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Lockheed Martin · 1 day ago

Staff, Government Relations & Policy Communications

Arlington, VA

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

Lockheed Martin is seeking a strategic and detail-oriented individual to support its government affairs organization. The role involves providing advocacy and communications support, managing multiple workstreams, and collaborating with various internal and external stakeholders to drive strategic initiatives and advocacy campaigns.

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Responsibilities

Support LMGA key advocacy campaigns, ensuring strategic campaign goals are synchronized and optimized

Assist senior staff in drafting, reviewing, and tracking advocacy consultant agreements for scope, deliverables, and milestones

Serve as the primary point of contact for advocacy consultants on routine matters (meeting requests, document submissions) and facilitate strategic campaign information flow between LMGA, Communications, Legal, Finance, and Business Line partners

Responsible for discovering, tracking, and alerting breaking news and impactful narratives, and measuring and implementing innovative advocacy communications, and rapid response strategies to support brand reputation

Effectively collaborate with internal business partners, Investor Relations, Finance, Legal, Communications and other colleagues across Enterprise Operations and Business Areas on key activities to align strategy and ensure desired outcomes

Provide insightful, informed and strategic communications counsel to executives

Manage multiple workstreams and projects simultaneously

Support broader enterprise media relations engagement requirements, collaborating across the business to conduct research, prepare prep materials, identify, develop, and manage opportunities for and assist with narrative development and related messaging for use with and through third parties, government partners, and media outlets as required

Qualification

Political researchAdvocacy communicationsProject managementAP Style knowledgeCreative thinkingTime managementTeam collaboration

Required

Excellent judgement

Exceptional written and oral communications skills

Ability to navigate ambiguous situations with minimal guidance

Ability to prioritize competing tasks

Ability to inform leadership of situations requiring their immediate attention and action

Support LMGA key advocacy campaigns, ensuring strategic campaign goals are synchronized and optimized

Assist senior staff in drafting, reviewing, and tracking advocacy consultant agreements for scope, deliverables, and milestones

Serve as the primary point of contact for advocacy consultants on routine matters

Facilitate strategic campaign information flow between LMGA, Communications, Legal, Finance, and Business Line partners

Discover, track, and alert breaking news and impactful narratives

Measure and implement innovative advocacy communications and rapid response strategies to support brand reputation

Effectively collaborate with internal business partners, Investor Relations, Finance, Legal, Communications and other colleagues across Enterprise Operations and Business Areas

Provide insightful, informed and strategic communications counsel to executives

Manage multiple workstreams and projects simultaneously

Support broader enterprise media relations engagement requirements

Conduct research, prepare prep materials, identify, develop, and manage opportunities for narrative development and related messaging

Preferred

Prior experience in political research, political campaigns, 'war room' operations public affairs, or on Capitol Hill

Strong planning and project management experience

Knowledge of AP Style and contemporary digital media trends

Innovative and creative thinker

Strong work ethic

Positive attitude

Excellent prioritization and time management skills

Benefits

Ability to work remotely

Part-time Remote Telework

Company

Lockheed Martin

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Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that specializes in advanced technology systems, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Lockheed Martin.

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