Strategic Communication Lead IT and Risk

Overview

Were looking for a seasoned internal communications professional with solid skills in employee communications including strategy and execution writing/editing change management organizational communications interpersonal and team communications and creative thinking. Experience communicating within/for an IT department is a must. You would serve as a member of our Employee Communications team.

Essential Responsibilities

• Analyzes the objectives and needs of the IT and Risk organizations to conceive develop and execute companywide or divisional communications strategies.
• Creates and executes complex communication strategies to support business priorities. Defines communications objectives and measures and monitors progress against those metrics accordingly.
• Develops coordinates and monitors senior leader communications to employees.
• Serves as a consultant to senior leaders in communication of strategic messages.
• Writes executive communications on a wide variety of topics ensuring messages remain consistent and tone is appropriate to that of the executive office.
• Posts articles on the intranet and collaborates on maintaining the quality and integrity of the intranet as a key strategic communication vehicle.
• Develops and maintains thorough understanding of business priorities key business drivers stakeholders and new and ongoing initiatives within the company.
• Makes recommendations on how to best frame and position key issues through strategic communications counsel supported by targeted communications tactics.
• Communicates change effectively.
• Confers with other staff and senior management to identify communication trends and employee interests and concerns.
• Serves as communications subject matter expert for other enterprise and division communicators.
• Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with representatives of all divisions.
• Provides content consulting and editing of organizational publications and Web content for internal audiences.
• Confers and coordinates with creative team to produce multimedia and online employee communications. Manages design development and production of collateral to ensure they meet company brand identity standards.
• May conduct opinion research to assess effectiveness of employee communications and to monitor success against goals.
• Advises senior management on effective communication strategies and implementation of these strategies across the organization.
• May lead and direct the work of others.
• Views the role with a wide lens considering the big picture and contributing to strategy and execution for the good of the entire Employee Communications function.

Qualifications

• Excellent writing and editing skills with command of AP Style.
• Experience counseling executives on communication issues.
• Track record of successful wellconceived and executed employee communication campaigns in an IT environment.
• Ability to distill and simplify technical topics and information for broad employee audiences.
• 8 years of experience in internal communications in a fastmoving corporate environment.
• Able to work with people at all levels in the organization.
• Anticipates potential consequences of communication and trends accurately.
• Can maneuver through complex political situations effectively.
• Able to understand an organizations place and context where it is where it wants to be and how it proposes to get there.
• Demonstrates leadership.
• Demonstrates ethical business and communications philosophy and practice.
• Understands change management/organizational development best practices.
• Experience with SharePoint and Microsoft Teams a plus.
• BA/BS in Journalism Communication English or related field or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.

*** Strongly prefer candidate located in Pacific/Mountain Time.