Public Affairs Specialist

Input Technology Solutions is seeking a Public Affairs Specialist to support communications, content development, event coverage, visual media production, and public messaging in a dynamic operational environment

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior leadership, department heads, and command personnel to support a strong public affairs program.
• Help conceptualize, plan, administer, and evaluate the organization’s external and internal communications voice.
• Provide professional photography, video, and audio support for events and develop, write, edit, and submit articles for newsletters, websites, and other publications.
• Create invitations, tickets, flyers, booklets, programs, pamphlets, and other materials for special events.
• Support crisis communications by supplying timely, relevant information for media dissemination.
• Serve on the Fire Response Team and support Emergency Operations Center activities, including media control support, incident information gathering, and digital photography at incident sites.
• Act as a customer service advocate in support of public communication needs.
• Update and maintain event calendars, scrolling displays, advisory lines, website presentations, social media channels, and digital signage.
• Develop storyboards, conduct interviews, and create visual and written products for communication campaigns.
• Set up event sites and audio equipment for ceremonies and large events.
• Respond promptly and appropriately to requests for information about programs and services.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, political science, English, or a related field.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of writing, editing, and communication principles for both print and electronic media.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience conceiving, researching, writing, and editing publications and materials, including technical magazines and newsletters, with knowledge of Associated Press and U.S. Navy styles.
• Knowledge of professional photography and digital imaging methods.
• Knowledge of the shipbuilding industry.
• Experience creating communication plans, news releases, speeches, scripts, feature stories, fact sheets, brochures, invitations, programs, flyers, and booklets.
• Experience producing and editing podcast content.
• Experience delivering on-the-spot presentations to audiences with differing viewpoints or misunderstandings.
• Experience disseminating information through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and digital signage.
• Experience strengthening communication between leadership and stakeholder audiences.
• Experience producing high-resolution still and video imagery of complex subjects and operating imaging equipment to produce professional proofs and presentation prints.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and Adobe Creative Suite programs including InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Audition, and Premiere.
• Familiarity with the most recent editions of the Associated Press Stylebook and the U.S. Navy Style Guide.