EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS
Updated: Jun 12, 2025 - The Executive Communications Manager has extensive experience in executive and internal communications, with a strong background in content creation, event planning, and corporate storytelling. This role demands skills in developing high-impact communication strategies, influencing cross-functional teams, and driving cultural change through data-driven decision-making. The manager is also adept at crafting clear, compelling messages across various formats, balancing complex priorities, and resolving conflicts with professionalism.
Essential Hard and Soft Skills for a Standout Executive Communications Manager Resume
- Content Creation
- Data Analysis
- Briefing Document Writing
- Presentation Development
- Speechwriting
- Project Management
- Communication Strategy
- Event Communication
- Content Publishing
- Audience Engagement
- Leadership Communication
- Strategic Messaging
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Media Relations
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Change Management
- Storytelling
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Messaging Consistency
- Public Speaking Coordination
Summary of Executive Communications Manager Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume
1. BA in Corporate Communications with 3 years of Experience
- Experience in executive communications, supporting leadership of a company or comparable entity.
- Experience in media relations or PR communications in a business, media, government, or non-profit environment.
- Ability to speak and write in English and German fluently.
- Experience in content production and social media strategy.
- Experience working with opinion formers and members of the media to advance strategic objectives.
- Ability to influence and build effective relationships with leaders.
- Ability to focus, prioritize, and maintain good decision-making in a fast-paced environment, adapt quickly, and escalate issues when needed.
- Ability to tailor messages to the right audiences.
- Excellent writing and content creation skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks simultaneously, while meeting deadlines.
- Proficiency in PowerPoint and a strong design sensibility.
2. BA in Communications with 6 years of Experience
- Proven Public Relations (PR) experience, where in-house experience
- An understanding of PR’s role within a highly integrated marketing organization
- Excellent demonstrable communication, storytelling, and presentation skills (written, verbal, and visual)
- Ability to uncover interesting stories, align them to business goals, and bring them to life
- Excellent project management and the ability to handle projects end-to-end
- Bias-to-action and focused on results
- Ability to develop and maintain strong internal and external relationships at all levels
- Thrives in an environment without a set playbook -- with all the opportunities and challenges that entails
- Must have writing portfolio/work samples
- Familiarity with social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, etc.)
- Experience and familiarity with high-growth or start-up businesses
- Passion for the outdoors
3. BA in International Relations with 2 years of Experience
- Strategic and proactive communications professional
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, exceptional storytelling
- Ability to clearly articulate complex issues and formulate recommendations to a wide variety of audiences
- Ambitious, self-starter, thrives in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment, effectively manages priorities
- Strong executive presence and confidence, willing to take on big challenges, advocate a position, build a business case, and influence others
- Exceptional cross-group collaboration skills to successfully and independently work across many teams and functions
- Interpersonal and conflict resolution skills
- Experienced in planning, strategic thinking, business savvy, execution excellence, attention to detail
- High integrity, capable of excellent judgment and decision-making skills, showing the utmost discretion in the management of confidential corporate information
- Excellent understanding of Microsoft’s strategy, product and service offerings, and company culture
- Experience working in the tech industry and a partner organization
4. BA in Business Communications with 9 years of Experience
- Executive or internal communications experience, preferably at a high-growth, technology company.
- Worked in a newsroom, employee, corporate, or executive communications.
- End-to-end event planning and execution experience, with a high level of attention to detail and time management.
- Exceptional copywriting and editing skills, with the ability to articulate a clear point of view on complicated issues in clear, concise communications.
- Experience developing executive-level content and communications in a variety of formats (e.g., blogs, executive presentations, whitepapers)
- Stay committed while being flexible and adaptable, and use data to make good decisions
- Tell stories with passion and write with simplicity
- Experience leading communications within a sales or marketing organization
- Experience driving cultural change and influencing organizations through communications, from the audience and stakeholder analysis through data and success metrics tracking
- Experience developing and implementing communication plans
- Demonstrated experience building trust and influencing cross-functional teams and senior leaders
- Experience creating content including digital, written, video, or visual communications materials
- Know how to balance complex and competing priorities across the team.
- A specialist when it comes to gracefully resolving conflict and providing and articulating clear and actionable outcomes.
5. BA in Public Relations with 7 years of Experience
- Speechwriting and/or communications experience within financial services – with a focus on strategy, sustainability, and culture
- Equivalent professional work experience with demonstrated success
- Proven speechwriting skills with experience supporting CEO and C-level executives within the financial services and technology industry
- A track record of writing opinion editorials for executives on banking topics and for financial sector publications (The Financial Times, The Economist, etc.)
- A great storyteller and excellent copywriter with exceptional English language writing and editing skills (have crafted engaging stories for corporate publications like an Annual Review)
- Experience in developing video scripts and working with graphic design teams to develop complementary visuals
- Strong advisory skills and ability to embrace diverse perspectives (worked in different markets around the globe and work well with all levels)
- Experience using a variety of communications channels to get the message across including events, video, social media, internet, intranet, corporate publications, and email
- Highly flexible and comfortable working with ambiguity, frequently changing timeframes and short deadlines
- Proven ability to lead and manage a team of communicators, fostering a collaborative environment while working with cross-functional teams, including marketing, public relations, and HR.
- Strong background in managing high-stakes communications during crises, including preparing and executing crisis communication strategies, media outreach, and internal messaging.
- Experience managing media relationships and acting as the point of contact for press inquiries, pitching stories, and securing coverage in top-tier publications.