EMPLOYERS Hiring for Corporate Communications Specialist Job at Austin, TX Full Time

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Corporate Communications Specialist | Fully Remote position

EMPLOYERS is seeking a talented and experienced Corporate Communications Specialist to join the EMPLOYERS team to develop and deliver a comprehensive internal communication strategy. This includes building and preserving our culture, best practice sharing, collaboration, and knowledge sharing across the EMPLOYERS organization. The Corporate Communications Specialist is responsible for implementing the EMPLOYERS communications strategy and managing associated channels which enable leadership to effectively communicate information and drive engagement throughout the organization. The Corporate Communications Specialist will connect the dots for all employees across our organization for how their work contributes to the larger EMPLOYERS vision and strategy. #LI-Remote

You will work closely with leadership as well as key stakeholders across the company to distill large amounts of information about key business initiatives and priorities, programs and methodologies, and processes into clear, concise communications that provide the knowledge our organization needs to work efficiently and effectively. This role is responsible for raising the bar on writing standards across the organization by teaching and preserving a writing culture.

The ideal candidate is an entrepreneurial, self-motivated communications professional who can operate in an agile environment and deliver high-quality results. You are a builder who is comfortable rolling-up their sleeves to develop and experiment with new channels to reach your audience. You have exceptional copywriting and editing skills for both original content as well as rewriting and optimizing content from subject matter experts. Most importantly, you have a keen understanding of your audience and are able to produce compelling content and land it through appropriate channels.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute an EMPLOYERS Communications strategy that drives predictable information flow, organizational alignment and employee engagement across the EMPLOYERS organization
• Develop communications vehicles (web, newsletters, all hands meetings, video messages, etc.) in alignment with the Communication strategy
• Adapt messaging and communications vehicles and formats as per needs of the organization, including identifying new communication channels and provisioning new content
• Use internal communications tools including blogs, email, video, and social media tools to engage our team members
• Create content, and teach others how to develop and deliver content in alignment with our Communications strategy
• Manage end-to-end execution of communications, including assessment, writing, review, and publishing ranging in size, impact, delivery vehicle, and turnaround time
• Develop communication plans for major change initiatives. Distill information, complex business processes, and change impacts into crisp, user-friendly communications that resonate with a variety of audiences
• Drive and develop efficient operational processes to manage intake of communication requests from various stakeholders
• Build mechanisms for multi-directional feedback on communications and a closed loop to act on that feedback
• Design and develop standards for communications success and measurement
• Proactively build and manage relationships with our key internal stakeholders across EMPLOYERS
• Train leadership teams on written, verbal, and visual communication strategies
• Provide expert internal communications counsel to diverse groups across the organization
• Provide copywriting support on key organizational narratives

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications or a related field (Journalism, Marketing Communication, Public Relations or related field and / or related work experience in the area of Communications and Change Management).
• 7+ years of communications experience including internal communications-focused experience
• Experience in providing counsel to, and working with senior executives
• Excellent track record of driving cultural change and influencing organizations through a communications plan
• Excellent writing skills are a must, with the ability to formulate a clear point of view on complicated issues, and create a concise and well-written narrative
• Ability to use quantitative and qualitative data to make decisions and recommendations.
• Experience leading social media employee engagement programs/campaigns.

Preferred Requirements:

• Demonstrated verbal communication skills, with an ability to articulate clear messages to various audiences
• Demonstrated ability to formulate a clear point of view on complex topics, and the ability to create a concise and well-written narrative
• Strong project management skills and experience, including managing internal stakeholders and multiple projects at once
• Demonstrated ability to work in ambiguous situations and across organizational boundaries
• Demonstrated ability to be self-motivated and resourceful
• Experience in a high-tech organization
• Willing to roll up one’s sleeves and get work done
• Meets/exceeds EMPLOYERS’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role

Competencies:

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Analytical – Synthesizes complex or diverse information; Collects and researches data; Uses intuition and experience to complement data.

Design – Generates creative solutions.

Business Acumen – Understands business implications of decisions; Displays orientation to profitability; Demonstrates knowledge of market and competition; Aligns work with strategic goals.

Strategic Thinking – Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals; Understands organization’s strengths & weaknesses; Analyzes market and competition; Identifies external threats and opportunities; Adapts strategy to changing conditions.

Judgment – Displays willingness to make decisions; Exhibits sound and accurate judgment; Supports and explains reasoning for decisions; Includes appropriate people in decision-making process; Makes timely decisions.

Motivation – Sets and achieves challenging goals; Demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles; Measures self against standard of excellence; Takes calculated risks to accomplish goals.

Planning/Organizing – Prioritizes and plans work activities; Uses time efficiently; Plans for additional resources; Sets goals and objectives; Organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; Develops realistic action plans.

Professionalism – Approaches others in a tactful manner; Reacts well under pressure; Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; Accepts responsibility for own actions; Follows through on commitments.

Dependability – Follows instructions, responds to management direction; Takes responsibility for own actions; Keeps commitments; Commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; Completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.

Problem Solving – Usually follows established procedures and resolves minor exceptions by using judgment. Free to adapt or deviate from established procedures in order to solve problems, suggests improvements to existing procedures.

Accountability – Accountability for the activities of the job incumbent and others where errors in judgment and decisions are easily corrected but would cause customer dissatisfaction and possible loss of potential business.

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