Responsibilities

• Operational support for the Strategic Communications team which is a multi-disciplinary communications and design team focused on integrated communications planning, message development and creative for stakeholders across JPL, NASA and industry.
• This Strategic Communications Specialist III position will report to the Manager of Strategic Communications. The Strategic Communications Specialist will be nimble, highly curious about NASA/JPL science and engineering, and relentlessly focused on delivering the highest quality products quickly and efficiently.
• Develop products and messaging geared to all stakeholder groups inclusive of the public, NASA, aerospace, international partners, science communities and Program teams.
• Organize complex technical milestones into compelling, creative narratives that resonate with audiences.
• Support new content, product ideas, and messaging campaigns flexibly unconstrained by medium, including pitches, white papers proposals, site visits and other high level events.
• Support project research to support strong messaging architecture for highly-complex projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, Fine Arts, Science, or a related field with a minimum of 6 years of related experience; Masters in a related discipline with a minimum of 4 years of related experience; PhD in a related discipline with a minimum of 2 years of related experience.
• Proven ability to field undefined requests and action them in smaller tasks, and a track record of delivering impactful products on tight deadlines.
• Experience with diagram systems, gantt charts, proposals and data visualization.
• Relentless focus on detail and strong design and storytelling instincts.
• Genuine interest in and alignment with NASA’s mission to explore the unknown in air and space, innovate for the benefit of humanity, and inspire the world through discovery.
• Punctual, detail oriented, resourceful and a self-motivated individual.
• Exceptional creative and verbal communication skills and ability to work in a team environment.
• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in a fast-paced environment with responsibility for delivering concepts from inception through delivery.

Preferred

• Experience working within a scientific, technical, or aerospace environment.
• A portfolio of work that demonstrates your ability to take a complex topic and make it visually and narratively compelling.
• Familiarity with common creative and project management tools such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Premiere Pro).

Benefits

• JPL has a catalog of benefits and perks that span from the traditional to the unique. This includes a variety of health, dental, vision, wellbeing, and retirement plans, paid time off, learning, rideshare, childcare, flexible schedule, parental leave and many more. Our focus is on work-life balance, and living healthy, fulfilling lives as we Dare Mighty Things Together.