Sr Specialist, Communications

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We are committed to understanding the needs of the homes and businesses we serve. That's why we're always looking for driven, collaborative people to join our team. Because we believe that offering our customers the best service means bringing together the best people.

And we find the best by hiring those who share our values of safety, inclusion and integrity, and demonstrate the competencies that bring the Spire vision, mission and culture to life:

• Adaptability:
  We embrace change, continuously seeking opportunities for improvement while remaining open-minded and flexible in response to evolving conditions and customer, stakeholder and company needs.
• Collaboration:
  
  We achieve more together through a foundation of respect, embracing healthy conflict, actively seeking and providing actionable feedback and fostering an environment where everyone’s input is welcomed.
• Ownership:
  We see things through, demonstrate accountability, honor commitments, take responsibility for outcomes and demonstrate initiative.

By living our values and competencies, we strive to create an environment where employees feel welcome, respected and valued.

This Senior Specialist position is responsible for managing, producing and implementing both internal and external communications initiatives created for Spire employees and customers. This role requires an accomplished writer who is adept at creating effective communications for a variety of audiences, in a variety of styles and voices, and for a variety of channels, including digital platforms.

• Establish and nurture formal and informal relationships with Spire leaders and other employees across the company
• Provide communications strategy, working with business partners to meet their objectives. Craft a variety of materials and assets to support these efforts, including but not limited to emails and letters, booklets, web content, educational posts, feature stories, flyers, digital signage graphics, presentations and more
• Serve as communications team lead for high-visibility projects as assigned
• Create and deploy effective communications to inform, educate and engage Spire customers across multiple channels; responsibilities will include writing for traditional and digital channels — the external website, internal customer portal (“My Account”), email, text, and automated and on-hold phone system
• In partnership with the Manager of Digital strategy, serves as a primary strategist and content creator for Spire's social media platforms
• Optimize content for external channels, using knowledge of writing for the web and search engine optimization best practices
• Serve as lead writer for the company’s monthly customer newsletter, which is distributed to more than 1 million Spire customers throughout our major service areas; assist with content strategy to ensure engagement with content
• Develop content for the Spire intranet (in Spire), assisting with content planning and scheduling, coordinating with a team of writers and influencing platform strategy.
• Develop and manage editorial calendars across multiple communications channels, overseeing deadlines and priorities.
• Enterprise story ideas, proactively scouting for ideas discussions with employees and business partners. Gather background information and write compelling content ranging from features about employees and charity work to earnings information and business processes
• Support development and implementation of comprehensive communications strategy, providing counsel on changes and updates to the strategy
• Assist with the development, planning, promotion and implementation of engagement programs for all Spire employees, including employee outings…