Communication Specialist

Axiom Consultants, Inc is seeking an experienced Communication Specialist to provide technical and administrative services for the creation, management, and refinement of educational materials and digital content.

Responsibilities

• Content Management and Gap Analysis: Establish, curate, and maintain a storage management system for all historic and current education content; identify gaps in current content and priorities for the development of new materials.
• Education Product Development: Plan, coordinate, and execute the development of education products—including coordinating the technical inputs of external partners—that meet contemporary classroom needs, standards, and instructional methods.
• Brand Identity and Graphic Design Services: Coordinate the development of a unique brand identity for NOAA Ocean Exploration for education products produced in print and shared online; perform graphic design of new educational materials and technical reviews of the work of external partners.
• Translation and Evaluation Coordination: Execute education and outreach product translations, including consulting and coordinating with regional language and local dialect experts and performing technical reviews of work completed by external partners; identify resource evaluation needs and coordinate the workflow of external evaluators in coordination with the COR and/or applicable TPOC(s).
• Education Strategy and Implementation: Execute education strategy development and implementation to advance the NOAA Ocean Exploration and NOAA Education Strategic Plans; analyze the education landscape and educator needs; evaluate current education product development, educator training, and ocean exploration education communication approaches; identify gaps in current education offerings; and formulate novel promotion and outreach approaches to expand the reach and utility of NOAA Ocean Exploration education offerings.
• Promotion and Communications Strategy: Coordinate the development and execution of a promotion strategy for sharing NOAA Ocean Exploration expedition updates and discoveries, education products, and educator and student opportunities to a national educator audience (and international where relevant) using communications tools such as email, social media, NOAA Ocean Exploration and Deep Ocean Education Project websites, conference presentations, and educator newsletters; provide prompt updates for the NOAA Ocean Exploration website as education products and educator opportunities arise; strategically grow the ocean education audience.
• Educational Outreach Material Development: Plan, develop, maintain, and execute lists of educational outreach materials and needed supplies, and related activities to achieve NOAA Ocean Exploration outreach and engagement priorities; initiate and plan projects, including requirements and resourcing needs documents, that lead to innovative, new approaches to communicating information about ocean exploration to education-specific audiences.
• Expedition Education Coverage: Execute expedition education coverage through the implementation of modernized web-based approaches and the delivery of technical and administrative services for Ocean Exploration Education outreach events and presentations.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizen.
• Be able to pass background screening prior to employment.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant area or equivalent years of education and experience.
• 4-6+ years of experience.
• Must have strong oral and written communication, problem-solving skills, and be a team player.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages including comprehensive medical, dental, and life insurance.
• Matching 401(k) contribution.