Senior Manager, Communications

• Build strategic relationships with internal customers to understand communication needs and create communication strategies and materials
• Ensure team members have information needed to understand their role in the company's success
• Oversee internal communication planning and execution
• Partner with the Communications team to connect team members with Lamb Weston's corporate culture and purpose
• Create channel plans, maximize engagement opportunities, and measure success
• Provide communications counsel to business partners to drive company success
• Protect and promote the company's reputation through strategic media relations
• Develop strategy and content for select social media channels
• Support issues and crisis management, including media monitoring
• Identify emerging issues, industry trends, and reputational risks
• Develop and execute executive convenings and leadership forums, including messaging, content, logistics, and stakeholder experience
• Drive continuous improvement across communications team operations
• Report to the VP of Communications and manage a team member

• Bachelor's Degree, required
• 10+ years of experience in communication position, required
• Previous experience in a communications agency setting, global publicly traded company and/or food and agriculture communications experience, preferred
• Minimum of 3 years of experience managing people, preferred
  
  Experience developing and executing strategic communication programs
• Exceptional writing and storytelling skills
  
  Ability to simplify complex concepts into readily understandable language and engaging storylines
• Prior experience pitching and placing earned media stories
• Understanding of media relations strategies and tactics
• Strong experience partnering with a variety of business stakeholders
• Ability to influence and counsel executives and cross-departmental groups
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to bring together different views, goals, and needs to find alignment and deliver business value

Demonstrates expertise in developing and executing strategic communication programs, with a strong focus on media relations and stakeholder engagement. Proven ability to lead teams, influence executives, and create compelling narratives that align with corporate goals.

• Strategic Communication Programs
• Media Relations Strategies
• Team Management
• Exceptional Writing Skills
• Stakeholder Engagement

• Communication Strategy Development
• Content Creation
• Social Media Management
• Crisis Management
• Media Monitoring
• Storytelling
• Pitching Earned Media
• Communication Planning
• Engagement Measurement
• Executive Convenings

• Interpersonal Communication
• Influencing Skills
• Collaboration
• Simplifying Complex Concepts
• Finding Alignment

• Bachelor's Degree

• Food and Agriculture Communications
• Publicly Traded Company
• Communications Agency Experience
• Reputational Risk Management
• Emerging Issues Identification