Summary:

Yorktown Systems Group is seeking a qualified OPFOR Media Role Player to support NATO’s Joint Warfare Center’s (JWC) high priority exercises. JWC’s mission is to deliver high value exercises to NATO Command Structure and Force Structure entities and organizations in accordance with direction and guidance received from Allied Command Transformation (ACT) as well as SACEUR’s Annual Guidance for Exercise (SAGE) and the Military Training Evaluation Plan (MTEP). JWC employs a matrix-management organizational structure with staff Directorates and Divisions comprising the vertical component, and multi-year Exercise programs, led by Program Directors, providing the lateral component. By managing the multi-year Exercise programs, the Program Directors coordinate JWC’s contribution and support to NATO’s exercise and training program. the provider will be required to develop, produce, deliver, and archive new settings and scenarios, and update / review and deliver existing settings and scenarios, to include necessary consultation that complement and support the work carried out by JWC’s Scenario Branch. The ambition is to leverage professional, forward-thinking Provider(s) with the ability to bring creativity, novel design thinking and industry best practices to JWC’s business functions of designing, developing, and delivering exercise settings and scenarios, as well as directly supporting the delivery of NATO’s Major Joint Exercise Program.

The OPFOR Media Role-player directly supports the media simulation and OPFOR StratCom mission by creating strategic news and social media content from the adversarial perspective based on daily D&G from Chief Media and OPFOR StratCom.

Specific duties may include, but are not limited to: 

• Review exercise and scenario documentation including Road to Crisis, CSUs, OPFOR Campaign Plan, media outlets/journalists and media landscape.
• Maintain constant coordination with Online Content Manager, OPFOR StratCom, and Chief Media to identify and create OPFOR media content to support storylines across all functional areas for multiple TV, online and social media outlets based on coordination with OPFOR and Media.
• Perform as an OPFOR Media SME advising all scripters on: media implications of incidents; opportunities for information effects; and requirements/procedures for media related injects.
• Develop media injects to supplement storyboards and incidents throughout duration of the EMPLOYEX.
• Ensure injects focus on the appropriate level effects.
• Script OPFOR related online news articles and social media content IAW media SOP and ready for final refinement during execution.
• Synchronize media injects across media life cycle and exercise battle rhythm.
• Prior to STARTEX, review exercise scenario documentation, the latest OPFOR plan and the JEMM database to ensure media framework for assigned storylines is complete and in line with established standards for NewsWeb distribution with appropriate social media support.
• Create both pre-scripted and dynamic OPFOR news and social media content as required by the MEL/MIL, TA activity and EXCON D&G.
• Perform daily as a roleplaying OPFOR journalist in media engagements with TA staff to include one-on-one interviews, press conferences, phone and email interviews.
• Coordinate relevant inject details to OPFOR TV role-player.
• Support JEMM media inject management: monitor/update Battle Log and Inject Status; ensure media content is prepared in due course and posted in a timely manner.
• Review and copy edit all OPFOR media content produced by other media staff to ensure consistency, continuity and relevance to appropriate storylines and desired effects.
• Track dynamic changes to media play and translate guidance into timely OPFOR media content. Exploit TA activity dynamically in online and social media content.
• Ensure assigned media content is accurate and relevant by coordinating as required with other media staff and SMEs from Response Cells, CAX, Intel, HICON, LOCON, and others.
• Dynamically exploit TA actions, decisions and online activity.
• Coordinate/create/post strategic social media hashtags and troll activity based on daily D&G to support upcoming exercise play.
• Provide daily OPFOR inputs to the overall exercise media product matrix in order to capture media statistics for EXCEN brief/analysis and to ensure TA is receiving balanced coverage.
• Provide daily OPFOR input to the Chief Media.
• Attend/chair OPFOR meetings as required to include boards, working groups, cell coordination, and Crisis Action Teams.

Required Qualifications:  

• Post-secondary education or equivalent practical experience relevant to current affairs, media and military information domain. 
• At least 5 years’ (in last 10 years) professional real-world or exercise experience in support of military StratCom (PA/IO/PSYOPS) to include creation of print/broadcast/social media content.
• Operational-level military exercise experience within the last 10 years. 
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. 
• Candidate must provide a link to an online portfolio with at least 5 examples of published media content produced in support of military public affairs or information operations. 
• Current NATO Secret Security Clearance.
• Demonstrated proficiency in English as defined in STANAG 6001 (Standardized Linguistic Profile (SLP) 4444 – Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing) or equivalent.

Clearance:  Must possess an active NATO or U.S. SECRET or higher security clearance.

Location:  NATO Joint Warfare Center, Stavanger, Norway

Travel: CONUS and OCONUS travel may be required.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION Yorktown Systems Group, Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, are a committed team of dedicated former military and civilian professionals who believe in providing ethical and quality services to Government customers. Our leadership team is composed primarily of Veterans who are now serving in a corporate environment rather than in uniform. Our customer's missions become our own and we are committed to working as a team to achieve success. Because of the depth and experiences of our corporate leadership, we can assure all our customers that "we will do what we say we can do" and will focus on our customer's missions rather than corporate goals. Our business model is based on a personal commitment from our leaders to maintain contact with our customers to continually and consistently gauge our performance. Yorktown Systems Group was founded on the idea that providing quality and ethical services with a laser focus on our customer's goals is an effective long-term business model. Our mission, therefore, is to help our customers meet their requirements and goals. The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This provision shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of such employee's essential job functions discloses the compensation of such other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless such disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge, in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or is consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. The Unconventional, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yorktown Systems Group, Inc.

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