Director, Strategic Communications & Events

Lockheed Martin; Highlands Ranch (CO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible work arrangements

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

EAP

Education Assistance

Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Job summary

Lockheed Martin seeks a Director of Communications to lead a high-caliber media relations, branding, executive communications, events, and marketing team. You will shape strategy, advise senior leaders, manage budgets, and develop leaders while storytelling around space innovations and customer milestones.

You’ll craft messages for media and thought leadership, oversee integrated campaigns across paid, earned, and owned media, and guide crisis communications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college, or equivalent experience/combined education.
• 10+ years of communications experience.
• 8+ years of leadership experience, with leading and developing other leaders a must.
• Experience successfully managing extensive budgets.
• Experience in aerospace and defense and/or high-tech industries.
• Proven exceptional and high quality strategic communication skills, including written, verbal, and presentation, to effectively communicate business cases to all levels including executive leadership.
• Ability to travel within the United States up to 25 percent of the time.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize and lead high-impact communications campaigns that differentiate capabilities in space and advanced strategic business goals.
• Create and deliver compelling messages for media, marketing and thought leadership channels that advance thought leadership on key issues in space.
• Advise senior leaders and executive leadership across the business on communications strategy and messaging.
• Lead the implementation of innovations to embrace new technologies, new channels, and new media to tell our story in inspiring and meaningful ways.
• Build and manage relationships with tier one reporters covering the industry, pitch and oversee executive-level media interviews.
• Oversee marketing communications strategy for paid, shared and owned media including social media, web, trade shows, special events, sponsorships and advertising. Lead and develop a high-performing team of communications professionals.
• Lead the protocol team in creating meaningful senior leader visitor experiences and events, oversee related budget and development of team.
• Direct the management of budgets and resources for marketing, staffing and PR.
• Work closely with Corporate Communications to contribute to enterprise-wide efforts and advance space-related campaigns and programs.
• Partner with Government Affairs and Business Development to define an annual communications plan that advances business goals and reaches strategic audience segments.
• Lead a cross-business area communications campaign around defense related theme and topic.
• Define and implement a cohesive metrics strategy to track, measure and improve performance of marketing initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic communications

Budget management

Media relations

Crisis communications

Stakeholder management

Storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Lockheed Martin seeks a Director of Communications to lead a high-caliber media relations, branding, executive communications, events, and marketing team. You will shape strategy, advise senior leaders, manage budgets, and develop leaders while storytelling around space innovations and customer milestones.

You’ll craft messages for media and thought leadership, oversee integrated campaigns across paid, earned, and owned media, and guide crisis communications.