About this role
The Senior Lead, Creative Content Production is responsible for ensuring clear, consistent, and compelling storytelling across all creative outputs at Leidos. This role translates marketing strategy and business priorities into actionable narratives, scripts, and messaging frameworks that guide video, graphic, interactive, and experiential work.
This position serves as the central narrative authority within the Creative Studio, ensuring alignment to brand, tone, and messaging while enabling teams to execute efficiently and consistently.
Key Responsibilities
- Own narrative and messaging alignment across:
- Video productions and scripts
- Interactive and experiential experiences
- Campaigns and advertising
- Trade show and event storytelling
- Translate marketing strategy, growth priorities, and campaign goals into:
- Narrative frameworks
- Messaging hierarchies
- Story arcs and content outlines
- Write or oversee development of:
- Video scripts and voiceover copy
- Core asset messaging
- Experience-level content and storytelling structures
- Serve as the primary content partner to:
- Marketing and Growth teams
- Experience Design and Interactive teams
- Video and Graphic Design teams
- Review creative deliverables to ensure:
- Brand voice and tone consistency
- Message clarity and accuracy
- Strategic alignment with business objectives
- Provide creative guidance and editorial feedback to designers, producers, and writers
- Mentor copywriters and contribute to content standards and best practices
- Support executive-level communications and high-visibility initiatives
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing, or related field. Typically requires 12+ years relevant experience but for this role candidates must possess 10+ years of experience in content development, creative production, or storytelling roles. Additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of degree requirements.
- Strong background in:
- Narrative development
- Scriptwriting
- Campaign messaging
- Content strategy for complex organizations
- Proven experience translating marketing direction into creative execution
- Experience collaborating with:
- Designers
- Video producers
- UX / experience designers
- Excellent writing, editing, and storytelling skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, enterprise environment
- Strong stakeholder communication and presentation skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in B2B, technology, or related industries
- Experience supporting executive communications
- Familiarity with brand governance and compliance-driven environments
- Understanding of experiential or interactive storytelling
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Original Posting:
January 23, 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $105,300.00 - $190,350.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.
Other facts
About Leidos
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 48,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023.
Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®.
Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos.
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What you'll do
- The Senior Lead, Creative Content Production is responsible for ensuring clear and compelling storytelling across all creative outputs. This includes translating marketing strategies into actionable narratives and overseeing the development of video scripts, messaging frameworks, and creative deliverables.
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