Digital Marketing & External Communications Manager

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JOB DESCRIPTION:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Performs a combination of duties in accordance with departmental guidelines:

• Lead planning and execution of CNAs digital marketing and external communications strategy ensuring effective execution across enterprise and business unit initiatives.
• Manage CNAs social media programs including paid organic and employee advocacy programs to drive engagement and brand awareness. Ensure consistent brand expression while enabling business-unit specific activation.
• Execute and optimize paid search and display advertising programs across paid owned and earned channels to maximize ROI and business impact.
• Manage resources including agencies and vendors to ensure consistent execution scalability and cost effectiveness.
• Advise Marketing leadership on digital reputation external communications strategy and emerging issues including providing recommendations during high-visibility campaigns or reputational events.
• Establish and enforce enterprise-level SEO and GEO (generative engine optimization) standards and governance partnering with IT integrated content and business teams on best practices for content technical optimization and linking strategies.
• Lead CNAs paid search marketing efforts including planning execution and optimization across platforms such as Google and Bing.
• Drive and continuously optimize CNAs display advertising capabilities to support brand-building initiatives.
• Advise and execute on CNAs media relations strategy to enhance brand reputation and visibility across key markets. Manage relationships with external PR agencies and media partners ensuring consistent messaging and proactive engagement.
• Lead the execution of a comprehensive awards and recognition program to elevate CNAs industry presence and thought leadership. Work alongside leadership and agency partners to identify relevant award opportunities and manage submission processes in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
• Develop and manage external written communications ensuring brand voice consistency and compliance with regulatory standards. Collaborate with internal subject matter experts and leadership to craft compelling narratives that reinforce CNAs market position.
• Set enterprise KPIs and measurement frameworks for digital marketing and communications ensuring transparent reporting and accountability across teams and channels.

May perform additional duties as assigned.

Reporting Relationship

Typically reports to AVP or above.

Skills Knowledge & Abilities

• Skilled in developing high-quality written content for digital channels press releases and external communications that reflect organizational voice and tone.
• Advanced level of understanding of search marketing best practices digital campaign management and search engine provided campaign management tools (Google Ads etc.).
• Advanced understanding of social media best practices (paid organic and employee advocacy) B2B applications engagement metrics and campaign performance
• Experience using organic search diagnostic/monitoring tools (Google Search Console Webmaster Tools SEMrush or similar).
• Hands on experience working with Marketo (or similar marketing automation tools) as well as an understanding of key automation features including scheduling segmentation cloning and success criteria.
• Experience and working knowledge of analytics and tag-management tools (Google Analytics Google Tag Manager Looker and Power BI).
• Strong organizational skills including the ability to prioritize coordinate and manage multiple projects and project teams.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Collaborative workstyle while also comfortable taking leadership roles within project teams.

Education & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Marketing Advertising Journalism Media/PR Digital Marketing or related field/discipline or equivalent experience.
• Typically a minimum of 7 years of experience in a digital marketing external communications journalism or media/PR function preferably in agency and/or corporate marketing settings.
• P&C insurance experience required.
• Certifications/ credentials (one or more preferred): Google Ads Certified Bing Ads Accredited and/or Marketing Automation Certification (e.g. Marketo Certified Associate/Expert)

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