Leadership & Communications Specialist; In Ofc

Overview

Leadership and Employee Communications Specialist

Please Note:

There will be an in-office presence expectation at 241 Ralph McGill Blvd, Atlanta, GA four (4) days per week and/or as additionally required.

Travel
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The position will require some travel (approximately up to 25%) across Georgia, some of which will be overnight.

Please read the Fleet driving verbiage at the bottom of this Job Description carefully prior to applying. Relocation assistance may be provided if needed and if you qualify.

The Leadership and Employee Communications Specialist serves as a strategic business partner to internal business clients and is responsible for providing the communication planning and implementation support necessary to advance functional, strategic and operational goals. This position reports to the Leadership and Employee Communications Manager.

The successful candidate will be a strong writer who develops issue- or event-specific communication plans for both internal and external audiences and ensures client communications align with company strategy and branding. This person must be able to understand complex business messages and deliver them to broad internal audiences in an easy-to-comprehend and effective fashion.

The candidate will work closely with internal clients and region contacts to provide support on key initiatives; organize internal and external events as needed; create messaging for multiple channels, including video, social media platforms and contribute extensive editorial assistance to online publications.

The role requires strong writing, copy-editing and PowerPoint presentation skills; the ability to simultaneously handle multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

• 3-5 years previous experience working in a corporate communication or media environment
• Experience with the electric utility industry a plus
• Experience supporting executive-level communications preferred
• Related undergraduate degree (journalism/mass communications/marketing or public relations)
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate complex ideas simply and meaningfully to audiences of diverse backgrounds and levels across the organization
• Highly effective interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across an organization
• Demonstrated ability to write for a wide variety of forms – speeches, talking points, presentations, print publications, websites, video, correspondence, magazines, fact sheets, Q&As, customer and other business communications, etc.
• Successful experience planning, project managing and implementing communication projects
• Highly motivated, ability to assess communication needs and drive appropriate responses with minimal supervision
• Ability to handle tight deadlines, multiple tasks and shifting priorities
• Strong listening, creative thinking, problem-solving and relationship-building skills
• Takes initiative, ownership of assignments and personal responsibility
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Expertise in Microsoft Office:
  Word and PowerPoint and Outlook are required; working knowledge of Excel is a plus
• Technical experience with SharePoint, html, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat and Adobe InDesign a plus
• Willingness and ability to travel

• Serve as a Corporate Communication point of contact for internal clients
• Identifies and develops story ideas that highlight the company’s focus areas, values and culture
• Collaborate with department contacts to create high-quality content, including speeches, talking points, presentations, video scripts and other forms of communication in support of company goals and business unit priorities
• Write stories, create graphics and presentations that illustrate our culture
• Create high quality, compelling company-wide communications for a variety of channels (email, video, websites, social media)
• Interact, inform and influence clients on proper and impactful messaging
• Ability to understand complex business issues and deliver messages to internal audiences in an easy-to-comprehend and effective manner
• Research, write, edit, proofread, produce and…