Strategic Communications Specialist - Policy Team

Are you a collaborative individual with communications experience and a love for content creation and thinking outside of the box? The Strategic Communications Specialist with this D.C. law firm will play a key role in developing, managing, and posting media content, and ensuring strategic alignment with the firm and their clients’ goals. The successful candidate will be a proactive, highly motivated team player with a strong interest in political communications, who is eager for an opportunity to put their social media skills to work with this dynamic policy team. If this sounds like the role for you, send us your resume today!

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, and develop social media content for clients, utilizing various types of media and touching upon a range of political issues.
• Manage deadlines, deliverables, and various social media platforms across client teams, ensure complex topics are conveyed in an effective, easy-to-understand manner.
• Conduct media research to better assist with drafting press releases, talking points, speeches, and other written communications.
• Participate in discussions informing media strategies and decision making, staying informed with current events and monitoring digital campaigns performances.
• Assist with developing strong media relations with reporters and relevant media outlets.
• Ensure communications and content align with clients’ goals and current media trends.

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

• Beautiful office space that is accessible from public transportation with a close-knit, hardworking firm culture.
• Employees enjoy competitive salaries and a well-rounded benefits package.
• This role is approved to work from home one (1) day a week.

What We’re Looking For:

• Communications knowledgeable. You currently hold a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of three (3) or more years of experience in political communications. Candidates with prior experience in a communications agency or government affairs will stand out!
• Software expert. You are a tech scholar and have strong skills operating on a variety of platforms including Microsoft Office Suite, WordPress, Canva, social media platforms (LinkedIn, Twitter, X, YouTube), and more.
• Creative and concise. You enjoy projects that require thinking outside of the box. Using excellent writing skills, you can confidently translate dense topics into clear, easy to understand material.
• Dedicated to quality. You work with a sense of urgency in a deadline-driven environment without compromising your work quality.

To apply, please send a resume to Show email. 

Essential to Hawthorne Lane’s success is our ability to attract talent from a range of backgrounds. Our network reflects the diverse community around us, and we believe in a workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to succeed. Applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.