Communications Specialist

Southern Company • Birmingham, AL

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Alabama Power Communications Specialist is responsible for providing communication counsel and support to various company departments and developing proactive solutions to meet their communication needs. The Specialist serves as a vital member of the media relations team responsible for the implementation of the company’s media relations strategy; working closely with the Media Relations Manager and will serve as an official company spokesperson.

Requirements

• Demonstrates highly effective interpersonal and consulting skills with a proven ability to work diligently and drive positive outcomes across an organization to achieve success.
• Maintains and fosters effective working relationships with business unit leaders and proactively provides strategic communications counsel, as a trusted advisor, with business unit senior management.
• Exhibits innovative communication skills and creative thinking, with strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and relationship-building abilities to drive effective collaboration and results.
• Ability to build meaningful professional relationships with diverse clients, foster collaboration to support the company’s communication initiatives, and overall success.
• Exercises perceptive judgment in managing business unit communications – integrating strategic vision with hands-on execution to achieve measurable results.
• Must be able to manage multiple priorities effectively in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Ability to plan, prioritize and execute all phases of a project life-cycle.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills with confidence and expertise to present information clearly and persuasively.
• Ability to influence, educate, and engage employees and stakeholders.
• Ability to mobilize resources and drive alignment across a diverse organization to accomplish goals.
• Strong consulting, relationship-building, and influencing skills across levels and functions.
• Innovative communicator with analytical and problem‑solving strengths; adept at simplifying complex topics.
• Sound judgment and situational awareness in high‑stakes communications.
• Organized, able to prioritize multiple concurrent initiatives under tight deadlines.
• Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in public relations, writing, communications, marketing, media or related field is required.
• Minimum of five years demonstrated leadership experience in a corporate, agency, media, or campaign environment.
• Direct experience in stakeholder relations, community engagement and executive or leadership communications.
• Proven experience as an on the record spokesperson.
• Candidate must model company behaviors of customer focus (Safety First, Unquestionable Trust, Superior Performance, Total Commitment) with strong teamwork skills and demonstrated ability to work with different levels of employees and management.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in public relations, marketing, communications, or similar discipline preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with designated business units and the Public Relations team to design and execute impactful communications strategies that advance both business unit objectives and company-wide priorities.
• Develops innovative solutions to deliver strategic communications more efficiently and effectively by optimizing existing processes and introducing new, impactful approaches.
• Supports crisis communication and serves on the Emergency Communications Organization.
• Serves as an official spokesperson to confidently deliver concise messages strategic messages on multiple issues.
• Provides media relations and public relations counsel to business units to ensure they are aligned with corporate strategy and objectives are met.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees