Communications Coordinator

Our Client, a Fortune-50 telecom, tv, and internet provider, has an opening for a Communications Specialist.

This is a contract position that is funded for 12 months and planned for extension beyond or conversion to FTE.

This is an hour position with a pay range of $24-28.50/hr on W2. Benefits offered include health, vision, dental and 401K.

This would be a hybrid position that will be onsite Tuesday-Thursday (near the Braves stadium) and work from home on Monday & Friday.

Job Description:

This Employee Communications Professional will be responsible for serving the internal conversation, shaping our brand voice and delivering powerful writing and graphic design that resonates. Projects can range from crafting a segment for a quarterly all hands meeting to showcase a new product launch or engineering initiative, designing and implementing a change management strategy to roll out a new internal tool, writing FAQs and talking points for a senior executive and refining our team processes, among other projects.

The ideal candidate is a communicator who is committed to high quality and innovation who loves the challenge of capturing a leader’s voice, creative storytelling and working in a fast-moving, performance-driving, highly collaborative environment. This is a hands-on role where you will be both creating the strategy and delivering many tactical elements in support of your strategy.

The ideal candidate must have a demonstrated track record supporting senior management with assessing organizational communication needs; developing and delivering a targeted communications strategy; gaining alignment on appropriate timelines; and designing, delivering and measuring communication campaigns. This role requires proficiency in writing, graphic design, presentation development, and project management.

This role requires candidate to be in-person at the Atlanta Battery Office Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Core Responsibilities:

· Prioritize and streamline high volume of information across the organization to surface and spotlight the most mission-critical stories to inform, engage and connect employees, and ultimately drive employee engagement.

· Create dynamic, visually-engaging content.

· Ensure consistent, authentic and on-brand style/voice/tone is reflected in communications.

· Understand Client products, services and business goals to connect objectives to employee communications.

· Represent employee perspectives to management and proactively anticipate need for communications.

· Implement change management best practices to inspire action among employees.

· Develop communications plans for specific projects including positioning, messaging, tactics, sequencing of activity, measurement of the communication plan and reinforcement; applying change management methodology where relevant.

· Serve as a strategic partner to stakeholders and senior leads by advising leaders on communication strategy and appropriate tactics for achieving their objectives.

· Anticipate opportunities or roadblocks, bring solutions, innovate new ideas, be accountable for communication risks/issues.

· Consistently exercise independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.

· Prepare and conduct weekly communication pipeline governance call with region and functional partners.

· Work closely with region peers to reduce duplication of content by facilitating shared content strategies and facilitates best practice sharing across teams – building a One Team atmosphere.

• Coordinate the efforts of content owners to ensure the consistency of look and messaging.

· Participate in team, staff and department meetings.

· Regularly seek feedback on the quality of communications delivered by the team.

· Define and refine team processes to ensure a consistent quality experience.

· Develop and manage weekly, monthly and quarterly resource planning.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

· Attention to detail

· Ability to work independently

· Ability to manage multiple tasks

· Ability to work within a deadline-driven environment

· Exceptional project and time management skills, can handle multiple projects at once

· Strong research, organizational, planning and learning skills

· Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment, is flexible and a nimble thinker.

· Willingness to take direction and feedback; flexible and open to new ideas

· Personal qualities of integrity, credibility; motivated and committed to excellence; positive attitude and “can do” work ethic

· Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)

· Proficient with Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, etc.)

· Has a flexible writing and editorial style to address multiple audiences, while maintaining the organization’s voice.

· Experience creating targeted content that generates measurable ROI

· Evaluate effectiveness of communication strategies, tactics and means of measuring results, and tracks changes and trends over time.

• Experience creating digital content, editing content and video, posting and tracking analytics preferred

· Strong history and experience using digital technology (including content management systems) and social tools to communicate

· Strong interpersonal skills: collaborative, relationship builder, motivates others, promotes team work, excellent written and verbal communication skill

· Commitment to meet individual and team deadlines (both self-imposed and project-directed), while delivering high-quality work. Ability to hold others and self-accountable

• Experience working in a corporate setting is preferred; comfortable presenting work to others and coaching others on work

· Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications:

· Education Level: Bachelor’s degree or Equivalent

· Years of Experience-Generally requires 8-11 years of related experience

Preferred Qualifications:

· Communications, Graphic Design, or Marketing or equivalent experience in one of these fields

· 5+ years of experience working in Communications, Graphic Design, or Marketing

Job Types: Contract, Full-time

Pay: $24.00 – $28.50 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Internal Company Communication: 5 years (Preferred)
• Adobe Creative Cloud: 5 years (Preferred)

Work Location: One location