Communications Manager

Hasbro•Renton, WA

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

At Hasbro, our mission is to entertain and connect generations of fans through the wonder of storytelling and exhilaration of play. We’re looking for adventurous and curious people who want to explore, experiment, and innovate to come up with the best ideas. Our culture has inspired our diverse team of highly skilled, highly creative, and highly committed individuals for 100 years and we believe the best is yet to come. A Communications Manager will help Hasbro employees perceive the company’s strategy, leadership, and culture. Communications Manager runs impactful internal communications that simplify complexity and link people to key priorities. The Communications Manager will translate corporate strategy, leadership choices, and change events into clear, engaging messages delivered through appropriate channels at timely moments. The Communications Manager will support executive leadership, ensure consistent messaging across business units, and encourage organizational change.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in communications, Public Relations, Journalism, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
10 years of dynamic experience in internal or corporate communications, including experience operating in a sophisticated, matrixed, or global organization.
Proven experience supporting senior leaders and translating enterprise priorities into clear, effective employee communications.
Excellent writing, editing, and storytelling abilities, capable of breaking down complex subjects and customizing messages for various audiences.
Experience contributing to large-scale initiatives such as organizational change, operational updates, or leadership communications.
Strong project coordination abilities, with the capacity to prioritize various tasks in a fast-paced environment.
Familiarity with digital communications platforms and performance measurement tools, with a mentality of continuous improvement.
High emotional intelligence, good judgment, and strong relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate and influence across levels and functions.

Responsibilities

Build a connected communications ecosystem that aligns channel purpose, content, and message flow across web, email, intranet, and internal platforms to deliver intuitive, end-to-end employee experiences.
Serve as the central steward of the internal communications calendar. Work with IT, HR, Legal, IR, and other teams to align messaging, manage tradeoffs, and coordinate communication moments across the enterprise.
Translate complex change initiatives into clear, timely communications by aligning messaging, channels, and leader enablement to support understanding, readiness, and sustained adoption.
Enable data-informed communications by defining important metrics, building shared dashboards and insight cadences, and encouraging a test-and-learn approach to content and channel optimization.
Coordinate intranet strategy and governance by improving how content is organized, maintained, and retired through clear taxonomy, navigation, single-source hubs, and lifecycle standards.
Lead a digital communications ecosystem by acting as a deep authority in Microsoft 365. Define guidelines and governance across tools. Pilot new technologies like content workflows, email lifecycle management, and video databases. Promote responsible AI use in internal communications by identifying use cases that speed up workflows, content creation, accessibility, and reuse.
Build internal communications programs with an accessibility-first and global approach, ensuring content and experiences are inclusive, culturally relevant, and effective across regions, languages, and abilities.