Assistant Director, Corporate Communications Strategy
Assistant Director, Corporate Communications Strategy
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$ 140000 - 160000
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Job Description
American Chemical Society has an exciting opportunity for a visionary people leader to establish and evolve a modern proactive and collaborative corporate communications function. This is a critical opportunity to shape how we connect engage and inspire our internal teams and how we protect our reputation in moments of risk. As we prepare for a rebrand in 2026 the Assistant Director will lead the strategy for internal communications crisis response and employer branding positioning ACS as a top employer and amplifying our role as one of the worlds leading scientific organizations.
We are looking for a senior strategist with exceptional leadership and storytelling abilities someone who can assess the current landscape align crossfunctional teams and build a corporate communications ecosystem that unites a global distributed organization. This role requires poise passion and a proven ability to define and execute strategy. This role requires excellent written and verbal communication skills and comfort with juggling multiple projects and urgent deadlines. The ideal candidate will be a skilled storyteller who is accustomed to handling confidential information and has the ability to adjust communications to the audience and occasion whether thats a presentation to the Board of Directors a meeting of our global partners or a staff gathering.
Heres what youll be doing:
- Develop and lead an integrated internal communications strategy that drives connection transparency and alignment across ACS.
- Collaborate on the strategy and execution of our employer brand ensuring it reflects our values and elevates ACS as a place where top talent wants to work and stay.
- Lead crisis communications planning and response developing protocols messaging and playbooks to mitigate risk and maintain trust.
- Serve as a strategic and trusted advisor to the Director of Communications executive leadership and crossdivisional teams.
- Supervise and grow a highperforming team responsible for daytoday internal messaging and communication planning.
- Cultivate strong relationships across HR IT Finance Legal and other divisions to align messaging and foster a cohesive employee experience.
- Advance our use of tools and channels including intranet email virtual town halls webinars and hybrid events to create more effective and engaging touchpoints.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Bachelors degree in communications marketing or related field.
- 8 years of working as a people or program manager with 4 years of supervising people is required.
- Experience with navigating privacy and compliance conversations with organizational and expert stakeholders.
- Comfort working in a busy environment effectively prioritizing responsibilities and meeting urgent deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and carry out strategic initiatives from ideation to implementation.
- Aselfstarter who builds and maintains effective relationships with stakeholders across the organization to align communications and accomplish goals.
- Comfortable interacting with diverse audiences in varied settings from staff in casual gatherings to meetings with global staff to formal presentations to executive leadership.
- Ability to analyze data and trends to inform communication strategies.
- Strong project management skills to oversee multiple initiatives simultaneously.
- Demonstrated ability to develop effective communications strategies and implement plans including crisis communications.
- Proven ability to engage staff and encourage their development.
- Strong decisionmaking and problemsolving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Familiarity with and knowledge of current media and comms ecosystems.
- Ability to learn enterprisewide software platforms and apps used for routine work. These include Microsoft Office Teams Asana and internal comms/intranet platforms.
This role is based in our Washington DC office. The Communications Division employees work a hybrid schedule consisting of working onsite two days (Tue/Wed) per work week as decided by functional area. The balance of the week is open to working remotely though employees are always welcome onsite each day if they choose.
A reasonable rate of compensation for this position is between $per year.
ACS currently provides the following benefits for this position: paid vacation leave paid sick leave paid holidays health insurance flexible spending account or health care savings account dental insurance life insurance vision insurance retirement benefits short and longterm disability and 4week work from anywhere; each benefit is subject to the terms of the applicable program. Additional benefits may apply based on skills experience and location.
Any actual offer of employment reflecting the total compensation package and benefits will be made in the sole discretion of ACS. ACS reserves the right to amend or modify its employment benefits and compensation structure at any time.
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
