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Senior Strategist

Washington D.C · Senior · Full-time

No sponsorship$112k-$151kDetected 11 days ago
Data VisualizationCybersecurityOKRsStrategic CommunicationsBrand StrategyResearchLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingMentoringPublic SpeakingOrganizational Skills

About the role

  • About the Opportunity LINK is looking for a Senior Strategist with a strong background in Communication to join our dynamic team.
  • Your expertise in Strategic Communications will play a pivotal role in driving LINK's business growth and delivering high-quality, client-focused outcomes.
  • The ideal candidate will have extensive experience working directly with clients, extracting key insights, and leading collaborative initiatives to achieve impactful results.

Responsibilities

  • Partners directly with client stakeholders to define missions, visions, strategic goals, and measurable KPIs/OKRs aligned to enterprise priorities.
  • Leads strategic planning efforts, including executive workshops, stakeholder engagements, scenario planning activities, and initiative prioritization efforts.
  • Identifies opportunities to create tangible business value and helps shape follow-on work that supports client success and long-term engagement growth.
  • Translates complex ideas into compelling strategic narratives, executive-level presentations, communication strategies, and decision-support products.
  • Designs content structures, information hierarchies, and storytelling approaches that communicate complex concepts clearly and effectively.
  • Collaborates with creative teams to develop high-quality visual products that support strategic objectives and audience understanding.
  • Leads development of executive-ready materials that support decision-making, alignment, and organizational action.
  • Develops and implements change management strategies, including stakeholder engagement plans, communications strategies, change impact assessments, and adoption roadmaps.
  • Designs governance frameworks, operating models, and implementation approaches that support successful transformation efforts.
  • Facilitates cross-functional working sessions that drive alignment, accelerate decision-making, and address organizational resistance.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communication, Business, Public Policy, English, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in strategic communications, consulting, public affairs, organizational transformation, program management, strategy, or a related field.
  • Experience facilitating executive-level discussions, workshops, and strategic planning efforts.
  • Ability to synthesize complex information into clear insights, recommendations, and actionable plans.
  • Some travel required to attend relevant events and conferences, and participate in LINK team events
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
  • Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with clients and influence stakeholders at multiple levels of an organization.
  • Strong strategic thinking, analytical problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
  • Interest in visual storytelling, data visualization, and communicating abstract concepts through compelling narratives.
  • Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining quality and attention to detail.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing executive-level presentations and strategic deliverables.
  • Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity, exercise sound judgment, and lead work in complex, fast-paced environments.
  • Extensive experience operating in ambiguous environments and exercising sound judgment with incomplete information.

Compensation

  • We're committed to offering competitive compensation.
  • While the salary range for this position is $112,000-$151,000, your final offer may be adjusted based on factors like experience and location.
  • 11 Federal Holidays per year

Benefits

  • $100 monthly internet/cell phone stipend
  • LINK sponsored healthcare benefits including medical, dental, vision
  • Company-paid Short Term Disability Insurance
  • 15 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year
  • Paid Holiday Time Off (Christmas Eve through the New Year)
  • Annual bonus plan participation
  • Annual profit sharing participation
  • $2,000 Learning and Development program reimbursement
  • Develops messaging frameworks that align leadership vision, organizational priorities, and stakeholder needs.

Company info

  • LINK is a fast-growing Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) that leverages human-centered design to support strategy, innovation, communication, change, and branding within the federal government and adjacent industry partners. At LINK, we partner with engineers, futurists, and thought leaders to untangle complexity, discover opportunity, and communicate clearly with visual stories.
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  • About the Opportunity
  • LINK is looking for a Senior Strategist with a strong background in Communication to join our dynamic team. You will interface directly with clients to understand their unique challenges, provide consultative strategies and executive-level solutions, distill narratives from client-provided content, and collaborate with the creative team to execute visual products that align with the client's brand, industry, and culture.
  • In this role, you will work with colleagues across the organization to uncover meaningful insights, build game-changing strategies, and deliver tailored solutions.
  • This is an exciting opportunity to bring together creative and strategic expertise to contribute to LINK's continued success.
  • LINK is a fast-growing Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) that leverages human-centered design to support strategy, innovation, communication, change, and branding within the federal government and adjacent industry partners.
  • At LINK, we partner with engineers, futurists, and thought leaders to untangle complexity, discover opportunity, and communicate clearly with visual stories.
  • LINK is looking for a Senior Strategist with a strong background in Communication to join our dynamic team.
  • You will interface directly with clients to understand their unique challenges, provide consultative strategies and executive-level solutions, distill narratives from client-provided content, and collaborate with the creative team to execute visual products that align with the client's brand, industry, and culture.
  • Qualifications
  • Client Partnership & Strategic Advisory
  • Serves as a trusted advisor to clients by framing complex challenges, identifying opportunities, and translating ambiguity into actionable strategies and recommendations.
  • Conducts and oversees research, stakeholder interviews, benchmarking efforts, and current-state assessments to inform strategic recommendations.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
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