Published: August 19, 2024 - The Communications Manager develops and executes strategic communications plans for executives, ensuring quality and consistency across all messaging. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams and external agencies to identify and manage top-tier media and speaking opportunities, contributing creative ideas and thorough research. The manager also manages internal communications channels and engagement initiatives and delivers clear, consistent messaging aligned with global objectives.
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1. Communications Manager, Sunrise Media Group, Richmond, VA
Job Summary:
- Planning and managing media campaigns (traditional media and digital media)
- Writing press releases and new content
- Organizing events and end-to-end management of a range of events
- Setting up and managing social media channels
- Creating content, copywriting and multimedia content such as videos
- Lead communications efforts for Pinterest across audiences
- Develop and implement a proactive comms strategy focused on telling the story of how people use Pinterest and how businesses can inspire shoppers on the platform
- Work with the growth, marketing and sales teams to amplify business, creator, and marketing activities with press and non-media influencers
- Build relationships with key journalists to increase comprehension of the impact that Pinterest makes in people’s lives and the value of Pinterest as a resource for their stories
- Provide communications counsel, support, message management, and media training for spokespeople
- Monitor and track press coverage to help shape future strategy and opportunities
- Ensure that all areas and equipment are safe, reporting any concerns to the Safety and Compliance Officer
- Ensure that all Commercial staff are aware of the Work Instruction Notices and ensure that they are adequately trained
Skills on Resume:
- Media Campaign Management (Soft Skills)
- Press Writing (Hard Skills)
- Event Organization (Soft Skills)
- Social Media Management (Hard Skills)
- Content Creation (Hard Skills)
- Communications Strategy (Soft Skills)
- Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
- Safety and Compliance Oversight (Hard Skills)
2. Communications Manager, Bluewave Solutions, Madison, WI
Job Summary:
- Work with Stadia Managers to ensure a regular flow of communication to colleagues allowing them to keep up to date with all Stadia and wider business activities
- Engage with internal partners to communicate all positive Stadia activity and achievements to the wider business utilising all internal communications tools
- Responsible for the management and development of the Stadia websites, other social media & all customer communications.
- Ensure they are delivered on brand and in a professional manner at all times
- Drive customer experience and awareness of Stadia activities with particular emphasis on commercial opportunities, the racing product, welfare & rehoming activity
- Deliver daily social media updates in conjunction with the Stadia Management team crafted to drive followers and user numbers
- Develop social media strategy and update platforms to include rehoming & racing updates and interviews
- Develop the database at each Stadia to allow targeted commercial communications to drive business opportunities
- Support the Stadia teams on Category One final and Gala events
- Drive sales of sponsorship, advertising and hospitality packages to individuals, groups and companies
- Ensure the collation & use of customer information is controlled in line with GDPR legislation
- Craft and deliver marketing material and racing programmes ensuring compliance with both brand and regulatory standards
- Attend tracks at least once a month in person to assess management team needs and agree on actions for the period ahead
- Deputize for other Communication managers during periods of absence or leave and carry out the role of Duty Manager
Skills on Resume:
- Communication Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Social Media Management (Hard Skills)
- Customer Experience (Soft Skills)
- Social Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Database Management (Hard Skills)
- Event Planning (Soft Skills)
- Sales Promotion (Soft Skills)
- Compliance Oversight (Hard Skills)
3. Communications Manager, Apex Communications, Albany, NY
Job Summary:
- Liaise with all the country communication heads to manage the region's communications calendar
- Manage the region intranet and the region newsletter.
- Develop and manage all region communications & CSR tools- Presentations, audio-visual library, regional information on the internet
- Managing the follow-up of the region budget with clusters and finance
- Act as deputy to region head to manage all Region President communications initiatives in Singapore
- Support in the development and execution of the communications strategy for China ( within APAC scope)
- Manage Region president presence and activity on LinkedIn
- Manage all transverse projects across the region e.g. Site rebranding
- Support all region functions in pan-region communication programs
- Develop the Council’s strategy for communication and marketing through a coordinated program that delivers that strategy, with clear targets and regular monitoring of progress.
- Manage and plan the council's media liaison, inquiries, and proactive press activity improving the quality and focus of Council communications and information.
