Strategic Engagement Lead

The Strategic Engagement Lead serves as the primary coordinator for strategic engagement planning activities supporting the federal client. This position is responsible for managing leadership engagement workflows coordinating speaking and meeting requests developing executive briefing materials and leading the planning and execution of high-profile public engagements. Working closely with Executive Secretariat (ExecSec) senior leadership program offices and external stakeholders the Strategic Engagement Lead ensures engagements are strategically aligned with the federal clients priorities and executed with exceptional attention to detail quality and timeliness. This is a contingent position. Hiring for this role is dependent upon LMD Agency being awarded the associated government contract and receiving authorization to proceed.

LMD is a full-service marketing and branding agency headquartered in Columbia Maryland. As a woman-owned small business LMD provides a wide range of fully in-house capabilities for brands and businesses at every scale including branding design content research strategy video media web and organizational change management.

LMD has evolved with the industry for over 50 years supporting organizations in the public and private sector that want to transition rebrand or meet new goals. Helping our clients our teams and our communities create this positive change is our mission our purposeour why.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as the lead coordinator for strategic engagement planning activities supporting the federal clients senior leadership and the Office of External Affairs.
• Monitor shared email inboxes and SharePoint-based task management systems for Executive Affairs (EA) taskings meeting requests speaking invitations and other engagement requests.
• Log track research prioritize deconflict assign and coordinate engagement requests to ensure timely responses and completion.
• Research prospective conferences meetings industry events and stakeholder engagements to assess strategic value and alignment with the federal clients priorities.
• Develop executive briefing materials including:
  • Briefing memoranda
  • Read-ahead packages
  • Background materials
  • Event summaries
  • Talking points
  • Biographical information
  • Audience analyses
• Prepare comprehensive briefing books and preparatory materials for the federal clients leadership supporting strategic engagements.
• Lead planning initiatives for major conferences keynote addresses industry forums interagency events and other high-visibility speaking engagements.
• Coordinate with Executive Secretariat (ExecSec) program offices communications teams legal counsel policy offices and other stakeholders to ensure all engagement materials receive appropriate reviews and approvals.
• Facilitate cross-agency collaboration to integrate the Directors vision strategic messaging and organizational priorities into engagement planning and execution.
• Manage the preparation review and submission of Speaking Request Forms and supporting documentation.
• Support the management and continuous improvement of speakers bureau operations including scheduling documentation tracking and reporting.
• Perform quality assurance reviews of briefing materials correspondence presentations and other executive products to ensure consistency accuracy formatting grammar and adherence to agency standards.
• Coordinate task management workflows to ensure engagement materials are properly routed reviewed archived and maintained in accordance with records management requirements.
• Maintain calendars tracking systems engagement databases and reporting tools supporting leadership engagement activities.
• Develop reports and metrics on engagement activities speaking requests response times and workflow performance.
• Recommend process improvements to enhance efficiency coordination and quality across strategic engagement planning operations.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Currently holds or is able to obtain a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Fitness Determination.
• Bachelors degree (BS/BA) in Marketing Public Relations Communications Event Management Business Administration or a related field.
• Minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated professional experience supporting conference planning executive events strategic engagements or public affairs activities.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating executive-level meetings conferences public speaking engagements or stakeholder events.
• Experience preparing executive briefing materials read-ahead packages talking points and background memoranda.
• Experience coordinating complex task management workflows involving multiple stakeholders and approval authorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with exceptional proofreading and editing abilities.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and rapidly changing priorities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite Microsoft Teams Outlook SharePoint and task management systems.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with senior executives government officials and cross-functional teams.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience supporting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or another federal agency in executive communications public affairs or leadership engagement planning.
• Experience supporting Executive Secretariat (ExecSec) operations or executive correspondence management.
• Knowledge of federal records management requirements and document control processes.
• Familiarity with speakers bureau operations executive scheduling and conference management.
• Experience supporting senior government officials in high-profile public engagements and media-facing events.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity homeland security emergency management or critical infrastructure protection missions.
• Experience developing executive dashboards engagement metrics and workflow performance reports.
• Professional certification in meeting or event planning (e.g. CMP DES or equivalent) is preferred.

JOB LOCATION

• This position is onsite at the clients office located in Arlington VA.

EMPLOYMENT TYPE

• Full-time
• Contingent upon contract award

BENEFITS

We offer a work environment that encourages personal and professional growth and a generous benefits package:

Health Ins with HRA plan
Dental Ins
Vision Ins
Short-Term Disability Ins
Term Life and AD&D Ins
Voluntary Critical Illness Accident Hospital and Pet Insurance
Holidays (12)
Vacation Leave
Sick Leave
Personal Days
Volunteer Time Off
Bereavement Leave
Parental Leave
401(k)
Profit Sharing
FSA and DCA plans
Remote Work Reimbursement
In-person & Virtual Team Building & Training

This position is part of a proposal effort and is contingent upon LMD Agency being awarded the associated contract and receiving funding and/or government authorization to begin work. Candidates may be interviewed and selected in advance to support a timely project launch; however employment cannot begin unless and until the contract is awarded and all pre-employment requirements are successfully completed.

LMD is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is subject to the VEVRAA requirements. Employment opportunities at LMD are based on ones qualifications and capabilities to perform the essential functions of a particular job. All employment opportunities are provided without regard to race color religion sex national origin age genetic information veteran status protected veteran status disability or any other characteristic protected by law unless such disability even with reasonable accommodation prevents the applicant from being able to perform the essential functions of a job.

By applying for a position with us you agree to our participation in the E-Verify program. If you are offered employment you must provide documentation verifying your identity and legal authorization to work in the United States in compliance with federal law.

LMD will not accept solicitations from recruiters placement firms or development firms seeking to do business with LMD.

The pay range for this role is:
82000.00 - 118000.00 USD per year (Arlington)