SAIC

NRO Strategic Communications Specialist

SAIC • $110K — $130K *
Chantilly, VA 20152In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
11 - 15 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • BA in Broadcast Journalism, Communications, or related field with 15+ years of experience; MA and 13 years; or PhD and 10 years of experience in relevant areas.
  • Proven ability to develop various communication products like presentations, graphics, and articles.
  • Experience working closely with senior leaders to craft communication strategies and engagement plans.
  • Strong writing, public speaking, and interpersonal skills are essential.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare and deliver diverse communication products including intelligence briefings, summaries, and articles to enhance stakeholder awareness.
  • Act as a liaison with the Office of Public Affairs to coordinate communication initiatives and gather feedback.
  • Produce tailored content for customer program offices to boost advocacy and user engagement.
  • Build relationships with communicators across various agencies to amplify the impact of customer publications.
  • Ensure consistency in messaging across customer leadership, program offices, and outreach teams.
  • Lead the writing of newsletters, articles, scripts, and other communication materials.
  • Develop custom briefs and talking points for leadership as requested.
  • Help plan and create content for mission-related events and conferences.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work closely with senior leaders in the intelligence community.
  • Engagement with diverse communication initiatives across multiple agencies.
  • Exposure to high-level strategic communication practices.
  • Support for professional growth within a mission-driven environment.
  • Diverse media product development experience and portfolio enhancement.
Full Job Description
Job Description

SAIC has an opportunity for a Strategic Communications Specialist in Chantilly, VA to provide direct strategic communication support to an NRO Program Office Director. The selected individual will identify and create connections with fellow communicators across IC, DoD and civilian agencies to communicate the mission, goals, and strategies. Additionally, the individual will provide program advocacy to agencies and intelligence users via multiple media types to increase awareness of satellite capabilities and the data they provide. Qualified candidates must possess an active TS/SCI security clearance with CI Polygraph.

Key duties/responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
  • Expand awareness of customer priorities across stakeholder audiences by preparing and delivering a wide-range of internal and external products and documents including high-level intelligence briefings, intelligence summaries, news articles, website content, video scripts, speeches and more.
  • Fulfill the role of liaison between customer and its larger Office of Public Affairs via regular communication to ensure coordination of communications initiatives, receive feedback in the development and approval for communication products, and seek opportunities for customer participation in external engagements.
  • Work closely with customer program offices to produce content based on specific program office needs (e.g. program advocacy, increased user engagement, and increase awareness of new capability) for internal and external publication.
  • Identify, build and maintain connections with communicators across IC, DoD, and civilian agencies where customer publications would have meaningful impact, and regularly submit content to those outlets.
  • Establish standardization and consistency between customer leadership, program offices and outreach teams to relay the customer mission in a cohesive manner.
  • Serve as lead writer responsible for developing content for newsletter, articles, scripts, congressional testimony and more.
  • Develop tailored briefs and talking points for leadership upon request.
  • Assist in the planning, coordination, marketing and content creation for all customer mission-related events/conferences.
  • Learn and brief customer material when necessary, where user outreach support is needed.


Qualifications

  • BA in Broadcast Journalism, Communications, or similar discipline with 15 years or more experience; Masters and 13 or PhD and five 10 or more years of experience in strategic communications, public affairs, or media relations.
  • Experience developing communication products (presentations, graphics, videos, articles and fact sheets).
  • Experience interfacing with Senior leaders to develop internal and external communication strategies, messaging approaches, branding campaigns, engagement plans, etc.
  • Exceptional written, public speaking, and interpersonal skills.

Desired Qualifications:
  • MA in Broadcast Journalism, Public Affairs, Communications, or similar discipline.


About SAIC

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is a technology integrator in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC has approximately 26,000 employees and operates in more than 70 countries. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. SAIC provides services to the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and civilian agencies. The company also serves commercial customers in the healthcare, energy, and financial services sectors.
Learn more about SAIC
Size
26,000 employees
Market Cap
$6 billion
Industry
Information Technology
Net Income
$206 million
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+10.7%
Revenue
$6.8 billion
NASDAQ
SAIC
* Ladders Estimates

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