Hybrid Role

Virtual Interviews

Position: It Communications Specialist

Location: St. Louis, MO

Duration: 12 Months with EXT

ONLY ON W2!

• Will need to take technical jargon and make it more easily consumable to client’s IT workforce.
• WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR A TECH WRITER.

Job Description:

• The successful candidate will have experience developing communication strategies and compelling messaging, writing engaging copy for emails, presentations, digital collateral and other customer touchpoints, and using visual storytelling and graphics to support these messages.
• A successful candidate will develop positive working relationships with client’s stakeholders, and act as a key liaison between internal customers and project teams.
• In this role, candidate will develop proactive employee communications to support technical initiatives and other team-centered campaigns, with a strong emphasis on delivering an excellent employee experience.
• Candidate will collaborate with leadership to craft, organize and promote messages to ensure success, ensuring all collateral and narratives accurately convey company and IT values to various audiences.
• Candidate will also track and measure communications activities to assess and improve performance, develop and drive internal communications as needed, provide thought leadership and perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
• Client’s IT Communications team culture is collaborative, fun and encourages fresh ideas and bold thinking.

Required:

• Highly independent, motivated communicator with experience executing global campaigns.
• 3 plus years in communications, creative marketing, marketing agency and/or marketing/ communications project management roles.
• 3 plus years of experience in visual storytelling and business writing.
• Strong project management skills, time management skills, organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strategic perspective related to communication, as well as critical thinking skills and approach.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively to a broad range of employee segments across the company, including senior leadership.
• Expert proof reading and editing skills.
• Ability to drive discussions about tools and associated campaigns to inform effective outcomes and deliverables.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and juggle multiple competing tasks and demands.
• Ability and desire to advocate for internal users of varying technologies through a “customer first” approach.
• Experience working in a highly matrixed environment, including supporting multiple leaders simultaneously.
• Experience leading project teams and influencing/gaining consensus from peers and leaders.
• Must be committed to incorporating security into all decisions and daily job responsibilities.

Preferred:

• Experience with IT-focused initiatives and global technology rollouts
• Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, journalism or related field
• Master’s in communications or MBA
• Experience designing various types of collateral, including one-pagers/flyers, infographics, presentations, web graphics, etc. adhering to brand standards.
• Experience with Organizational Change Management (OCM)
• Experience with video storyboarding, recording & editing
• Experience with SharePoint
• Candidates are encouraged to submit examples of their previous work in the form of:
• Communication plans
• Creative/design portfolio
• Writing samples