Director, Communications

Location
:
Des Peres (St. Louis), MO

Work Arrangement
:
On-site

The Director, Communications serves as Uni Group’s lead enterprise communicator, responsible for protecting and strengthening the reputation of Uni Group and its family of brands. This role partners closely with senior leaders across the organization to deliver clear, consistent communications for employees, agents, customers, shareholders, media and other key audiences.

This is a hands‑on player/coach role for an experienced communications leader who can move comfortably between strategy and execution. The Director will personally develop and pitch stories, counsel executives, serve as a company spokesperson, lead crisis communications and guide a small communications team.

Approximately 25% of the role is dedicated to CEO communications, including executive messaging, speeches, talking points, bylined content, and board and shareholder communications. The remaining 75% focuses on enterprise communications, including earned media, reputation management, employee and agent communications, change communications and partnership across the business.

• Lead Uni Group’s enterprise communications strategy across earned media, reputation, executive, employee, agent and change communications.
• Personally develop and pitch compelling stories to national, trade, business and local media, building direct relationships with journalists and industry voices.
• Identify stories across agents, drivers, employees and customers and extend them across earned media, social, web, video, executive content and other channels.
• Turn company data, insights and industry expertise into relevant thought leadership and media opportunities.
• Serve as a company spokesperson for print, broadcast and on‑camera interviews.
• Lead crisis and issues communications, monitoring emerging reputational risks and advising leadership on the appropriate response.
• Serve as the CEO’s primary communications partner, developing speeches, talking points, internal messages, bylined content, social content and other executive communications.
• Support board, shareholder and agent‑owner communications and prepare the CEO for interviews, events, town halls and other high‑profile engagements.
• Counsel senior leaders on messaging, stakeholder impact, positioning and reputational risk.
• Lead communications for major enterprise priorities, organizational changes and company events, translating complex information into clear, audience‑focused messaging.
• Build strong partnerships across Operations, IT, Finance, HR, Legal, Marketing, Sales and other functional teams to ensure Communications is involved early in significant initiatives.
• Partner with Marketing and digital teams to strengthen the connection between earned media, social, web, search and brand visibility.
• Partner with Sales and Business Analytics on thought leadership, proof points, communications measurement and commercial impact.
• Lead, coach and develop the Communications team while remaining actively involved in day‑to‑day execution.
• Manage communications priorities and outside agency support to ensure resources are focused on the highest‑value work.

• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, Public Relations, English or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 8+ years of experience in corporate communications, public relations, media relations or journalism, including people leadership experience.
• Demonstrated success personally pitching and placing stories with national, trade and regional media.
• Exceptional writing and editing skills with the ability to identify compelling stories and simplify complex information.
• Experience serving as an on‑record spokesperson,…