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**Description** SAIC is hiring a **Junior Web Developer** to join the Strategic Communication and outreach support for the Office of the Under Secretary of Research and Engineering (OUSW(R&E)). This role requires working independently within a small team of public affairs analysts, graphic designers, and website developers to ensure unified and effective communication strategies throughout the organization. **The position is hybrid remote with occasional onsite work located at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA.** **Key Responsibilities:** + Project management of small tasks utilizing WordPress CMS, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Graphic Design and UI/UX. + Interact with a small team of public affairs analysts, graphic designers, and website developers to ensure the effective execution of communication strategies. + Support the creation of visual and digital content that aligns with OUSD(R&E) communication goals. + Facilitate collaboration among team members to produce high-quality communication materials. + Ensure timely updates to team deadlines and assist in delivering consistent, accurate, and impactful messages across all platforms. + Review, analyze, and recommend solutions to PA-related challenges, and track issues and problems through to resolution. + Respond to related questions and correspondence regarding PA challenges. + Support the social media manager in drafting, editing, and publishing LinkedIn posts in support of the R&E enterprise, subordinate organizations, stakeholders, and the Department of Defense. + Track media activities and the information environment, including the creation of daily media clips. + Develop and execute strategic communications and external communications activities in support of OUSD(R&E) responsibilities, priorities, and objectives. + Track public speaking engagements, media activities, and other external outreach for the entire OUSD(R&E) organization. + Meet on a recurring basis with R&E leadership and OSD(PA) counterparts to ensure synchronization and coordination of public engagement, media, and other external outreach activities across the OUSD(R&E) enterprise. + Provide recommendations to OUSD(R&E) leadership on public affairs and strategic communications activities that will advance OUSD(R&E) messaging priorities. + Coordinate media activities, including interview preparations and the creation of quotes for senior leaders, in response to media queries. + Edit and create weekly activity reports for amplification to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense as needed. **Qualifications** **Required Qualifications:** + U.S. citizenship. + **Active DoD Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.** + Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Communications or related field and three (3) years ofexperience or Master's degree and one (1) year of related experience. + At least three (3) years of experience in web development. + Proficiency in coding languages such as: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. + Strong problem-solving skills, and an understanding of front-end development with a focus on UI/UX. + Familiarity with version control and collaborative platforms such as GitHub. + Experience implementing approved updates and requests with custom development utilizing tools such as WordPress, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. + Experience writing, editing, and performing research to develop comprehensive written products. + Awareness of incorporating strategic-level communications priorities with organization communications priorities into digestible, easy-to-understand products. + Familiarization with operational-level strategic communications activities and coordination. + Familiarization with Section 508 Compliance for websites. + Have an understanding of the DoD Public Affairs process, including how to engage with the web design, media and via public events. + Demonstrated ability to interface with senior level officials within OUSD(R&E), OSD(PA), and across stakeholder organizations. REQNUMBER: 2511517 SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

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