Senior Communication Designer

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yesterday

Occupations

Public Relations Specialists Public Relations Managers Media and Communication Workers, All Other

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Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services Other Management Consulting Services Other Specialized Design Services

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About the role

Overview: Steampunk is seeking aSenior Communications Designerto build an enterprise communications strategy and operating model for a large federal advisory program. Contributions Deliver an Enterprise Communication Strategy Stand up a “one voice” communications operating model — shared calendar, standardized templates, plain-language standards Build personas and stakeholder maps segmenting executive, oversight, workforce, and public audiences to tailor communications while preserving the “one voice” standard Design executive reports and dashboards, wireframed and usability-tested with the leadership audience before automation Apply Plain Writing Act standards to all communications content Assess communication messaging efficacy through surveys and stakeholder engagement, continuously refining dissemination approaches based on findings Support piloting of AI-assisted content drafting, tailoring, and summarization under approved governance, with mandatory human review before release, and never inputting sensitive, proprietary, PII, PHI, or CUI into an AI tool without authorization Build and deliver communications knowledge-transfer materials, progressively transitioning routine operation of the communications program to client staff

Qualifications

Required:

Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance
Bachelor's degree 8+ years of communications strategy or content design experience, including executive-facing reporting products
Demonstrated experience applying plain-language standards to complex technical/policy content
Experience building personas and stakeholder/audience segmentation for large, multi-audience communications programs
Experience wireframing and usability-testing communications products with executive audiences
Experience measuring communications effectiveness through surveys or feedback mechanisms and iterating based on results
Experience building communications knowledge-transfer materials to enable client teams to sustain a communications program independently

Preferred: Federal communications experience, including familiarity with the Plain Writing ActExperience piloting AI-assisted content workflows under a formal governance/human-review process Aboutsteampunk Steampunk is aChange Agentin the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As anemployee owned company, we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers – and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com.We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.

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JOB OVERVIEW

Experience level

Manager

Location

McLean, VA

Occupation

Public Relations Specialists

Industry

Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services

Posted

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