RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance availableCLEARANCE TYPE: NoneTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.As a member of the Northrop Grumman Employee Communications, Content and Channel Strategy team, the Senior Principal Employee Communications Representative will help drive the innovation, development, and execution of Northrop Grumman's employee engagement strategy, working across Centers of Practice (CoPs) and business sectors to execute a broad scale rollout across Northrop Grumman's diverse employee population across all 50 states and internationally.
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This position is based in one of the following locations: Falls Church, VA, Linthicum, MD, San Diego, CA or Redondo Beach, CA. * This is not a remote position.
A key focus for Northrop Grumman is to build an industry-leading capabilities ecosystem that enables the most impactful employee communications. It will require an interconnected content ecosystem, thoughtful content and channel strategy and purposeful storytelling to reach the right employee audiences at the right time. This role plays a critical part in standing up our internal storytelling engine and has an opportunity to help shape and develop our internal editorial strategy, driving the future of employee engagement and culture.
You will work closely with various teams to drive the evolution of our end-to-end enterprise content capabilities. This full-time position reports to the Manager of Communications for Content & Channel Strategy within the Employee Communications organization.
Responsibilities:
Serve as the deputy editor of our internal storytelling engine, playing a lead role in reimagining storytelling across the Employee Communications organization and leading the development and production of employee-focused storytelling packages
Lead the editing and distribution of all employee messaging, including messages and related materials for senior leadership
Act as a senior editor and weighing in on the various pieces of content our team creates on a weekly basis, sharing best practices and editorial guidance.
Oversee the change management implementation of new tools and serve as the lead for existing tools with a focus on streamlining workflows, creating standards and guidance, improving collaboration, tracking engagement and ensuring messages are reaching the target audience.
Sit on our internal editorial boards and provide strategic counsel and insight when it comes to engaging employees.
Support the Content and Channel Strategy manager in overseeing the enterprise employee communications channels, including the intranet, digital signage and rotators ensuring content is distributed across channels at the right time, targeting the right audiences and ensuring all content aligns with Northrop Grumman's brand voice and messaging guidelines.
Lead the implementation of enterprise content oversight and governance guidance, for digital tools and resources related to Employee Communications (e.g., digital signage, internal e-mail tool, etc.)
Manage the enterprise internal communications calendar and provide a point of view on wide-ranging content and channel strategy for major programs/initiatives that drive key elements of Northrop Grumman's strategy.
Serve as a key contributor to the Employee Communications Earnings Day workstream efforts. Contribute to the employee communication Earnings strategy, lead efforts to develop collateral, distribute and post key messages across all internal channels and seek new and innovative ways to engage employees during the Earnings season.
Supports enterprise operational efficiency and effectiveness initiatives like process and message alignment aligned to your statement of work to consolidate efforts.
Build strong, collaborative relationships with key stakeholders; serve on cross functional teams that include leadership and other Communications function colleagues across the enterprise.
You'll be a great fit if you are/have:
Have excellent writing and editing skills and an enthusiasm for telling inspirational stories that foster employee engagement and a robust company culture.
Live by prioritization and organization, with an eye for details.
Are positive, poised and approachable, able to work independently and in partnership with others.
Comfortable and confident in offering communications counsel to both colleagues and leaders, serving as a subject matter expert in channel strategy for employee outreach.
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.
Have a demonstrated understanding of modern communications topics, tools and trends.
Self-motivated, creative, 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.
Eager to jump in and support a variety of projects, both long-term and short-term.
Fluent in AP Style.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree from accredited university with 8 years of experience successfully developing and deploying communications practices OR Master's degree from accredited university with 6 years of experience successfully developing and deploying communications practices.
Experience in employee or executive communications.
Experience producing or creating omni-channel editorial content for a newspaper, magazine or brand or working in a journalism environment.
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).
Preferred Qualifications:
Identify as a Type A creative or storyteller.
Experience with Associated Press Style.
Familiarity with website content management systems, including SharePoint, the Adobe Suite of products, etc. is a plus.
Salary Range: $108,400.00 - $162,600.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.