Associate Director, Strategic Communications
About The Position
The Associate Director, Strategic Communications is a key member of the Corporate Communications team supporting various corporate and business units. Under general direction of the Corporate Communications leadership team, this role plans and executes multi-channel communications initiatives in support of FINRA’s mission, business goals, and positioning. Essential Job Functions: Crafts multi-channel communications plans with powerful, sophisticated, and compelling content in support of FINRA’s regulatory mission and priorities. Prepares executives for communications engagements by drafting Q&As, background, and other materials. Responsible for developing talking points, Q&As and other materials for leadership briefings. Leads and manages a range of projects, tracking/monitoring progress, and meeting deliverables and tight timelines. Collaborates and cultivates relationships with senior executives and leaders at all levels, across the organization. Works with a high level of independence to write and edit communications. Proactively evaluates and recommends enhancements to existing material as well as year-over-year enhancements to projects. Stays abreast of industry, compliance, and regulatory issues, as well as communications trends to ensure effectiveness of projects and campaigns. Understands the business and proactively mines for strategic communications opportunities. Demonstrates FINRA’s values. Collaborates both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of FINRA’s mission of investor protection and market integrity.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism or related field, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum ten (10) years of communications experience including financial services and/or securities industry experience, and familiarity with financial services regulation and capital markets.
- Demonstrated strong writing and editing skills, as well as presentation and interpersonal communications skills.
- Ability to effectively convey complex information in clear and engaging ways to various audiences.
- Energetic self-starter and constant learner who is proactive, resourceful, collaborative and works well under pressure.
- Ability to produce copy quickly and meet tight deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects and handle multiple priority tasks simultaneously and on deadline.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with others, including running point on project and task teams with colleagues.
Responsibilities
- Crafts multi-channel communications plans with powerful, sophisticated, and compelling content in support of FINRA’s regulatory mission and priorities.
- Prepares executives for communications engagements by drafting Q&As, background, and other materials.
- Develops talking points, Q&As and other materials for leadership briefings.
- Leads and manages a range of projects, tracking/monitoring progress, and meeting deliverables and tight timelines.
- Collaborates and cultivates relationships with senior executives and leaders at all levels, across the organization.
- Works with a high level of independence to write and edit communications.
- Proactively evaluates and recommends enhancements to existing material as well as year-over-year enhancements to projects.
- Stays abreast of industry, compliance, and regulatory issues, as well as communications trends to ensure effectiveness of projects and campaigns.
- Understands the business and proactively mines for strategic communications opportunities.
- Demonstrates FINRA’s values.
- Collaborates both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of FINRA’s mission of investor protection and market integrity.
Benefits
- comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
- basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, supplemental life, spouse/domestic partner and dependent life, and spouse/domestic partner and dependent accidental death and dismemberment, short- and long-term disability, long-term care, business travel accident, disability and legal
- immediate participation and vesting in a 401(k) plan with company match
- eligibility for participation in an additional FINRA-funded retirement contribution
- tuition reimbursement
- commuter benefits
- adoption assistance
- backup family care
- surrogacy benefits
- employee assistance
- wellness programs
- 15 days of paid time off
- 5 personal days
- 9 sick days
- two volunteer service days
- military leave
- jury duty leave
- bereavement leave
- voting and election official leave for federal, state or local primary and general elections
- care of a family member leave (available after 90 days of employment)
- childbirth and parental leave (available after 90 days of employment)
- nine paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
