Graphics and Communications Specialist

Arcfield

$135K — $234K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10-12 years of experience with BS/BA, 8-10 years with MS/MA, or 5-7 years with PhD
  • Must possess and maintain an active TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
  • Over 3 years of experience in developing and managing communications graphics for large organizations
  • Team player capable of working towards common goals
  • Experience within a functional staff with diverse responsibilities
  • Proficient in translating executive vision into finished graphics and written products
  • Skilled in graphics software including Publisher, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office tools (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
  • Understanding of governmental structures and operations (SETA, FFRDC)

Responsibilities

  • Develop comprehensive communications graphics, logos, awards, reports, and strategies
  • Craft communication graphics and publications from technical information
  • Support execution of customer communication and engagement strategies
  • Plan and execute social morale events and internal/external communications
  • Create executive-level briefings for Congressional Staffers and VIPs
  • Coordinate photography for various organizational needs
  • Interact daily with clients and contractors to support mission strategy development

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Holiday Pay
  • Short and Long-Term Disability
  • Retirement and Savings
  • Learning and Development opportunities
  • Wellness programs
  • Optional benefit elections
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference in the government space? What if you could find a position that leverages your openness to change, technical, graphics and communication skills? That's why we need you, an experienced graphics and media specialist with innovative thoughts on marketing strategies and abilities using various media platforms to provide strategic communications, graphics and media support to senior level government directors for ground enterprise solutions in the IC and DoD.

Our Chief of Staff team is responsible for providing strategic, management, and business operations support to senior level government directors. Responsibilities include developing, facilitating and managing communications graphics, logos, awards, coins, reports, strategies, plans and forums for a large organization. This includes developing and crafting a broad range of communication graphics, publications and products and translating deep programmatic or technical information into understandable concepts.

The candidate will support the development and execution of the customer's communication and engagement strategy ensuring consistency in clear, concise and relevant messages for all stakeholder communications. This includes helping plan and execute social morale events; internal/external Congressional communications; strategic outreach and organizational branding; executive-level briefings for Congressional Staffers and VIP visitors; photography for organizational charts, awards and special events. The candidate will work with executive leaders, turning their vision into finished written and displayable products.

The selected candidate will have frequent client interactions, and support system and mission strategy development across the various ground offices. The candidate will have daily interaction with the customers, supporting contractors, and will need to follow customer standards and processes as the program matures through the life cycle. Candidate will interact with multiple System Program Offices (SPOs) and support technical consultation, meeting coordination, and support to recommendation briefings.

Qualifications

Required Skills:
  • Education Requirement: 10 to 12 years with BS/BA, or 8 to 10 years with MS/MA, or lastly PhD with 5 to 7 years.
  • Clearance Requirement: Must possess and have the ability to maintain an active TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph.
  • More than 3 years' experience developing, facilitating and managing communications graphics, publications, strategies and plans for a large organization
  • Experience working on a team toward a common goal
  • Experience working within a highly functional staff with a diverse set of responsibilities and activities united by a common vision
  • Experience using creative interpretation; skilled at working with executive leaders, turning their vision into finished written and displayable products
  • Experience and proficiency with graphics and publishing software packages including Publisher, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign
  • Skilled in a variety of Microsoft Office and other communication tools (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
  • Commitment to recognize, understand, respect and operate effectively within various SETA, FFRDC, and Government lines of authority

Strongly Desired Skills:
  • Knowledge of customer's mission capabilities (to include GEOINT, SIGINT and Multi-INT domains) and overall space and ground architecture.
  • A degree in arts, marketing, communications or policy related preferred.

Equal Pay Act

This is the projected compensation range for this position. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. In addition, Arcfield invests in its employees beyond just compensation. Arcfield 's benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, Short Term and Long-Term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections. Min: $135,035.83 Max: $234,801.11

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