Position: Sr. Communications Manager
Location: Springfield, VA
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in related field of study or equivalent experience preferred. Plus 3-5 years of Project Lead Experience.
Clearance: Must be a US Citizen. DoD Secret Clearance is required.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Excellent writer, copy editor
- Team player, but also able to work on projects with little to no supervision
- Excellent communications skills and relationship building (both internally, with clients, and across other offices, divisions, etc.)
- Good knowledge of, and eye for website, user experience best practices
Desired Skills:
- Graphic design
- SharePoint
- Event planning/staffing
- Photography/photo editing
Responsibilities:
- Compose, write, and edit Annual Report, presentations, emails, newsletters, etc.
- Fulfill divisional and Front Office requests for communication products, special projects, and event production and coordination as needed.
- Assist Employee Engagement Specialist (EES) with AA Leadership Messages (discussing potential topics on Wed or Thurs am, often writing first draft, reformatting edited version from EES and PA)
- Identify, research, write, and compile material to include in bi-weekly newsletter for all I&A employees (Workforce Wednesday). This also includes outreach to various divisions/groups and employee councils.
- Update Engagement project tracker
- Write/edit/send email broadcasts to workforce
- Oversee Employee Highlight initiative: engage Employee Advisory Council to secure featured employee, collect employee information, edit, and publish it on SharePoint every six weeks
- Help with employee council projects and initiatives (planning events, producing newsletters, etc.)
- Serve as an I&A Public Affairs liaison (pitching articles, writing articles, coordinating photos, quotes)
- Assists with the management of the I&A Quarterly Awards program including planning and execution of quarterly award ceremonies
- Works with/assists SharePoint team to improve I&A sites
- Help Sr. Comms Manager/PM plan and execute employee engagement events, celebratory month panels (Women’s History Month, National Disability Awareness Month, etc.)
- Develop, edit, and update SOP documents for various communications items.
Additionally, as Team Lead:
- Produce weekly/bi-Weekly Report for COR, fed leads, etc.
- Coordinate and approve time off requests and schedule adjustments
- Log/collect contract deliverables
- Assist/remind employees about variety of TSA or I&A items such as PIV card renewals, parking policies, etc.
- Set up employee check in meetings to fit needs of PM and employee (once a week, bi-weekly, once a month, unnecessary, etc.)
- Host weekly ESVP DSPEC contractor team meeting
- Conduct Annual Reviews
- Maintain information flow with contractor COR and other federal leads/employees
- Provide COR with a variety of contract/employee information upon request
- Collect work product examples, kudos, etc.
Corporate Performance Standards: In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to conform to the following:
Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision.
Interact professionally with other employees, customers and suppliers.
Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments.
Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations.
About DIGITALSPEC, LLC
DIGITALSPEC, LLC (DSPEC) is a Small Business Administration (SBA) certified 8(a), ISO 9001, 20000, and 27001 company founded in 2005 and headquartered in Fairfax, VA. We are a leading provider of Business Consulting Services and Technical Solution Services delivering true business value and return on investment to Federal clients in the metropolitan Washington, D.C area. DSPEC provides solutions and services in markets such as: Homeland Security and Law Enforcement, Defense and Intelligence, Financial Services, and Social & Citizen Services. We work collaboratively with clients to create solutions that ‘fit’ the client environment and use industry best practices.