- Develop the Council’s image with residents, businesses, and government by developing the communications service, and maintaining a communications vision for the Council.
- Work with the lobbying function to ensure that opportunities to reinforce the Council’s lobbying priorities are maximized by communications output
Skills on Resume:
- Regional Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Content Management (Hard Skills)
- Budget Oversight (Hard Skills)
- Executive Support (Soft Skills)
- Strategy Execution (Soft Skills)
- Social Media Management (Hard Skills)
- Project Management (Soft Skills)
- Media Relations (Soft Skills)
4. Communications Manager, Horizon Strategies, Fort Wayne, IN
Job Summary:
- Tell the story of System1 to inform, engage, and inspire a variety of audiences - current employees, prospective employees, the investor community & the public at large
- Lead the development of a content strategy for System1’s corporate blog and social media, including LinkedIn and BuiltIn
- Create materials that amplify the company values, commitment to diversity, equity & inclusion and corporate citizenship
- Partner with business leadership to identify and secure interviews, conference speaking opportunities & industry awards
- Develop and execute strategic creative communications strategies and initiatives to support Vodafone’s consumer operations
- Manage proactive PR campaigns and communications for devices, consumer partnerships and sponsorships and other key business initiatives.
- Conceptualize and execute creative consumer PR campaigns with media and other partners.
- Respond to incoming media requests regularly and help manage any crisis comms.
- Help manage agency support to deliver impactful PR campaigns/activations/media assets.
- Draft media materials including press releases/media Q & A/ exec briefings.
- Work closely with the rest of the Vodafone Communications team
- Collaborate with different teams (within Vodafone and agency partners) to lead and/or assist in press events.
- Work and consult regularly with cross-functional teams across the company, particularly with marketing, sponsorship and product teams.
- Protect and enhance awareness of Vodafone and its products in mainstream consumer media outlets, and build and maintain excellent relationships with the UK press.
Skills on Resume:
- Storytelling (Soft Skills)
- Content Strategy (Soft Skills)
- Partnership Development (Soft Skills)
- Strategic Communications (Soft Skills)
- PR Campaign Management (Soft Skills)
- Crisis Management (Soft Skills)
- Media Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
5. Communications Manager, Vanguard Enterprises, Little Rock, AR
Job Summary:
- Responsible for fueling the brand growth by continuously working on strengthening the relevance/resonance of the brand with consumers and driving meaningful and impactful brand Innovations.
- Be the lead of core team members on Communications and engage all the functions and stakeholders to execute the brand strategy.
- Always keep Gemba (Seikatsusha/consumers) at the heart of all the work and understand and learn from it
- Define the ambitious mid-term brand strategy and keep monitoring and updating brand definitions (vision, unique value, relationship concept...) by continuously diagnosing the brand condition
- Design and conduct consumer finding research the Suntory Way for the quick test, learn, and evolve in the process of product/comms development (work with CI)
- Deliver the best brand strategy (creative & media) validated by the deep insight of consumers and fully commit and be responsible for the execution engaging all the stakeholders
- Bring new & innovative approaches to the digital marketing & customer engagement strategy through the identification of new channels, tracking, and media opportunities
- Find, update, and execute the best way of media buying and planning
- Provide guidance and support to the Regional team and local on their media plan
- Support the establishment of processes to develop metrics and measure success against objectives of both Region/BU
- Capture updated knowledge from outside, like SBFE, the agencies, the other industries, etc, to improve the methodology
- Provide adequate guidance & support to the Regional team and local bus in the development and execution of TV and social media communications
- Creatives/format/messaging strategy that is compelling, memorable, and relevant to the target
- Help maintain consistency across communications ensuring great creativity is at the forefront of all brand communications
Skills on Resume:
- Brand Strategy Development (Hard Skills)
- Consumer Insights Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Communication Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Digital Marketing Innovation (Hard Skills)
- Media Planning (Hard Skills)
- Stakeholder Engagement (Soft Skills)
- Creative Strategy Execution (Soft Skills)
- Process Improvement (Hard Skills)
6. Communications Manager, Evergreen Networks, Boise, ID
Job Summary:
- Collaborate with management to implement a communication strategy that will help us reach a broader audience
