Job Description

Description:
Join a creative and resourceful, fast-paced team to monitor, measure, and implement innovative media relations and rapid response strategies to support brand reputation. Reporting to the Asc Media Relations Manager, Enterprise Operations, this individual is an ambitious and driven communications professional dedicated to learning the aerospace & defense media landscape.
The successful candidate will excel in identifying potentially impactful breaking news and contextualizing developments to appropriate internal stakeholders and customers. The candidate will be detail-oriented with a sense of urgency, have a commitment to relationship-building within the corporation, and will be able to maintain productivity with minimal supervision.

Primary responsibilities of this position:

1. You can consume and contextualize breaking news and industry developments. You
a. monitor print, digital and online media sources for issues and policies relevant to the Lockheed Martin and the aerospace & defense industry
b. partner with external vendors to monitor, filter, assess and provide media coverage and analysis
c. serve as the eyes and ears of our function, centralizing information flow during crisis exercises

2. You are a team player. You
a. cultivate and maintain relationships with business area partners and internal clients
b. support integration of media relations with digital communications within the communications function across the enterprise
c. support the media relations team with an ability to step into unfamiliar roles on an as-needed basis

You set your team up for success by
a. creating executive-level deliverables, including weekly communications reports and weekly data metrics reports
b. identifying and contextualizing aerospace & defense industry events, hearings, news etc. that affects LM brand-reputation

Additionally, you will contribute to our media relations focus campaign efforts by:
* Assuming a leadership role in market research for emerging technologies
* Working on stakeholder mapping efforts
* Providing an infrastructure for data-driven decision making
* Coordinating with business area communicators to find and tell stories about Lockheed Martins technology capabilities and customer focus
Basic Qualifications:
* Bachelors degree in journalism, public relations or communications
* Familiarity with contemporary communications and industry trends, including media listening and rapid response techniques
* Understanding of media measurement techniques, including volume, share of voice and sentiment analysis
* Able to work on many projects simultaneously and with close attention to detail
* Motivated self-starter who performs without appreciable direction and works effectively under competing priorities and tight deadlines
Desired Skills:
* Exceptional writing, editing and oral communications skills with the ability to convey highly complex information in a clear, compelling manner
* Creative instincts to help support strategic communication and issues management
* Strong understanding of the news media and ability to develop and maintain effective relationships
* Ability to cultivate and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and executive leadership and work in a matrix environment
* Motivated client-focused self-starter who works effectively under competing priorities and tight deadlines
* Ability to work in a fast-paced matrixed environment
* Strong work ethic and positive attitude
* Prior public relations, public affairs, communications research experience Other Important Information You Should Know Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities 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.Telecommute: This is a full-time telecommuter position which offers the flexibility to work away from a Lockheed Martin facility, usually a home office, with reliable telecommunications access. Selected candidates may work from a local Lockheed Martin facility if mutually agreed to with the leader.Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per weekClearance Level: None Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. Theyre dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martins vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.Experience Level: Experienced ProfessionalBusiness Unit: CORPORATE HEADQUARTERSRelocation Available: PossibleCareer Area: Public Relations Type: Full-TimeVirtual Location: yes Shift: First