Strategic Communication Specialist

Peraton is seeking a Communications Specialist to support our IC customer in Bethesda, MD who will:

• Supports the customer by leading communication support such as: the development, preparation, production, coordination, and editing of a range of products that may include finished intelligence products, strategy and planning documents, talking points, and speeches
• Prepares assignments based on input from subject matter experts
• Mentors and trains junior staff
• Utilizes tools such as Adobe Creative Cloud suite to create compelling content
• Provides support by researching, proofreading, editing, creating, writing, processing, revising, formatting, providing quality checks, and coordinating the composition of products for hardcopy and electronic publication, as well as dissemination on multiple platforms.
• Products will be in a variety of formats, styles, and configurations, including written and web-based products
• Ensures documentation and editing support includes checks for accuracy and consistency in organization, style, readability, and accessibility based on the medium
• Drafts and edits a variety of communication materials and products, including but not limited to talking points, speeches, quotes, remarks, leadership communications, marketing copy, newsletter content, website content, and other communications products
• Serves as the primary author on fact sheets, pamphlets, website content, articles, email messaging, and other communications products, as needed
• Initiates, plans, executes, and reports on tasks independently, as identified
• Prepares and edits speeches or scripts for senior executives for live or recorded delivery, testimony, and statements for Congressional Record
• Rewrites submissions as necessary to organize, balance, and apply a consistent sense of style, grammar, and flow to these written materials
• Conveys complex information in a clear and simple manner
• Ensures all products are consistent with tradecraft and publication standards
• Advises and coaches leadership on the presentation and delivery of speeches
• Tools include the MS Office suite, collaboration tools such as MS Teams and Sharepoint, as well as Adobe Creative Suite

• Requires an active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph
• Min 8 years with BS/BA, Min 6 years with MS/MA, Min 3 years with PhD, will consider 4 additional years of experience in lieu of Bachelors degree.
• Requires experience with the following: 
  • Leading communication support such as: the development, preparation, production, coordination, and editing of a range of products that may include finished intelligence products, strategy and planning documents, talking points, and speeches
  • Preparing assignments based on input from subject matter experts
  • Mentoring and training junior staff
  • Utilizing tools such as Adobe Creative Cloud suite to create compelling content
  • Providing support by researching, proofreading, editing, creating, writing, processing, revising, formatting, providing quality checks, and coordinating the composition of products for hardcopy and electronic publication, as well as dissemination on multiple platforms.
  • Ensuring documentation and editing support includes checks for accuracy and consistency in organization, style, readability, and accessibility based on the medium
  • Drafting and editing a variety of communication materials and products, including but not limited to talking points, speeches, quotes, remarks, leadership communications, marketing copy, newsletter content, website content, and other communications products
  • Preparing and editing speeches or scripts for senior executives for live or recorded delivery, testimony, and statements for Congressional Record
  • Conveying complex information in a clear and simple manner

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.