Senior Strategist (San Diego)

• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communication, English, Business, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in strategic communication, public affairs, program management, or strategy development
• Active Clearance: Secret required, Top Secret preferred
• Ability to build and maintain robust client relationships and foster positive interpersonal connections
• Interest in visual storytelling, including data visualization and conceptualizing abstract ideas
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, maintaining a strong focus on accuracy and attention to detail
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate in a clear, approachable, and knowledgeable manner

Client Partnership & Strategic Leadership

• →Partner directly with clients to understand challenges, capture requirements, and define missions, visions, goals, and KPIs/OKRs.
• →Collaborate with clients through well-designed meetings and workshops to co-create solutions and gather critical inputs.
• →Perform high-quality primary and secondary research to inform strategic direction.
• →Apply human-centered design and design-thinking principles to complex problem sets.
• →Work iteratively by proactively gathering feedback from clients and internal partners to refine solutions.
• →Identify opportunities to create tangible business value through current-state assessments and high-level requirement definition.
• →Develop and maintain strong client relationships, including managing external stakeholders and converting new requests into business opportunities.
• →Oversee multiple client engagements, ensuring alignment, clarity, and strategic impact across projects.

Content, Storytelling & Project Execution

• →Elevate content quality and thought leadership in partnership with the Strategy Competency Manager, ensuring strong standards for deliverables.
• →Translate ideas into compelling strategic narratives, campaigns, and solutions.
• →Identify content structures, hierarchies, and visual concepts for storytelling products, including content maps and wireframes.
• →Collaborate with design teams to develop infographics, charts, diagrams, presentations, and other visual products that convey complex information clearly.
• →Manage multiple internal project teams, organizing assignments and tracking progress, deadlines, and deliverables from both operational and financial perspectives.

• Full time, 40 hours per week
• Some travel required to attend relevant events and conferences, and participate in LINK team events