Job ID: 2305988

Location: REMOTE WORK, VA, US

Date Posted: 2023-04-27

Category: Communications

Subcategory: Communications

Schedule: Casual (includes On Call and Temporary)

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC has an opening for a Marketing Communications Principal. This is a remote position that can be worked from any location in the U.S.

Description: Provides writing and editing support for contracts and corporate projects. Responsibilities include:

• Research, write, and edit content for customer deliverables, including in-depth material factually presented in narrative form and understandable to members of target audiences, ensuring high-quality products that comply with in-house and AP style requirements.
• Write and edit articles, blog posts; digital content for social media platforms; press releases; emails; reports; briefings; proposals; RFI responses; white papers; marketing, sales, and business development materials; and other communications related to client and corporate projects as needed.
• Write captions, headlines, and subheads and rewrite as necessary to support clear, informative, and effective presentation of articles.
• Work with public affairs officers, media relations personnel, and others to schedule and conduct interviews, gather information, and coordinate article approvals.
• Edit and proofread content, graphics, and other materials. Check drafts for format, clarity, and overall cohesiveness. Make required changes to improve style, format, organization, grammar, and sentence structure, and coordinates changes with author(s) and other magazine editors as needed.
• Ensure documents meet editorial and government specifications and adhere to standards for quality, content, format, and style.
• Ensure conformity of materials with the style references, including the Associated Press Stylebook and corporate guidelines.

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Bachelors and ten (10) years or more of related experience; Masters and eight (8) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and five (5) years or more experience.

Desired Education: Minimum B.S. or B.A. degree or equivalent and 15 years’ experience in communications, outreach, writing, and editing.

Required Qualifications:

• Proven capabilities in journalistic writing and editing, English grammar, syntax, punctuation, and word usage.
• Proficiency in Associated Press Style and reference resources for fact-checking.
• Experience writing content for online platforms.
• Strong research and interview skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with different functional and operational team technical representatives.
• Demonstrated skill at making complex and technical subjects engaging, compelling, and easy to understand.
• Strong attention to detail and proofreading skills.
• Demonstrated skills in Microsoft Office tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat Professional.
• Strong sense of teamwork and responsibility.
• Ability to perform under pressure and meet tight deadline

U.S. citizenship required.

Target salary range: $100,001 - $125,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.