Strategic Communications & Change Lead

Guidehouse; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 74,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

Personal and Family Sick Time &Company

Discretionary variable incentive bonus

Parental Leave

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a Communications Specialist to support strategic communications, change management, and stakeholder engagement for complex organizational initiatives. You will translate technical information into audience-focused messaging and draft executive communications, announcements, FAQs, and presentations.

You will create visuals, calendars, engagement plans, and coordinate stakeholder sessions while balancing multiple deliverables in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 2 years of relevant professional experience in strategic communications, management consulting, organizational change management, marketing, stakeholder engagement, or a related field.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to communicate complex topics clearly and concisely.
• Strong Microsoft PowerPoint skills and experience developing polished, professional presentations.
• Experience developing visual communications such as infographics, process graphics, timelines, executive presentations, or similar materials.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of strategic communications, change management, and stakeholder engagement strategies for complex organizational initiatives.
• Analyze organizational changes, stakeholder needs, and business priorities to identify communications and engagement needs.
• Translate complex organizational, operational, and policy information into clear, concise, audience-centered communications.
• Draft and edit executive communications, employee announcements, talking points, FAQs, briefing materials, newsletters, presentations, toolkits, and other communications products.
• Develop infographics, process diagrams, timelines, one-pagers, presentation graphics, and other visual communications that make complex concepts easier to understand.
• Create polished, executive-ready PowerPoint presentations that combine strong messaging with effective visual storytelling.
• Support development and maintenance of communications calendars, stakeholder maps, message frameworks, engagement plans, and related project materials.
• Help plan and support stakeholder engagement activities, including leadership sessions, employee engagement activities, listening sessions, and feedback mechanisms.
• Synthesize stakeholder feedback, employee questions, and other qualitative information to identify themes and recommend improvements to communications and engagement approaches.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts and client stakeholders to turn technical or evolving information into accessible communications.
• Manage multiple deliverables in a fast-paced environment while maintaining quality, consistency, attention to detail, and responsiveness to client needs.

Skills

Strategic communications

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Executive communications

Written and verbal communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, public relations, business, graphic design, organizational change, public policy, or a related field

Tools

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a Communications Specialist to support strategic communications, change management, and stakeholder engagement for complex organizational initiatives. You will translate technical information into audience-focused messaging and draft executive communications, announcements, FAQs, and presentations.

You will create visuals, calendars, engagement plans, and coordinate stakeholder sessions while balancing multiple deliverables in a fast-paced environment.