Corporate Communications Specialist

Western & Southern Financial Group•Cincinnati, OH

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The corporate communications specialist is a member of the Corporate Communications team, charged with developing and executing internal and external communications strategies and activities supporting a wide range of topics, including year-end financial performance, financial ratings and rankings, business and company milestones, corporate philanthropy, community involvement, talent acquisition and retention, and executive and employee engagement. The corporate communications specialist supports strategic communications, executive communications, media relations and financial communications efforts to reinforce company and brand reputation management at the local, state, regional and national levels in support of Western & Southern Financial Group business objectives. This individual serves as project manager on numerous internal and/or external initiatives. This position works closely with Public Relations and Corporate Communications team members, marketing communications peers, and executives across the company and various departments, including but not limited to government affairs, law, compliance, human resources, organizational change management, talent development and other shared services teams. Works with minimal supervision and is responsible for making an established range of decisions, updating manager when appropriate and updating manager regularly.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree In public relations, English, journalism, advertising, communications, marketing or related field, or commensurate selection criteria experience. - Required
Typically requires 3-5 years professional experience in Corporate Communications, Internal Communications, Media Relations or similar. - Required
Demonstrated success in managing multiple tasks with varying priorities while meeting deadlines. Provide examples of such experience.
Proven project management skills required to set priorities, meet deadlines and manage complex communications issues from various executive levels to diverse internal and external audiences.
Proven ability to create, implement and evaluate communications strategies.
Demonstrated understanding of local, regional, trade and national media sources.
Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills required to develop strategic communications plans and appropriate business communications to all levels of internal and external audiences. Provide examples of original written work, such as news releases, speeches, executive memos, newsletters, etc.
Proven understanding of the needs of internal and external audiences, including associates, retirees, media and vendors.
Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality, especially concerning sensitive issues that could affect Western & Southern and/or the community.
Demonstrated strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
Proficient in word processing applications.
Working knowledge of media research and tracking applications, social media management tools and content management systems.

Responsibilities

Operates in a seamless, integrated manner with cross-functional department, corporate and member company teams to deliver strategic communications counsel and expertise in the areas of internal and external communications, executive communications, advertising, media relations, community relations and reputation management to meet program communications objectives.
Develops and executes strategic communications initiatives that meet and exceed business partners' expectations and objectives, elevates the quality and effectiveness of communications through innovation and delivers measurable impact.
Plans, develops and executes strategic communications and media relations strategies to effectively position corporate and member company clients with appropriate internal/external audiences, and measures results on a regular basis.
Works directly with executive leadership to deliver strategic communications guidance and support, including message and content generation for speeches, talking points, letters, memos, presentations, scripts, etc.
Cultivates strong, positive relationships with executives, internal peers and clients to enhance perception of and build confidence in the Corporate Communications teams' ability to provide results-oriented strategic communications guidance and execution.
Develops and leverages internal and external relationships, partnerships and networks to promote corporate and member company business results and philanthropy.
Leads several internal communications campaigns involving multi-functional teams and supports more complex communications efforts (e.g. Corporate Responsibility and Ride Cincinnati).
Supports wider corporate responsibility efforts including content development for the Corporate Responsibility Report, internal campaigns and sponsorship events.
Creates timelines, develops content and supports onsite event execution for sponsorship activations.
Provides internal and external communications support to special projects by coordinating strategic communications planning and execution to deliver the right message to the right audience at the right time.
Writes internal and external messaging and collateral materials to meet a wide range of corporate and member company communication needs. Materials are diverse and include speeches, news releases, associate communications, fact sheets, FAQs, advertising copy, brochures, digital/website content, etc.
Performs other duties as assigned by management.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Complies with all policies and standards.