Event Production Specialist

Join our team and help shape the future of transportation!

Leidos is hiring an experienced Event Production Specialist based at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Centers Saxton Transportation Operations Laboratory (STOL) in McLean Virginia. This advanced research lab and smart garage enable groundbreaking research and testing that allows the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to validate and refine new transportation services and technologies developed by Leidos and our partners. Learnmore about STOLhere!

About the Role:

As an Event Production Specialist youll manage events from start to finish while also supporting multimedia efforts including capturing and editing videos and creating digital content for stakeholders and audiences.Youllcollaborate with engineers and project teams to translate complex technical work into engaging experiences for industry and public audiences.

These initiatives support the USDOT and their Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence (HASS COE) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

Location: This role will be expected to work full-time at the customer site in McLean VA

Candidates MUST:

All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States with proof of legal status and be eligible for a Public Trust Clearance which includes three consecutive years in the United States within the last five years.

Leidos offers a collaborative environment where passionate professionals can thrive. Join us to make a significant impact on the future of transportation through innovative research and development.

Primary Responsibilities include:

Events Execution

• Plan coordinate and execute in-person conferences workshops tours and other events including developing schedules session and presentation materials procurement and budget management internal and external promotional materials briefings and coordinating vendors.

• Develop concise and compelling summaries and briefings of technical research for use at events for both industry experts and layman audiences.

• Produce design and edit content for event promotion for social media newsletters fact sheets presentations and other associated media and materials.

• Establish processes and best practices to improve efficiency and effectiveness across events.

Video and Multimedia Support

Stakeholder Engagement

• Manage communications outreach publications and stakeholder engagement activities for various ITS JPO HASS COE and FHWA projects.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in English Communications Multimedia Event Planning or a related discipline with 5 years of relevant experience

• Must have 4 years of experience in event planning and logistics digital marketing and social media strategy.

• Demonstrated experience in planning executing and editingmultimediavideo and other multimediacontent.

• Proficiencywith Adobe Creative Suite (PremiereAfter EffectsPhotoshop Illustrator Lightroom Audition or InDesign).

• Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability to communicate and advocate discipline-related knowledge services and programs.

• Capable of transforming complicated subject matter and diverse source material into accurate coherent and engaging content for a variety of audiences.

• Ability to work independently and as a member of a collaborative team in a highly flexible work environment.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools including Word PowerPoint Excel and SharePoint.

• Proficiency in typography photography video production animation closed captioning modeling and other digital multimedia development.

• Willingness to travel as needed to attend or support events.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of or experience in the transportation industry engineering automated vehicle technologies Cooperative Driving Automation intelligent transportation systems or emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence.

• Experience working with federal state or local government clients.

• Proven experience in managing and delivering projects on time and within budget with a strong understanding of project management methodologies and tools (e.g. Agile Scrum Waterfall).

• Experience with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act ensuring content is compliant as it relates to accessible documents and electronic media.

• Knowledge of web design and development.

Pay Range:
$85000 - $110000

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Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.