- Conceive innovative ways to share and promote the stories of the young people, professional mentors, and volunteers who work with us
- Creating and uploading engaging content for the social media platforms, website, and e-newsletter by the deadline
- Actively respond to people who follow these platforms
- Review the existing communications materials and help us develop a clear engaging voice organization that matches the charity’s vision
- Promoting the events and fundraising campaigns
- Communicating with the Board on feedback, suggestions, and issues
- Identify regional and local marketing needs and design adequate support programs
- Support the development of working relationships with other functions to drive maximum alignment and synergies
- Maintain relationships with the media agencies, creative agencies, global digital analytics, customer engagement & social media teams
- Keep informed & provide related information to local teams
- Serve as a communications support to the communications team to amplify key initiatives for both internal and external audiences
- Responsible for supporting strategy, planning, and execution of internal/ external communications
- Partner with different functions and project teams to deliver effective communications that support business objectives
- Support agency management to ensure delivery of agreed activities
Skills on Resume:
- Communication Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Content Creation (Hard Skills)
- Social Media Engagement (Soft Skills)
- Storytelling (Soft Skills)
- Event Promotion (Hard Skills)
- Media Relations (Soft Skills)
- Cross-Functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Internal Communication (Soft Skills)
7. Communications Manager, Northern Lights Communications, Fargo, ND
Job Summary:
- Manage strategy, messaging and content development for customer onboarding initiatives and lifecycle management including email, SMS, in-box, DM, leave-behinds, and scripting.
- Develop content and direct creative execution to provide a consistent, targeted, and impactful message that will limit inbound call volume to customer support.
- Drive the simplification of technical onboarding for both pro-installed and DIY customer communications.
- Enhance and improve communication between key stakeholders to ensure all concerned parties on consistently the same page relative to the onboarding experience.
- Collaborate extensively with diverse stakeholders to lead the development and implementation of marketing and communications strategies
- Measures and reports on the success of marketing and communications efforts designed to elevate ADT’s brand and expand and enhance customer experience.
- Manage expectations and unstated assumptions, solve issues, and resolve conflicts that can negatively impact the customer.
- Identify proactive and reactive gaps and opportunities for testing that result in improvement of the communications strategy.
- Establish success metrics and KPIs related to all owned customer communications and regularly report on results for testing efforts.
- Build and maintain solid partnerships with assigned internal clients to better develop, coordinate, direct, and facilitate strategic communications designed to meet business goals.
- Research and understand key business challenges, customer behavior, target audiences, competitive activity, and environmental factors that impact programs within the business and assigned departments.
- Identify and present opportunities for consistency in messaging and customer experience across channels.
- Facilitate a consistent process for how unplanned customer-impacting event communications (internal and customer-facing) are managed across the organization.
- Strategic ownership and execution of leave-behind and in-box messaging communications
Skills on Resume:
- Strategy Development (Hard Skills)
- Content Creation (Hard Skills)
- Stakeholder Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Communication Simplification (Soft Skills)
- Customer Management (Soft Skills)
- KPI and Success Metrics (Hard Skills)
- Conflict Resolution (Soft Skills)
- Communications Strategy (Hard Skills)
8. Communications Manager, Summit Marketing Group, Baton Rouge, LA
Job Summary:
- Managing and executing the marketing plan in line with the marketing objectives and strategy defined by the business and within the agreed budget allocation
- Responsible for budget control on a per-project basis and maximizing cost savings with suppliers and other 3rd parties
- Managing the leads generation process through the most appropriate and cost-effective marketing channels in the domestic owner-occupier sector
- Principal management and execution of the direct marketing activity for the owner-occupier sector to leverage lead levels and cost-effectiveness
- Managing the alignment of the marketing function with the retail operation function to ensure synergy in the overall marketing mix to prospective owner-occupier acquisition
- Manage and oversee the development of the Company`s Website.
- Ownership of maintenance and timely reviews to ensure that all data content is accurate and up to date.
