Communications Specialist
Skills
AP StylebookArtifactsBusinessBusiness IntelligenceCBPJournalismLaw Enforcement
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in communications journalism or related discipline
- 7+ years of related experience
- Current DHS U.S. Customs and Border Protection BI Clearance or ability to obtain one
- U.S. citizenship required
- Excellent writing editing and content development skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work independently with accountability and ownership
- Experience working in government space
- Extensive experience writing and editing on deadline for publication
- Experience developing content for print and digital platforms
- Proficiency with MS Office suite SharePoint and similar tools
- Familiarity with style guides AP Stylebook and federal plain language requirements
- Comfort working remotely on a distributed team
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities
Nice to have
- Versatile
- Detail-oriented
- Independent
- Team-oriented
- Eager to help
- Brainstorming mindset
Day to day
- Develop strategic communications that support a federal trade enforcement mission and help translate complex technical concepts for general audiences
- Create and refine print and digital content including presentations talking points messaging and outreach materials for internal and external audiences
- Coordinate multiple quick-turn assignments in a fast-paced remote team environment while ensuring accuracy quality and compliance with plain language and style standards
Hiring process
- Complete the online application
- Participate in virtual interviews on camera
- Complete identity verification with biometrics