monitoring and metrics applications
• Demonstrated knowledge in the development, deployment and activation of strategic media & communication campaigns with measurable business impact
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time; travel may include intra-office across sites as needed

Preferred

• Experience working in a large, matrixed and/or geographically dispersed organization
• Experience developing productive relationships with defense journalists
• Experience in technology, aerospace, defense or other science-related business or government field
• Sound judgment in decision making and leadership actions with proven abilities to drive change through creative methods, ideas and approaches

Benefits

• health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.