- Coordinate the input from various staff throughout the business that is required to provide regular updates to conform with legislation, protocols and working practices
- Management and implementation of the digital marketing strategy to stimulate new interest and drive traffic to the company website and maximize conversion potential
- Managing/coordinating and fostering supplier relationships to deliver cost-effective creative solutions to the marketing proposition
- Provide marketing information statistics and support information about activities executed.
- Performance campaign information for evaluation and cost evaluation
- Management of market research to enhance the overall understanding of target markets and inform communication strategy
- Stay informed of developments in the field of marketing and communications within the industry to foster ideas and innovation.
- Supervise in-house and agency content development and Onboarding Specialist
Skills on Resume:
- Marketing Strategy Execution (Hard Skills)
- Budget Management (Hard Skills)
- Lead Generation (Hard Skills)
- Direct Marketing (Hard Skills)
- Website Management (Hard Skills)
- Digital Marketing Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Supplier Relationship Management (Soft Skills)
- Market Research (Hard Skills)
9. Communications Manager, Radiant Communications, Des Moines, IA
Job Summary:
- Develops, implements and evaluates communications strategies in support of the university’s strategic priorities.
- Directs and supervises members of the communications team.
- Responsible for recruitment, training, development, and evaluation of these roles.
- Leads the university’s public relations efforts.
- Manages the production of editorial content with a focus on brand journalism and storytelling.
- Oversees the creation of news stories, press releases, videos, email newsletters, speeches, and other types of content.
- Develops internal communications plans to foster transparency and promote the effective circulation of information to students, staff and faculty.
- Oversees the planning, organization and publishing of website content from a communications and reputation management perspective.
- Works with the Executive Director and Marketing Manager to advance the university’s digital strategy.
- Supports the Executive Director on issues management, crisis communications and government relations.
- Provides counsel on strategies and develops key messages.
- Cultivates relationships with internal and external stakeholders, responds to media inquiries, and acts as a spokesperson
- Ensures communications materials and content are inclusive and meet accessibility standards.
- Responsible for the workflow management of the communications team and related programs and services, ensuring that operations are both efficient and effective.
- Works closely with the Marketing Manager to ensure a strong environment of collaboration and cooperation within the Communications and Marketing office.
Skills on Resume:
- Communications Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Public Relations (Soft Skills)
- Content Management (Hard Skills)
- Internal Communications (Soft Skills)
- Crisis Management (Soft Skills)
- Stakeholder Relations (Soft Skills)
- Digital Strategy (Hard Skills)
10. Communications Manager, Oceanview PR, Charleston, SC
Job Summary:
- Develop positive, healthy relationships with media outlets and reporters in key topic areas relevant to the Center’s work.
- Create and distribute press releases, through-leadership articles, and media campaigns
- Drive pitch and announcement strategies, place key stories
- Ensure all materials, information, and announcements have a consistent and positive messaging and branding
- Coordinate with Center teams and personnel to develop stories and new ideas for publication and promotion
- Conduct quality control on internal and external communications
- Manage media relations and maximize media opportunities
- Develop internal publications such as newsletters, releases, email announcements, planned publications, online, intranet, video, special projects and assignments
- Work with the marketing team to create rich and creative content that is optimized for search engines
- Work across the Center on impact-oriented project deliverables
- Collaborates with the Executive Director and the Marketing Manager on the university’s overall communications and marketing plans.
- Develops and effectively monitors the communications budget and expenditure plans.
- Assumes the responsibilities of the Executive Director or the Marketing Manager
- Measures, analyzes, and reports on communications activities.
Skills on Resume:
- Media Relations (Soft Skills)
- Press Release Creation (Hard Skills)
- Story Development (Soft Skills)
- Content Optimization (Hard Skills)
- Branding Consistency (Soft Skills)
- Internal Communications (Soft Skills)
- Budget Management (Hard Skills)
- Communications Strategy (Hard Skills)
11. Communications Manager, Pinnacle Media Group, Wichita, KS
Job Summary:
- Organise exhibition displays, and major launch activities to support and develop the marketing strategy, whilst being cost-effective
- Ensure the exhibitions promote the desired company image and achieve the appropriate business results
- Provide the business with a sound link into communities and educational groups and deliver business objectives in these vital areas by working with relevant partnership organizations
- Support the collection and maintenance of the company`s corporate database ensuring that the database is compliant with current GDPR requirements
- Establish, develop and maintain effective working relationships with all work colleagues, contractors and partnering agencies to ensure an integrated contribution to the company's corporate objectives.
