Senior Enterprise Communications Designer (Federal Programs)

Steampunk; Bloomington (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Steampunk in Bloomington, IL is seeking a Senior Communications Designer to build an enterprise communications strategy and operating model for a large federal advisory program. You will design executive reports and dashboards, develop personas and stakeholder maps, apply plain-language standards, and guide AI-assisted content workflows with governance and human review.

This role requires 8+ years of strategy or content design experience and the ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
• 8+ years of communications strategy or content design experience.
• Experience applying plain-language standards to complex technical content.
• Experience building personas and stakeholder segmentation for large programs.
• Experience wireframing and usability testing executive communications.
• Experience measuring communications effectiveness and iterating based on results.
• Experience creating knowledge-transfer materials for client teams.

Responsibilities

• Deliver an Enterprise Communication Strategy.
• Stand up a one voice communications operating model — shared calendar, templates, plain-language standards.
• Build personas and stakeholder maps across executive, oversight, workforce, and public audiences.
• Design executive reports and dashboards, wireframed and usability-tested with leadership audiences.
• Apply Plain Writing Act standards to all communications content.
• Assess messaging effectiveness through surveys and stakeholder feedback; refine approaches.
• Support piloting AI-assisted content workflows under governance with human review.
• Create knowledge-transfer materials to transition routine operations to client staff.

Skills

Enterprise communications strategy

Stakeholder mapping

Executive reporting

Plain language standards

Wireframing and usability testing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Steampunk in Bloomington, IL is seeking a Senior Communications Designer to build an enterprise communications strategy and operating model for a large federal advisory program. You will design executive reports and dashboards, develop personas and stakeholder maps, apply plain-language standards, and guide AI-assisted content workflows with governance and human review.

This role requires 8+ years of strategy or content design experience and the ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.