Markon, LLC.
Senior Communications Specialist
Markon, LLC., Bethesda, Maryland, us, 20811
Overview:
If you are considering sending an application, make sure to hit the apply button below after reading through the entire description.Eager to join a team where your skills are valued, your growth is nurtured, and your impact is profound? Look no further than Markon, a premier consulting firm deeply dedicated to advancing our nation's most critical missions.
At Markon, we don't just offer jobs – we offer opportunities for personal and professional transformation. Empowering our employees to lead, innovate, and excel, we foster an environment where new ideas are not just welcomed but celebrated. As a perennial Washington Post Top Workplace, we prioritize the well-being and success of our team members, ensuring they can bring their best selves to work.
Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, Markon has garnered national recognition for our unwavering dedication to excellence in serving the intelligence community, as well as federal civilian and defense agencies. Our growing reach extends across 17 states, 116 countries, and 5 continents, where our team of dynamic professionals collaborates to deliver unparalleled program and project management services.
Markon values people and the tremendous impact each individual can make – which is why we’re consistently recognized as one of the best places to work in federal government consulting. Here, you can help solve the nation’s most important challenges, surrounded by colleagues who help you grow, advance, and succeed. We are deeply dedicated to what matters – bringing out the best in each other to advance our clients’ missions.
Markon is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Description:
Markon is seeking a Communication Specialist to provide support to an Intelligence Customer by facilitating oral and written communications requirements.
Responsibilities:
Spearhead strategic communications efforts, emphasizing a transactional approach, with operations spanning between McLean and Bethesda.
Serve as the primary point of contact for meeting facilitation, ensuring meticulous notetaking and documentation.
Lead the development, coordination, and editing of strategic communication products, including but not limited to strategy and planning documents.
Collaborate closely with subject matter experts to prepare assignments, integrating diverse inputs into cohesive and easily understood documents.
Provide comprehensive support in researching, proofreading, editing, and ensuring the quality of various communication products for both print and electronic publication across multiple platforms.
Guarantee documentation and editing processes adhere to standards of accuracy, consistency, readability, and accessibility tailored to the medium of choice.
Draft and refine communication materials such as talking points, speeches, quotes, leadership communications, marketing copy, and web content.
Specialize in speech writing, crafting impactful addresses tailored for leadership across the enterprise.
Take initiative in planning, executing, and reporting on tasks with a high degree of independence.
Apply strong editorial skills to rewrite submissions, ensuring a harmonized sense of style, grammar, and flow across all written materials.
Distill complex information, presenting it in a clear, concise, and straightforward manner.
Uphold strict adherence to tradecraft and publication standards for all products.
Demonstrate proficiency with essential tools, including the MS Office suite, collaboration platforms like MS Teams and SharePoint, and Adobe Acrobat.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree and 18+ years of experience, a Master's degree and 10+ years of experience, or no degree with 24+ years of experience.
Requires an active TS/SCI with Polygraph.
Experience in leading communication support including the development, preparation, production, coordination, and editing of a range of products.
Experience in mentoring and training junior staff.
Proficiency in Adobe Acrobat and other relevant tools for content creation.
Skilled in researching, proofreading, editing, creating, writing, processing, revising, formatting, and coordinating the composition of products for publication.
Ability to draft and edit a variety of communication materials and products.
Experience in preparing and editing speeches or scripts for senior executives.
Ability to convey complex information in a clear and simple manner.
Salary Range:
USD $120,000.00 - USD $140,000.00 /Yr.
The Markon pay range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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If you are considering sending an application, make sure to hit the apply button below after reading through the entire description.Eager to join a team where your skills are valued, your growth is nurtured, and your impact is profound? Look no further than Markon, a premier consulting firm deeply dedicated to advancing our nation's most critical missions.
At Markon, we don't just offer jobs – we offer opportunities for personal and professional transformation. Empowering our employees to lead, innovate, and excel, we foster an environment where new ideas are not just welcomed but celebrated. As a perennial Washington Post Top Workplace, we prioritize the well-being and success of our team members, ensuring they can bring their best selves to work.
Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, Markon has garnered national recognition for our unwavering dedication to excellence in serving the intelligence community, as well as federal civilian and defense agencies. Our growing reach extends across 17 states, 116 countries, and 5 continents, where our team of dynamic professionals collaborates to deliver unparalleled program and project management services.
Markon values people and the tremendous impact each individual can make – which is why we’re consistently recognized as one of the best places to work in federal government consulting. Here, you can help solve the nation’s most important challenges, surrounded by colleagues who help you grow, advance, and succeed. We are deeply dedicated to what matters – bringing out the best in each other to advance our clients’ missions.
Markon is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Description:
Markon is seeking a Communication Specialist to provide support to an Intelligence Customer by facilitating oral and written communications requirements.
Responsibilities:
Spearhead strategic communications efforts, emphasizing a transactional approach, with operations spanning between McLean and Bethesda.
Serve as the primary point of contact for meeting facilitation, ensuring meticulous notetaking and documentation.
Lead the development, coordination, and editing of strategic communication products, including but not limited to strategy and planning documents.
Collaborate closely with subject matter experts to prepare assignments, integrating diverse inputs into cohesive and easily understood documents.
Provide comprehensive support in researching, proofreading, editing, and ensuring the quality of various communication products for both print and electronic publication across multiple platforms.
Guarantee documentation and editing processes adhere to standards of accuracy, consistency, readability, and accessibility tailored to the medium of choice.
Draft and refine communication materials such as talking points, speeches, quotes, leadership communications, marketing copy, and web content.
Specialize in speech writing, crafting impactful addresses tailored for leadership across the enterprise.
Take initiative in planning, executing, and reporting on tasks with a high degree of independence.
Apply strong editorial skills to rewrite submissions, ensuring a harmonized sense of style, grammar, and flow across all written materials.
Distill complex information, presenting it in a clear, concise, and straightforward manner.
Uphold strict adherence to tradecraft and publication standards for all products.
Demonstrate proficiency with essential tools, including the MS Office suite, collaboration platforms like MS Teams and SharePoint, and Adobe Acrobat.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree and 18+ years of experience, a Master's degree and 10+ years of experience, or no degree with 24+ years of experience.
Requires an active TS/SCI with Polygraph.
Experience in leading communication support including the development, preparation, production, coordination, and editing of a range of products.
Experience in mentoring and training junior staff.
Proficiency in Adobe Acrobat and other relevant tools for content creation.
Skilled in researching, proofreading, editing, creating, writing, processing, revising, formatting, and coordinating the composition of products for publication.
Ability to draft and edit a variety of communication materials and products.
Experience in preparing and editing speeches or scripts for senior executives.
Ability to convey complex information in a clear and simple manner.
Salary Range:
USD $120,000.00 - USD $140,000.00 /Yr.
The Markon pay range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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