[Contingent] Senior Strategic Communications Specialist

Responsibilities

• Communication Strategy: Draft communication strategies and messaging products, coordinate media activities, and support executive briefings with talking points, graphics, and read-ahead materials.
• Marketing & Branding: Coordinate public relations, advertising, and brand awareness campaigns and maintain brand consistency across all channels.
• Content Development: Develop and distribute news and informational content for internal and external audiences in accordance with service level agreements.
• Digital & Web Content: Manage web platform content updates, perform quality checks, and ensure compliance with messaging and security requirements.
• Visual Media: Oversee design and production of graphics, video, and photography, and maintain a tagged digital media library.
• Events & Conferences: Plan and execute special events, outreach activities, and conferences, including registration, cost tracking, speaker coordination, agendas, venues, and post-event summaries.
• Public Affairs Support: Assist the public affairs office in documenting strategic, operational, and tactical engagements within standard operating procedures to support efficiency and continuity.

Requirements

• Strategic Communications Experience: Proven experience leading strategic communications or public affairs efforts.
• Mission Domain Knowledge: Experience in intelligence or cyberspace communications and/or government communication policies and procedures.
• Exceptional Writer & Speaker: Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Organized Collaborator: Strong organizational and interpersonal skills; able to manage multiple products and stakeholders at once.
• Education & Experience: 12+ years of experience in strategic communications or a similar field; or 8-10 years with a BA/BS; or 6-8 years with an MA/MS/MBA.
• Citizenship: Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Clearance: Active Secret clearance required.

Preferred

• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud and web content management systems.
• Working knowledge of AP style and Section 508 accessibility requirements.
• Experience with social media management and communications analytics.
• Public affairs or communications professional qualification (e.g., APR).

Benefits

• phia offers excellent benefits to enhance work-life balance, including the following:\n\nMedical Insurance\nDental Insurance\nVision Insurance\nLife Insurance\nShort Term & Long Term Disability\n401k Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match\nPaid Holidays\nPaid Time Off (PTO)\nTuition and Professional Development Assistance