Communications Manager, Strategic Communications
About The Position
We are seeking a versatile and highly adaptable Communications Manager to join our Strategic Communications team. This role serves as a trusted utility player across the communications function, supporting high-priority initiatives, executive communications, major events, and emerging business needs. The ideal candidate is an experienced communications professional who can quickly step into a variety of projects, bring structure and clarity to complex initiatives, and help drive execution across multiple workstreams. This individual will partner closely with communications leaders and stakeholders throughout the company, providing both strategic and hands-on support wherever additional capacity or expertise is needed. Success in this role requires strong writing and messaging skills, exceptional project management capabilities, executive presence, sound judgment, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment.
Requirements
- 7+ years of communications, corporate communications, executive communications, public relations, or related experience.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience developing executive presentations, talking points, and strategic messaging.
- Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Proven ability to operate independently while maintaining attention to detail and delivering high-quality work under tight deadlines.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting executive leadership teams or senior executives.
- Experience supporting large-scale internal events, leadership meetings, or corporate communications programs.
- Background in technology, enterprise, or publicly traded companies.
- Experience working across both internal and external communications initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Support communications initiatives across the Strategic Communications team, flexing between projects and priorities based on business needs.
- Partner with communications directors to develop and execute communication strategies, plans, key messages, talking points, presentations, and executive materials.
- Provide surge support for major initiatives, leadership communications, and high-priority announcements requiring additional capacity.
- Support executive presentations, keynotes, and leadership communications for internal and external events.
- Develop key message documents, briefing materials, presentation content, and follow-up resources that ensure leaders communicate consistently across the organization.
- Help translate complex business topics into clear, audience-appropriate messaging.
- Serve as a connective point across major corporate events, leadership forums, and executive engagements.
- Coordinate communications deliverables across multiple stakeholders to ensure alignment, consistency, and on-time execution.
- Support event planning and communications execution, including content development, message frameworks, speaker preparation, and post-event communications.
- Draft a wide range of communications materials, including key message documents, executive talking points, presentation content, internal communications, leadership updates, event communications, FAQs and communication toolkits.
- Ensure messaging aligns with company strategy, culture, and narrative priorities.
- Partner with stakeholders across the business, including senior leaders, Human Resources, Operations, Legal, Product, Marketing, and Public Relations.
- Build strong working relationships and establish credibility with leaders at all levels.
- Help drive alignment across communications efforts and identify opportunities for greater consistency and coordination.
Benefits
- paid vacation time
- paid sick leave
- medical/dental/vision insurance
- life, accident and disability insurance
- tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
- employee assistance program
- other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
- tuition reimbursement
- transit
- the Applause Program
- employee stock purchase plan
- the WD Savings 401(k) Plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