- Observe and comply with policies and procedures for Health and Safety at Work and observe and continually promote equal opportunities and customer care in compliance with organizational aims and objectives.
- Participate in learning and development activities that develop personal effectiveness and assist in improving performance in the role.
- Undertake any other duties as may reasonably be required in line with the level of responsibility of the post and to meet the changing needs of the organization.
- Drive consistency of messaging and brand across communications channels
- Provide support for the team's administration activities
- In collaboration with the Executive Director, develops communications policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Educates and advises the ECU community to promote broad adoption.
- Works with the Executive Director and Marketing Manager to set and track key performance indicators.
- Proactively monitor media to detect and help manage press and social media cycles about the products and relevant industry news.
Skills on Resume:
- Event Organization (Soft Skills)
- Database Management (Hard Skills)
- Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
- Safety Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Branding Consistency (Soft Skills)
- Policy Development (Hard Skills)
- Performance Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Media Monitoring (Hard Skills)
12. Communications Manager, Crescent Strategies, Jackson, MS
Job Summary:
- Overseeing media relations (drafting and distribution of press releases and pitches, responding to media inquiries
- Develop and maintain relationships with key journalists, track media coverage of VPRA-related issues, write and submit op-eds and letters to the editor)
- Implementing comprehensive communications plans and strategies, taking into consideration VPRA’s mission, goals, priorities, and accomplishments.
- Support and execute the communications strategies, including but not limited to web communications (interactive social media, site creation, web content, etc.), op-ed pieces, industry outreach, and other activities.
- Developing and maintaining organization-wide policies and guidelines related to image, branding, advertising, and marketing strategies.
- Developing talking points and speeches for executive staff, Board Members, and other Commonwealth officials relating to public forums, legislative hearings, and press conferences.
- Overseeing the gathering and analysis of data to draft and release annual reports, board reports, presentations, and other necessary public materials.
- Consulting with senior leadership, staff, and other VPRA stakeholders regarding communication strategies, goals, objectives, and priorities
- Participates in and/or leads VPRA-level communication initiatives and develops key messages impacting the institution’s public image.
- Assuring quality and appropriateness of VPRA communication programs and initiatives, whether internally or externally produced.
- Coordinating surveys, evaluations and assessments of external communications activities to determine the effectiveness of the VPRA’s marketing and communications plans and programs.
- Planning and overseeing special events such as conferences, public announcements, shovel ceremonies ribbon-cuttings for infrastructure projects, and industry outreach forums.
- Collaborate with global, regional and country communications, policy, marketing and other teams to provide comms support on wider plans.
Skills on Resume:
- Media Relations (Soft Skills)
- Strategy Planning (Soft Skills)
- Social Media (Hard Skills)
- Policy Development (Hard Skills)
- Public Speaking (Soft Skills)
- Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Stakeholder Engagement (Soft Skills)
- Event Coordination (Soft Skills)
13. Communications Manager, Redstone Communications, Lincoln, NE
Job Summary:
- Work with the Director of Strategy and Communications to develop and execute the communications plan
- Help raise the profile of the work of the association and promote its purpose and goals
- Work with the Communications Executive to generate coverage in domestic and international media (print, broadcast & social) through the placing of stories, provision of comments, and distribution of press releases, arranging interviews, and drafting features for journalists
- Actively build relationships across the organization to find and create stories, interviewing colleagues to draft succinct press releases, blogs, case studies and other relevant, compelling content for print and social channels
- Handle all in-coming press inquiries and generate coverage in international key media through liaison with members
- Organise, and coordinate key member events and draft speeches for the Chair and Secretary General
- Oversee the production of collateral such as printed and e-newsletters
- Oversee the tracking and measurement of media coverage against agreed KPI / objectives
- Oversee the maintenance of the website and social media accounts
- Work collaboratively with the Communications Director and other divisions
- Develop, manage, and maintain relationships with external suppliers and agencies as appropriate
- Line manages the Communications Executive and Digital & Social Media Officer
- Draft internal and external communication materials, including social posts, blog posts, briefings, pitches, FAQs and key messages.
