Communications Associate, Transportation

About the role

This role is contingent upon contract award. While it is not an immediate opening, we are actively interviewing and extending contingent offers in anticipation of award. ICF Next is hiring a Communications Associate to support growing federal, state, local transportation communications and marketing work, passionate about planning, developing, and implementing successful communication and engagement strategies.

What You Will Do

• Contribute to the development of communications plans and strategies to meet client objectives and goals
• Interact and collaborate with team members and clients through written communications, meetings, and collaborative work platforms
• Manage the development of creative materials, working in coordination with Creative Studio's designers, editors, internal program team, and clients on a variety of products including newsletters, fact sheets, videos, case studies, social media content, emails, and websites
• Coordinate project workflows, deliverable trackers, timelines, progress reports, and meeting materials
• Provide support, coordination and development of strategic plans and presentations
• Support planning and executing events, meetings, and workshops
• Manage multiple deliverables at once, with varying deadlines using Microsoft Office and other collaboration tools including Teams, Trello, Sharepoint, SmartSheets, etc.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, public relations, advertising, or related field
• 3+ years of professional marketing communications experience
• Transportation communications or marketing experience a plus

Skills & Knowledge

• Knowledge of traditional and social media environments; understanding of various communication channels and how they work (print, social, digital, paid media, events and outreach, direct response, etc.)
• Understanding of email management systems, email content strategy and analytics, and email platforms such as GovDelivery, MailChimp, Constant Contact, or Salesforce Marketing Cloud
• Proficiency in MS Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel)
• Knowledge of marketing analytics platforms such as Google Analytics
• Willingness for moderate travel as needed

Professional Skills

• Energetic, self-starter, and resourceful problem solver with a demonstrated can-do attitude and willingness to jump in where needed
• Excellent verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills including courtesy, professionalism, and a cooperative attitude
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities
• Creative thinker with innovative approach to problem solving
• Excellent writing skills; ability to provide writing sample
• Strong team orientation with a focus on collaboration
• Responsive and open to feedback

Pay

$67,063.00 - $114,008.00 (Reston, VA)