Corporate Communications Manager

A thriving, mission-driven multimedia organization, NPR produces award-winning news, information, and music programming in partnership with hundreds of independent public radio stations across the nation. The NPR audience values information, creativity, curiosity, and social responsibility – and our employees do too. We are innovators and leaders in diverse fields, from journalism and digital media to IT and development. Every day, our employees and member stations touch the lives of millions worldwide.

Across our organization, we’re building a workplace where collaboration is essential, diverse voices are heard, and inclusion is the key to our success. We are committed to doing the right thing in our journalism and in every role s means that integrity, adherence to our ethical standards, and compliance with legal obligations are fundamental responsibilities for every employee at NPR.

Salary Range: $105,000 - $115,000 annually

NPR’s Communications division advances NPR’s mission and reach with strategic, transparent, and trustworthy messaging. We extend audience awareness of NPR’s work with a focus on increasing the reach of NPR’s journalism and the diversity of its audience. We strengthen NPR’s decision-making by bringing expertise on the needs and perspectives of NPR’s staff and audience to strategic conversations. We build trust and accountability within our organization by providing staff with inclusive and equitable access to the information they need to succeed.

The Corporate Communications Supervising Manager is responsible for managing internal communications strategy, channels, and activities that support staff understanding of NPR’s goals, priorities, and brand. The Manager supervises and mentors the Corporate Communications Sr. Associate. The Manager is responsible for creating a range of materials for use in corporate communications (such as newsletters, presentations, video messages, graphics) and ensuring that NPR’s internal communications tools and resources present accurate, engaging, and audience-centric information and reflect the NPR brand, strategy, and mission.

The manager is an informed source of information about current staff perceptions, attitudes, issues, and concerns as relevant to internal communications needs and strategies, and recommends communications strategies that support both the organization’s ambitions and staff needs.

Manages Corporate Communications staff.

Motivates, coaches, and trains Corporate Communications staff in Associate and/or Sr. Associate roles, developing plans, goals, and strategies for improvement and advancement.

Models and incorporates DEI practices for team management and hiring.

Implements NPR’s internal and external business strategies and priorities.

Oversees Corporate Communications interns (when applicable).

Documents Corporate Communications processes and creates continuity plans. Trains staff designated as backups for Corporate Communications work.

Creates, leads, and executes communications plans and strategies that support NPR operational needs and goals.

Supports the Sr. Director, Communications & Audience Relations (Sr. Director) in the development and execution of communications plans for NPR Management (Executive and Leadership Team), including the launch of new projects and programs, executive-level transitions, and other news that may be highly sensitive and/or privileged and confidential. Supports the Sr. Director on drafting and executing Executive communications: speeches, correspondence, presentations, and other strategic communications from senior leadership.

Supports the Sr. Director on drafting and executing communications to NPR/NPM supervisors.

Provides support for all-staff meetings and supervisor meetings, including recommending topics and speakers; speaker coordination; on-site and remote logistics support; moderation and hosting support; preparing and editing presentation materials as needed; preparing and disseminating summaries of meeting materials (recordings and resources).

Responsible for the editorial oversight of NPR’s internal all-staff newsletter.

Responsible for upholding the…