Summary
Description
We are seeking a dynamic media relations manager to join our Space Communications leadership team to help lead our storytelling efforts, crisis communications and rapid response strategies, and team operations. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of creating and implementing strategic campaigns, using AI to streamline and elevate, enhancing brand awareness through earned media efforts, leading crisis communications, and managing PR projects and professionals.
This leader should be comfortable with and prepared to support and drive communications activities regarding disruptive capabilities and complex subject matter, including for the company’s space exploration and emerging technology portfolios. They’ll support and guide a team spearheading external communications, advising executives, conducting media relations, supporting externally-facing thought leadership efforts, and executing crisis communications for a variety of emerging situations.
Reporting to the external communications senior manager, the successful candidate will work with business leaders and Communications colleagues to support the overall strategy and track and report results.
In this role will offer you the following daily key responsibilities:
• Oversee and guide a team of PR professionals responsible for media relations and thought leadership, ensure all deliverables meet the Corporation’s media relations standards and promote a coordinated story.
• Collaborate with communicators, government relations and business development organizations to understand their business objectives, prioritize requests and drive an overarching media outreach strategy.
• Serve as first-line editor for team’s content (news releases, media statements, communications strategies/tactics, etc.).
• Provide overall support, and jump in where needed, to drive the team’s storytelling efforts on a variety of programs and topics in the space exploration and advanced technology portfolios.
• Build and maintain relationships with reporters and other influencers.
• Develop and implement a rapid response approach for integrating quickly into news cycles.
• Implement and continuously refine crisis communications/reputational risk program, to include preparation and response.
• Provide insightful, informed and strategic communications counsel to business leaders to include media training.
• Manage multiple workstreams and projects simultaneously, and support corporate-wide initiatives.
• Own media operations, including maintaining and enhancing media coverage metrics and analysis program and templates, leveraging digital tools like AI.
This position does not support teleworking; the preferred candidate will be located near our Lockheed Martin Space facility one of the Coolest places to work: Denver, Colorado , and be expected to work in the office.
Desired skills
To be effective, ideally, you should also have:
• Results-driven with an ability to develop and execute communications strategies to achieve desired outcomes.
• Possess effective relationship-building skills with peers, leadership and external stakeholders including influencers.
• Experience leading a team.
• Prior experience working with government public affairs and/or communications counterparts at various organizations.
• Ability to convey highly complex information in clear, compelling ways.
• Demonstrated exceptional writing, editing and oral communication skills.
• Strong communications planning and project management experience.
• Able to track news, social and digital metrics and analysis, leverage AI, and use results to inform future communications strategies and activities.
• Comfortable working as part of a fast-paced, matrixed team with close attention to detail
• Crisis communications experience and sense of urgency.
• Strong work ethic, excellent prioritization and time management skills.
• Motivated self-starter who performs without appreciable direction.
PLEASE NOTE-Other important information:
• By applying to this role, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities, within Lockheed Martin, where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match.
• Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
• Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