- Work with comms and cross-functional teams across the region and globally to help develop and execute communications plans.
Skills on Resume:
- Communications Planning (Soft Skills)
- Media Coverage (Soft Skills)
- Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
- Press Management (Soft Skills)
- Event Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Content Production (Hard Skills)
- Media Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
14. Communications Manager, Crystal Clear Media, Montgomery, AL
Job Summary:
- Develop and execute content strategy, streamlining messaging and content across web, email, social and media channels.
- Write short and long-form content including articles, web content, newsletters, press releases and other corporate communications content.
- Pitch and secure earned media coverage, writing press releases and other earned media content.
- Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to drive content strategy across owned and earned media channels.
- Ensure all content aligns with brand identity and overall strategy, ensuring content is optimized for SEO.
- Primary owner of PR function within the Nordics, Benelux, and DACH.
- Lead the work on analyst relations and assist marketing colleagues with ongoing projects and activities.
- Own the internal communication structure and governance working with C-suites on internal communications programs
- Work with CMO on international/strategic communications
- Work with partners and customers around press releases and other press meetings.
- Work with sales and operations on customer communications projects
- Help coordinate social media outreach and interactions
- Create weekly team meeting agenda and track meeting minutes
Skills on Resume:
- Content Strategy Development (Soft Skills)
- Writing and Content Creation (Hard Skills)
- Media Relations (Soft Skills)
- Cross-functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- SEO Optimization (Hard Skills)
- PR Management (Soft Skills)
- Analyst Relations (Soft Skills)
- Internal Communications (Soft Skills)
15. Communications Manager, Skyline Communications, Sioux Falls, SD
Job Summary:
- Author and review content ranging from quarterly newsletters, scientific blog posts, external presentations, reports, and other materials
- Offer high-value communications counsel and content contributions to internal proposal teams by developing innovative strategies
- Collaborate and align with internal stakeholders to prioritize campaigns
- Review, coordinate and support the production of TRI communications programs
- Simultaneously manage multiple projects, including tracking deadlines and deliverables
- Maintain events and media databases
- Work closely with the VP of Communications to develop media relations strategies and plans related to corporate-run LA events.
- Handle all media activities, including identification of new opportunities and feature story ideas, writing news releases/media advisories, pitching to targeted media and responding to media calls.
- Identify and collaborate with national and local journalists, bloggers, and other influencers that may reach a wider audience.
- Responsible for creating content and tracking local and national news related to these events.
- Working closely with all LA-based community affairs, DEI, and sustainability teams, promote AEG CSR activities via 3BL Media
- Oversee outside PR agencies in the development and execution of PR plans related to assigned projects ensuring alignment against corporate goals and objectives and positive exposure for AEG’s image and brand.
- Maintain comprehensive editorial calendars, media lists and asset calendars
- Support with managing external PR agencies
Skills on Resume:
- Content Development (Hard Skills)
- Communications Strategy (Soft Skills)
- Stakeholder Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Project Management (Soft Skills)
- Media Relations (Soft Skills)
- Database Management (Hard Skills)
- PR Agency Oversight (Soft Skills)
- Editorial Planning (Hard Skills)
16. Communications Manager, Clearpath Communications, Augusta, ME
Job Summary:
- Develop PR and external communication strategies in partnership with business leads to advance business objectives
- create and edit internal messaging and copywriting
- Coordinate the production of promotional materials including press releases, media kits, and presentations
- Use social media to tell the story in creative and inspiring ways that resonate with various audiences
- Manage website content and design to ensure delivery of clear and creative content
- Work directly with the education communications team to support the execution of their communications vision for the education initiative
- Support proactive media outreach to promote the work and that of the key partners, including working directly with members of the media to pitch and manage stories and respond to media inquiries
- Develop strategic communications plans, creative campaigns, messaging documents, briefing memos statements and other communications materials
- Support senior Education Initiative leaders in all of their public communications, including interviews, speeches, op-eds and columns
- Collaborate with grantees and portfolio companies to manage announcements of major grants, investments, and partnerships
- Identify creative opportunities to further the communications goals in education
- Plan and implement meaningful activations at conferences and events in support of the team’s key initiatives
- Partner with the Brand and Social teams to ensure seamless multi-platform communication of Education priorities and campaigns
- Work closely with subject matter experts to evaluate complex communications challenges and to develop successful public campaigns.
