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Climb to new heights on your career journey and start Defining Possible with Northrop Grumman. With us, you’ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration where you’ll impact the way we connect and protect our world across every frontier.

Northrop Grumman’s Employee Communications team seeks a creative Employee Communications Representative who is confident in being a strategic advisor, thrives on the challenge of informing and inspiring employees around business priorities and culture, loves to story tell and constantly seeks to improve through disciplined measurement, analysis and adjustment.

This position reports to the Employee Communications manager for Northrop Grumman’s Mission Systems sector, and is located in Linthicum, Maryland, with opportunities to telework.

In this job, you’ll:

• Support our efforts to inform and inspire employees and drive business priorities within the company’s Mission Systems sector.
• Develop, implement and measure employee, executive, culture and change communications plans and tactics.

• Be a storyteller: Conceptualize, procure and produce a diverse array of inspirational content about our people, technologies, successes and business capabilities. Content will range from articles and videos, to interviews, Q&As, brief/catchy lists, infographics, and photo/caption features.
• Lead and/or support the coordination of executive events, including virtual and in person webcasts, site visits, conferences and ceremonies.
• Write, edit, distribute and measure strategic and timely business announcements, news items, digital content, articles and videos.
• Serve as a partner and trusted advisor to executive leaders. Develop and measure leaders’ announcements, talking points, speeches, video scripts and speaker prep memos.
• Support maintenance of the sector’s internal websites and digital signage monitors.
• Ensure all communications plans and tactics are consistent with the company’s strategic vision and reflect the Northrop Grumman brand.

You’ll be a great fit if you:

• Have excellent writing and editing skills, and an enthusiasm for telling inspirational stories with words, videos, photos and graphics.
• Live by prioritization and organization, and possess a borderline-annoying attention to detail.
• Love blending internal and external communications and have a track record of developing, implementing and measuring successful communications plans in collaboration with cross-function teams.
• Are positive, poised and approachable, able to work independently and in partnership with others, and confident in offering communications counsel to business partners.
• Thrive in fast-paced, action-oriented environments and able to juggle multiple projects simultaneously, reprioritize quickly and meet deadlines.
• Enjoy translating complex and technical topics into easily understandable and interesting stories.
• Are a stellar project manager and have event planning experience.
• Have a demonstrated understanding of modern communications topics, tools and trends.

• Are creative and tech-savvy, and willing to challenge the status quo to propose and pilot new, creative solutions, tools and technologies using strategic rationale and business need to build your case.
• Love data – and using analytics to not only measure your success, but to modify your approach and drive positive change.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from accredited university with six (6) years of experience successfully developing and deploying communications practices or 4 (fours) years of communications experience with Master-level degree from accredited university.
• Experience in employee or executive communications .
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong judgement, problem solving and organizational skills, and superb attention to detail.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (Word, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Proficient in AP Style.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in media, public relations, brand or marketing, digital communications or community relations is preferred.
• Communications and leadership experience working with a large, matrixed and/or geographically dispersed organization.
• Experience working with senior-level executives in industry or government.
• Experience with communications tools, including website content management systems and other digital communications tools.
• International relations, global business experience is a plus.
• Analytical skills and ability to spot trends.
• Active security clearance is a plus.
• Familiarity with the Adobe Suite of products and a basic understanding of HTM is a plus.
• Experience producing omni-channel editorial content for a newspaper, news channel, video, magazine or other venue.

Salary Range: $82,400 USD - $123,600 USD

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.