Communication Specialist - #2229901

Who You'll Work With

You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.

In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we’ll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Exceptional benefits: In addition to a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.
  
  

Your Impact

You will be tasked with engaging both VG&Media and Firm colleagues on a broad range of topics, but primarily in support of our Transformation initiatives, operational imperatives and people propositions. By strategically leveraging inspirational storytelling and expert writing & editing through our channels, you will produce cutting-edge content and help develop innovative campaigns to engage our customers. Working with our Creative Team, you will help develop insightful marketing campaigns by designing communication strategies and assets that engage our audiences. You will oversee the implementation of those communication strategies, including coordinating day-to-day communication activities.

You will think strategically and display meticulous attention to detail, working well under pressure to meet deadlines. You will exercise excellent interpersonal communication skills, prioritizing and adapting in a fast-paced environment. To ensure success, communication specialists should be innovative, organized, and self-motivated, with a keen interest in driving persuasive strategic messages with key internal stakeholders. You will also need proactive stakeholder management skills, a client service-oriented mindset, and strong interest in developing and implementing a global communication program that drives engagement.

You will report directly to the Communication Manager of Global Visual Graphics & Media’s Change Management & Communication Team. Working as part of a multi-talented global team of Communication Experts/Specialists, Change Management Experts/Specialists, Creative Experts, Creative Designers and a Solutions/Digital Property Lead, the Publishing Communication Specialist is responsible for helping shape, create, and amplify our VG&Media’s voice to support our Transformation, operation, and other functional priorities. You will, also, work closely with our Change Management Specialists who implement change strategies to drive adoption for new services and products that transform our services from historically grown siloed offerings to an integrated global service offering built around our users’ needs. Furthermore, you’ll have the opportunity to assist in the development of the team’s communication skills (strategic, written, interpersonal), knowledge and capabilities through identification and dissemination of best practices and the design and implementation of awareness-building initiatives.

Your Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in communication, journalism/public relations, marketing, business, or related field
• 5+ years experience in corporate/internal communication, journalism, or public relations; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
• Experience driving an integrated storytelling and messaging campaign to shape reputation and perception
• Experience preparing and executing measurable, results-oriented communication plans and change management strategies, principles, methodologies, and tools
• Deep knowledge of communication strategies, campaigns, and approaches
• The ability to absorb rapidly and grapple with a wide range of complex issues
• Strong project management skills, and the ability to execute programs with speed, accuracy, and efficiency
• Exceptional writing skills, and in particular, the ability to write in different styles to reflect the nature of the stakeholder, audience, and message
• Experience with current web practices, supporting technologies, new media (including social media and viral messaging)
• An uncompromising commitment to quality – detail oriented but able to see the big picture
• Knowledge of Change Management and/or Change Management Certification (especially ProSci) is a big plus
• Fluent communication skills in both spoken and written English