Executive Communications Speechwriter and Storyteller

Bethesda, MD (Hybrid)

$150K/yr – $200K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 12 days ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as individual contributor responsible for creating executive-level content to support C-suite leader’s external engagements.
  • Craft compelling content that amplifies the C-Suite leader’s thought leadership and advance the company's strategic narrative across various platforms.
  • Translate business strategy, financial performance, technical capabilities, and industry insights into clear, persuasive, and memorable narratives and stories tailored to various audiences — from investors and analysts to media, policymakers, government officials, and employees.
  • Anticipate communication requirements and suggest strategies and content proactively.
  • Write thought-provoking, compelling, and memorable speeches, remarks, Op-Eds, video scripts, and talking points, ensuring proper tone, cadence, and voice for the intended audience.
  • Interview internal subject matter experts to efficiently extract crucial and relevant story elements on specific topics ranging from emerging technology to national security issues to company strategy and performance.
  • Develop reusable storytelling assets, including narratives, core messages, examples, or visuals, for C-suite use across multiple contexts such as media interviews, investor conversations, Op-Eds, and external events.
  • Create highly polished, executive-level presentation decks for internal and external audiences that use compelling visual storytelling to clearly and simply convey complex strategies and technical topics, drive influence, and facilitate informed decision-making.
  • Create the CEO's social media strategy and write high-impact copy, in CEO’s voice, for posting on platforms to amplify CEO’s thought leadership and the company’s brand.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in executive communications, corporate communications, or public relations
  • 2+ years of experience directly supporting C-suite executives in a fast-paced corporate, tech, or high-profile organization
  • Experience managing an executive’s social media presence, including strategy development, content creation, copywriting, and collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • Experience maintaining the highest level of confidentiality and discretion
  • Experience using Office365 Product Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams
  • Ability to write executive-level communications, messaging, and storytelling with the appropriate tone, voice, and content, including quickly learning an Executive’s voice and conveying messages and narratives in that voice
  • Ability to conduct effective interviews with subject matter experts, elicit relevant details and facts, and synthesize information into strategic stories that support the executive’s story arc and reinforce the corporate narrative
  • Ability to create executive-level presentations to convey context, priorities, strategic plans, and progress through strong visual storytelling, design sensibility, and distillation of complex data or strategies into clear and simple narratives
  • Ability to manage multiple high-priority deliverables under tight deadlines and deliver independently in a dynamic work environment
  • Bachelor’s degree

Preferred

  • Experience in a public company environment supporting earnings calls, investor days, and shareholder communications
  • Experience coaching on executive presence and public speaking
  • Experience training and using AI to accelerate content creation
  • Possession of excellent verbal communication skills
  • Possession of excellent project management skills
  • Master’s degree in Business, Communications, Journalism, or a related field

Benefits

  • Benefits: health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.
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