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Strategic Communications Specialist III
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA (On-site)Full time$101K/yr – $134K/yr
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Strategic Communications Specialist III
Pasadena, CA (On-site)
$101K/yr – $134K/yrSenior LevelFull time
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Job Summary
Own the strategic narrative for cross-stakeholder audiences by turning complex NASA/JPL milestones into clear, compelling messaging and campaigns that span the public, industry partners, and science communities.
- Lead multi-channel storytelling and messaging architecture for high-impact programs.
- Turn technical milestones into audience-facing narratives and event-ready content.
- Collaborate across a nimble team to develop pitches, white papers, site visits, and high-level events.
Job Description
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.
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Formed in 1936, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center managed for NASA by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech.) JPL joined NASA as an FFRDC when the agency was founded in 1958. JPL helped open the Space Age by developing America's first Earth-orbiting science satellite, creating the first successful interplanetary spacecraft, and sending robotic missions to the solar system. Today, JPL continues its world-leading innovation, implementing programs in planetary exploration, Earth science, space-based astronomy and technology development while applying its capabilities to technical and scientific problems of national significance. We have big aspirations, driven by our values. We aim to be: Bold, Inclusive, Trusted. We turn ideas for science investigation into the reality of groundbreaking space missions, partnering with our strategic business teams to guide JPL into the future. We Dare Mighty Things Together.
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