Senior Communications Specialist - NASA Goddard

Responsibilities

• Strategic Communications: Provide strategic communications guidance and recommendations for the GOES-R and GeoXO programs, developing messaging, outreach strategies, and campaigns that communicate mission priorities, capabilities, milestones, and national value.
• Agency & Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain relationships across NOAA, NASA, NESDIS, Goddard Space Flight Center, and industry partners to coordinate communications efforts, align messaging, and strengthen awareness of program objectives and impact.
• Content Development & Multimedia: Develop compelling communications products, including executive briefings, presentations, fact sheets, infographics, web stories, videos, and multimedia content, translating complex scientific and technical information into accessible messaging for diverse audiences.
• Digital Communications & Public Outreach : Enhance program visibility through website management, social media, digital storytelling, conferences, public events, and outreach initiatives across NOAA and NASA platforms.
• GeoXO User Engagement : Collaborate with program leadership, scientific teams, and user engagement groups to understand evolving satellite data needs and communicate how current and future capabilities will support forecasting, research, environmental monitoring, and decision-making.
• Program Reporting & Executive Support: Develop executive briefings, program updates, status reports, and communications metrics that highlight program progress, accomplishments, outreach activities, and strategic priorities.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience developing and executing strategic communications, public affairs, outreach, or integrated communications programs in a NASA / NOAA / or scientific community setting.
• Exceptional written, verbal, organizational, and project management skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical and scientific information to diverse audiences.
• Experience developing creative communications products, including written content, graphics, presentations, digital media, and multimedia materials.
• Highly proficient utilizing Microsoft office suite and digital design tools (Canva or Adobe suite: InDesign, Illustrator, Premier. Canva).
• Strong understanding of digital communications, website content management, social media, and multimedia storytelling.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, coordinate concurrent projects, and deliver high-quality communications products within established timelines.
• Ability to work a hybrid remote and on-site schedule reporting on-site at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
• Some travel may be required.
• Individual must meet government NAC and citizenship/permanent residency requirements for access to NASA GSFC. Extensive background investigation will be performed as a requirement of the job. Some travel may be required.
• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of experience.

Benefits

• Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law.