Duties and Responsibilities:

• Use your excellent communications skills, strong managerial and interpersonal skills (both oral & written) to thrive in a team-oriented atmosphere.
• With your skill in multi-tasking priorities and self-motivation, you will perform research, respond to media inquires, track mentions in the mass-media, advise the management team in taking action in cases of communication crisis and foster in departmental brand awareness.
• Support the program with editing, creating, processing, and coordinating the composition of products for hardcopy and electronic publication and dissemination.  This work includes editing, proofreading, formatting, creating graphics, and providing quality control for the publication of analytic and finished intelligence products (including briefing books) for senior policymakers. 

• Lead document production efforts, define project requirements, develop production timelines, use approved formats, research written and graphic content, prepare concepts for customer review, produce final content layout and artwork, coordinate with stakeholders, ensure quality control, and prepare and deliver digital files for final hard copy or soft copy output. 
• Serve as the technical/creative resource for report production projects, provide alternative approaches and mediums for consideration, review concepts, content and final artwork, and recommend or incorporate revisions for team projects to ensure adherence to technical production and quality control standards.
• Assist the  Publications Officer in the plan and design of briefing products, web products, and websites, partnering with clients to ensure inclusion of project requirements. Plan and develop original, innovative content and graphic concepts, formats, templates, and/or standards for product design.
• Define, clarify, and communicate customers' requirements and coordinate with customers to plan projects; work closely with customers to translate vision and conceptual ideas into graphic products, assess work parameters on complex projects, collect information, negotiate production schedules, and resolve difficult procedural and production problems that may arise. 
• Preserve and protect all confidences and privileged communications.
• Design visual content to communicate messages via email messages, KSN Pages, or other channels.
• Develop innovative, creative communications campaigns and PowerPoint presentations.

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Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s of Science, Communications or Public Relations and 4 to 8 years of relevant experience or Masters with 2 to 6 years of relevant experience.
• Possess outstanding verbal and written communication skills while thriving in deadline-driven, fast-paced environment.
• Strong MS Office Suite especially PowerPoint
• Strong time-management skills.
• Skilled in using graphic design packages
• Ability to efficiently plan, provide for contingencies, balance competing demands, adapt to change, and remain focused to deliver results.

Desired Skills/Experience

• Canva experience
• Drupal experience