Communications & Content Specialist
- Countries
- USA
- Job Types
- operations
- Experience
- mid
- Organization Types
- aerospace
- Location
- Herndon
- Posted Date
- Company
- Maxar Technologies
- Salary
- $62,000.0 - $100,100.0 annually
AI Summary
Job Description
Vantor seeks a versatile writer to craft compelling stories about complex technical and market topics, focusing on public relations and corporate communications. Responsibilities include writing press releases, media pitches, executive content, and broader brand marketing materials across digital and campaign channels. The role involves translating technical concepts into accessible stories, managing content standards, and collaborating with various teams to strengthen Vantor's editorial voice and connect capabilities to customer outcomes.
Hard Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, journalism, English, marketing or a related field and at least 2 years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Demonstrated professional writing and editing experience in public relations, corporate communications, journalism, copywriting or content marketing, supported by a portfolio or work samples.
- Ability to produce clear, accurate and audience-appropriate copy across formats, including media materials, executive content, web content and social channels.
- Ability to understand complex or technical subject matter, identify the strongest story and translate it into concise language tied to business or customer outcomes.
- Strong command of grammar, structure, tone and editorial consistency, with careful attention to detail and factual accuracy.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments, stakeholders, reviews and deadlines while working independently and responding quickly to changing priorities.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, including the judgment to incorporate feedback, ask effective questions and work with subject-matter experts and senior stakeholders.
- Must be a U.S. Person.
Soft Requirements
- Experience developing press releases, pitches, briefing materials, talking points, award submissions or thought-leadership content in an agency or in-house communications environment.
- Experience supporting executive communications, media relations, spokesperson programs or executive social-media channels.
- Experience writing about technology, aerospace, geospatial intelligence, defense or another complex business-to-business industry.
- Familiarity with AP style, editorial calendars, content-management workflows and structured review and approval processes.
- Experience with media-monitoring, coverage-tracking or reporting tools and the ability to turn performance data into practical recommendations.
- Working knowledge of integrated marketing campaigns and how PR, digital, social, creative and product marketing content reinforce one another.