MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Overnight Media Analyst to join our team. This is a remote position.
The selected individual will review a large volume of information across all news media formats (print, online, television, radio, and social media). This person will need to identify key themes in coverage and encapsulate information into easily consumed bullets, reports, and trend analysis to aid senior officials in their day-to-day decision-making.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Conduct open-source research and analysis for a high-profile government customer
Utilize open-source research tools to capture, review, analyze, and interpret traditional and social media coverage, as it relates to a large and complex organization
Continually update search strings and key word searches across all research platforms to ensure all relevant content is captured
Track daily developments including Congressional hearings and other public events for potential compilations and analyses
Monitor and identify short and long-term trends as it relates to the client’s issues of interest and communicate in written products and client emails
Prepare news update products, briefings and executive summaries on select national security topics
Interface with the client virtually on their needs, changing requirements and new topics of interest
Ability to meet tight deadlines
Must be willing and able to maintain a schedule that covers roughly 11 PM to 7 AM, Monday through Friday
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelors’ degree required, preferably in Communications, Journalism, Public Affairs, International Relations or a related major
2+ years of news gathering and analysis experience
Experience using Factiva, Lexis-Nexis, TVEyes, Meltwater, Cision, Sprinklr or another social analytics tool
Experience with and knowledge of current national security and/or foreign policy news topics
Experience objectively analyzing reporting and news trends
Able to provide a portfolio of published articles
Preferred Qualifications:
Demonstrated experience organizing and presenting executive summaries on select national security topics
Exceptional writing and editing skills
Professional experience working 3rd shift
Physical Requirements:
The person in this position must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time. Occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, or to communicate with co-workers, management, and customers, via email, phone, and or virtual communication, which may involve delivering presentations.
MANTECH is more than a technology company. We are a company dedicated to service, and we consider our work a part of the public trust. The people of MANTECH are privileged to work for the security of the United States, the welfare of our service members and veterans, the protection of our communities, and the cause of better health care.
We have served the nation for more than 57 years, and in that time we have continually changed and grown to provide the technology that government needs to meet new challenges. We seek people with the same strong ethic of service, creativity, energy, and dedication to serving our country.
We are comprised of more than 9,800 talented employees around the world. Nearly 40% of our employees are veterans. Many others come from the Intelligence Community, Homeland Security and federal civilian agencies. We understand our customers’ challenges because we know their world firsthand.
When Federal managers and military leaders face tough challenges in cyber, data collection & analysis, enterprise IT or systems and software engineering, they turn to MANTECH to get the job done right. These professionals trust MANTECH and stay with us for years because we understand their needs and tackle their most complex challenges head on. They know that reaching their goal is our ultimate objective.