Skills on Resume:
- PR Strategy (Soft Skills)
- Copywriting (Hard Skills)
- Promotion Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Social Media (Hard Skills)
- Content Management (Hard Skills)
- Media Relations (Soft Skills)
- Strategic Planning (Soft Skills)
- Collaboration (Soft Skills)
17. Senior Communications Manager, Southwind Communications, Cheyenne, WY
Job Summary:
- Identifies the broad impact of decisions and implications for people and teams internally and externally.
- Own and enhance the primary communication modalities for Microsoft US including MSUS One Source of Truth (Outlook), MSUS Teams Hub News Channel, MSUS Communications (Company Communicator), MSUS Central SharePoint News, and MSX Content NewsCenter Channels plus Digital
- Minimize emailed newsletters and updates, and instead drive consistent and predictable updates in an evergreen location and share updates via Teams.
- Own and facilitate two unique engagement rhythms to support the MSUS Weekly News and Monthly Manager Pack, one for Content Contributors, and the other for the US Role/Segment Community Leads US Communications
- Maintain left-to-right visibility, understand priorities, drive optimization, and align on expected value and outcomes.
- Implement and maintain editorial calendar, work back schedules, and editorial review process for Weekly News and Monthly Manager Packs
- Ensure Content Contributors are onboarded to the process, message content quality guidelines and framework are followed, and expectations are established.
- Guide the content contributors for success.
- Weekly with US Leadership Communication Managers to ensure the top-down model is represented in the Weekly News and Monthly Manager Packs, and any off-rhythm communications get amplified in the correct sockets.
- Maintain collaboration with the Global MCAPS team, share best practices and lessons learned, and ensure alignment on the future rollout of their Communication and Landing Framework.
- Maintain collaboration with the Content team to ensure alignment of communication and content requests that drive sales and delivery engagement of sales plays, programs, and incentives.
- Understand and build success metrics in partnership with the Content team based on email engagement data and MSX Content utilization reports and trend analysis - the goal is to increase field relevance and adoption.
Skills on Resume:
- Decision Impact Analysis (Soft Skills)
- Communication Systems Management (Hard Skills)
- Update Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Engagement Rhythm Facilitation (Soft Skills)
- Editorial Management (Hard Skills)
- Contributor Guidance (Soft Skills)
- Global Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Success Metrics Development (Hard Skills)
18. Executive Communications Manager, Great Plains Media, Bismarck, ND
Job Summary:
- Develop strategic and thoughtful communications plans for executives with a focus on quality over quantity
- Work closely across the communications team to feed into plans for key spokespeople within the company
- Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders to find the right external opportunities to tell engaging business and product stories
- Conduct proactive research and reactive review of executive press opportunities
- Contribute creative and strategic ideas for executive media opportunities
- Partner with cross-functional teams and external agencies to review and plan for speaking and top-tier media opportunities
- Work in close collaboration to ensure message accuracy and consistency
- Provide support for communications projects through researching, writing, and editing documents such as executive briefs and internal strategy memos
- Developing and executing internal engagement plans and initiatives for the global function
- Delivering regular communications to all employees, ensuring messages are clear, consistent, in the right tone of voice, and aligned to global messaging
- Planning and managing internal communications channels and content calendars
- Liaising with colleagues across the business to ensure that internal channels accurately reflect the broad scope of activities happening across the department
- Planning and managing employee engagement events across the function
- Developing content for events, including speaking notes, running order, and presentations
Skills on Resume:
- Strategic Communications Planning (Soft Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Stakeholder Engagement (Soft Skills)
- Media Research (Hard Skills)
- Creative Strategy (Soft Skills)
- Message Consistency (Soft Skills)
- Content Development (Hard Skills)
- Event Management (Soft Skills)