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External Content Strategist

Akima, LLC

Herndon, VA (Hybrid)Full time

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Akima, LLC

External Content Strategist

Herndon, VA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 15 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and drive Akima's enterprise content strategy across GovCon markets, shaping thought leadership, market intelligence, and cross-functional messaging. Lead content planning, executive storytelling, awards, and measurement to influence perception and elevate the brand.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Strategic Content Planning: - Develop and execute an enterprise content strategy aligned with Akima's business objectives, growth priorities, and marketing strategy. - Build proactive content roadmaps that support business development priorities, executive visibility, recruiting, and brand awareness. - Identify opportunities where strategic content can influence customer perception and strengthen competitive positioning.
GovCon Market Intelligence: - Continuously monitor the federal marketplace, customer priorities, acquisition trends, policy developments, competitive activity, and emerging technologies. - Anticipate shifts in the GovCon landscape and identify opportunities to position Akima ahead of market conversations. - Translate market intelligence into strategic recommendations, messaging themes, and thought leadership opportunities. - Advise marketing and business leaders on emerging issues, customer challenges, and industry trends that should influence content development.
Thought Leadership & Strategic Content Development: - Develop executive thought leadership, bylined articles, blogs, white papers, case studies, customer stories, campaign messaging, website content, and other strategic communications. - Lead Akima’s awards strategy and nomination process, identifying high-value opportunities and developing compelling submissions that elevate the company, its executives, and subject matter experts across the GovCon industry. - Partner with executives and subject matter experts to extract insights and transform complex technical concepts into compelling content. - Create messaging frameworks, value propositions, and narratives that differentiate Akima in the federal marketplace. - Ensure all strategic content reinforces enterprise positioning while supporting individual business group priorities.
Cross-Functional Leadership: - Partner with Business Development, Capture, and Marketing to identify strategic content opportunities. - Lead content planning sessions with internal stakeholders to align messaging with business priorities. - Serve as a trusted advisor on messaging, positioning, and content strategy across the enterprise.
Content Effectiveness: - Measure content performance and recommend adjustments based on business outcomes, audience engagement, competitive intelligence, and market trends. - Evaluate AI search visibility, digital engagement, and industry conversations to continuously refine Akima's content strategy. - Recommend new formats, channels, and storytelling approaches that enhance Akima's visibility and influence.

Requirements

Demonstrated understanding of the federal contracting marketplace, including agency priorities, acquisition trends, procurement processes, competitive positioning, and the broader factors shaping the GovCon industry.
7+ years in content creation, journalism, marketing, or communications—preferably in a government contracting environment.
Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, English, or a related field.
Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills.
Ability to write creative copy for a range of topics and content types.
Ability to adapt tone and style for diverse audiences and formats.
Strong project management and organizational skills.
Excellent writing and editing skills, with a keen eye for detail.
Solid time-management and organizational skills.
Must be proactive and able to work independently.

Benefits

Regular - The company offers a comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) and a range of other voluntary benefits. Paid Time Off (PTO) is offered to regular full-time and part-time employees.

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Responsibilities

Strategic Content Planning: - Develop and execute an enterprise content strategy aligned with Akima's business objectives, growth priorities, and marketing strategy. - Build proactive content roadmaps that support business development priorities, executive visibility, recruiting, and brand awareness. - Identify opportunities where strategic content can influence customer perception and strengthen competitive positioning.
GovCon Market Intelligence: - Continuously monitor the federal marketplace, customer priorities, acquisition trends, policy developments, competitive activity, and emerging technologies. - Anticipate shifts in the GovCon landscape and identify opportunities to position Akima ahead of market conversations. - Translate market intelligence into strategic recommendations, messaging themes, and thought leadership opportunities. - Advise marketing and business leaders on emerging issues, customer challenges, and industry trends that should influence content development.
Thought Leadership & Strategic Content Development: - Develop executive thought leadership, bylined articles, blogs, white papers, case studies, customer stories, campaign messaging, website content, and other strategic communications. - Lead Akima’s awards strategy and nomination process, identifying high-value opportunities and developing compelling submissions that elevate the company, its executives, and subject matter experts across the GovCon industry. - Partner with executives and subject matter experts to extract insights and transform complex technical concepts into compelling content. - Create messaging frameworks, value propositions, and narratives that differentiate Akima in the federal marketplace. - Ensure all strategic content reinforces enterprise positioning while supporting individual business group priorities.
Cross-Functional Leadership: - Partner with Business Development, Capture, and Marketing to identify strategic content opportunities. - Lead content planning sessions with internal stakeholders to align messaging with business priorities. - Serve as a trusted advisor on messaging, positioning, and content strategy across the enterprise.
Content Effectiveness: - Measure content performance and recommend adjustments based on business outcomes, audience engagement, competitive intelligence, and market trends. - Evaluate AI search visibility, digital engagement, and industry conversations to continuously refine Akima's content strategy. - Recommend new formats, channels, and storytelling approaches that enhance Akima's visibility and influence.

Requirements

Demonstrated understanding of the federal contracting marketplace, including agency priorities, acquisition trends, procurement processes, competitive positioning, and the broader factors shaping the GovCon industry.
7+ years in content creation, journalism, marketing, or communications—preferably in a government contracting environment.
Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, English, or a related field.
Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills.
Ability to write creative copy for a range of topics and content types.
Ability to adapt tone and style for diverse audiences and formats.
Strong project management and organizational skills.
Excellent writing and editing skills, with a keen eye for detail.
Solid time-management and organizational skills.
Must be proactive and able to work independently.

Benefits

Regular - The company offers a comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) and a range of other voluntary benefits. Paid Time Off (PTO) is offered to regular full-time and part-time employees.