Barbaricum

Barbaricum

Strategic Communications Task Lead

Washington, DC · Contract

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 34 days ago
CybersecurityStrategic CommunicationsResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationPublic SpeakingOrganizational SkillsMicrosoft Office

About the role

  • Headquartered in Washington, DC's historic Dupont Circle neighborhood, Barbaricum also has a corporate presence in Tampa, FL, Bedford, IN, and Dayton, OH, with team members across the United States and around the world.
  • Through all of this, we have built a vibrant corporate culture diverse in expertise and perspectives with a focus on collaboration and innovation.
  • Our teams are at the frontier of the Nation's most complex and rewarding challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Lead execution of strategic communications initiatives informed by research, analytics, audience insights, and MC&FP priorities.
  • Coordinate messaging, narrative development, campaign planning, and communications products across channels to optimize reach, consistency, and effectiveness.
  • Lead Strategic Communications planning processes to ensure cross-team communications campaigns and activities are integrated, audience-informed, and aligned with MC&FP objectives.
  • Establish project and program management approaches that support team coordination, track progress, manage resources, and align communications activities with program priorities.
  • Develop proposals and recommendations with senior leadership to enhance the quality, reach, and mission impact of Outreach and Engagement activities.
  • Support performance monitoring by working with team leaders and managers to establish metrics that measure the effectiveness and success of engagement and campaign activities.
  • Collaborate with Policy, Events and Partnerships, Leadership and Organizational Development, and other functional teams to communicate practical policy and practice insights to target audiences.
  • Develop and maintain a strong applied understanding of MC&FP audiences, stakeholder needs, and communication channels.
  • Manage time-sensitive, high-profile, pilot, or special project communications efforts, ensuring timely delivery of accurate and effective communications products.
  • Prepare and support high-profile promotional events, leadership messaging, campaign materials, briefings, talking points, and other strategic communications deliverables.

Requirements

  • Master's degree in Public Relations, Journalism, Communications, Public Policy, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in organizational strategic communications, public affairs, communications campaign management, or a related field.
  • Experience supporting executive communications, high-profile promotional events, special projects, pilot initiatives, or time-sensitive communications efforts.
  • Experience working with multidisciplinary teams to align communications, policy, events, partnerships, stakeholder engagement, and organizational priorities.
  • Strong knowledge of strategic communications, public relations, audience analysis, campaign planning, research-informed messaging, and communications performance measurement.
  • Ability to translate research, analytics, audience insights, and program results into compelling narratives, messaging strategies, and communications products.
  • Strong writing and editorial skills, with the ability to communicate complex ideas to diverse audiences in a concise and understandable manner.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and the ability to develop polished communications products, briefings, reports, and presentation materials.
  • Strong multitasking, time-management, and organizational skills, with the ability to meet deadlines and advance multiple projects simultaneously.

Skills

  • Ability to persuade, negotiate, and advance or resolve issues through clear, strategic, and audience-focused communication.
  • Experience coordinating communications campaigns across multiple teams, channels, stakeholders, deadlines, and competing priorities.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • DoD Secret Security Clearance

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