Description

FMP Consulting (FMP) is a dynamic and leading management and strategic consulting firm with a rich history dating back to its founding in 1991. Specializing in both government and private sectors, FMP boasts a team of knowledgeable and experienced professionals who serve as trusted collaborators across diverse client projects. Rooted in core values of partnership, flexibility, and service, FMP has consistently earned recognition, including the Northern Virginia Family Services' Companies as Responsive Employers (CARE) Award as well as a place in the Washington Post's Top Places to Work.

We are currently seeking a Strategic Communications Specialist/ Content Creator to join our growing business.

Responsibilities Include:

Strategic Communications Consulting

• Update and sustain program area strategic communications strategies.
• Advise program-level leadership teams on strategic communications to improve operational customer and user communications content and business process
• Advise team members on communications and design best practices.
• Consult with the Client's Office of communications to ensure proper agency brand alignment requirements for public-facing programs.
• Advise leadership on suitable communications tools and techniques for engaging stakeholders (e.g., email marketing, digital newsletters, forums, wikis, social media, etc.)

Content Creation

• Write and edit clear and compelling messaging for internal, program-level initiatives as well as customer- and public-facing materials including but not limited to emails, web, flyers, infographics, and strategic plans.
• Design brand consistent visual content such as custom graphics, infographics, logos, icons, and document layouts and templates in the following programs: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, and Canva.
• Create custom videos and motion graphics in the following programs: Adobe Premier Pro and Adobe After Effects.

Style and Branding Application

• Establish/adhere to style and format guidelines for written and designed materials, including briefing slides and documents, digital and print marketing materials, and web content.

Knowledge Management

• Design and implement communications content knowledge management solution that ensures any staff member can locate, re-use and update briefing content on demand
• Develop and execute content management plan/structure for program office SharePoint sites and shared drive folders

Training

• Develop and deliver program-wide training programs on how to plan, craft and edit polished, brand responsive, and engaging communications. This training should emphasize strategic communications/public relations best practices and how to design communications against a planned outcome or objective.
• Consult and coach project teams and individual employees to raise organization-wide performance on communications materials

Qualifications

Experience Required:

• 5-7 years of experience engaged in communications projects and consulting
• 2 or more years of experience as a content creator (design and/or video)
• Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical audiences (orally and in written form)
• Ability to effectively collaborate across organizational barriers to accomplish high priority and high visibility goals
• Mastery of Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word to create highly customized slides and documents.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in a billable client environment.
• Knowledge of federal government human capital and/or management practices
• People and/or project management skills
• Related professional certification
• Current security clearance

Disclosures: Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. In addition, as a government contractor FMP follows federal guidelines which forbids drug use regardless of individual state laws.

EEO: All qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, or other legally protected status.

Diversity and Inclusion Statement: We are committed to an inclusive and positive culture that supports all employees and values diversity in all forms. We value diverse perspectives and experiences and seek to create an environment that embraces innovation and information sharing in a safe and inclusive space. This isn’t just a smart business practice; it is a fundamental characteristic of the organization we want to be and an area where we continue to learn and grow.