Director, Executive Communications
About The Position
Covista is seeking a strategic communications leader to shape the CEO’s presence and voice inside and outside the company. The role partners with the CEO and executive office to develop a communications platform aligned with Covista’s business strategy and reputation goals, identify opportunities to influence national conversations about healthcare and education, and choose the right messages, channels, audiences, and moments for maximum impact. The Director works closely with senior leadership, Corporate Affairs—including Investor Relations, Government and Public Affairs, Alumni Engagement, and Social Impact—and Covista’s institutions. The role spans executive visibility, internal communications, high-stakes preparation and execution, and measurement of communications outcomes. It also uses AI and technology to improve insight, efficiency, and speed. Covista operates on a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week, Monday through Thursday. The position is eligible for the company’s benefits and annual incentive program.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, journalism, or a related field.
- At least 10 years of communications experience, including significant direct advisory experience with a CEO or C-suite leader, in-house, at an agency, or both.
- Demonstrated strategic judgment in building an executive platform and selecting channels, moments, and opportunities that advance business goals.
- Exceptional editing skills, including the ability to adopt a leader’s voice, sharpen their thinking, and improve their writing across formats.
- Hands-on experience shaping a senior leader’s LinkedIn presence with measurable impact.
- Business fluency and comfort working across corporate reputation, investor relations, and company strategy.
- Discretion and confidence handling sensitive information, high-stakes situations, and counsel to senior leaders.
- Active use of AI tools to produce better work more efficiently.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting executives at publicly traded companies.
- Background in higher education, healthcare, or regulated industries.
Responsibilities
- Build and steward the CEO’s communications platform, including core narratives, signature themes, and proof points aligned with Covista’s business strategy and reputation goals.
- Identify ideas, data, and opportunities for Covista to shape national conversations about healthcare and education, and select effective formats for communicating them.
- Monitor emerging media, platforms, formats, and executive communications practices, and recommend promising approaches.
- Serve as a trusted editorial partner to maintain a consistent Covista narrative across formats and audiences.
- Advise on which communications opportunities to lead, amplify, or decline based on business priorities, news cycles, and audience insight.
- Plan the CEO’s external visibility across speaking engagements, conferences, media, industry forums, policy settings, and executive social channels, prioritizing business impact.
- Connect the CEO’s communications to business moments such as earnings, investor events, partnerships, research launches, and major company milestones, in coordination with Investor Relations and Corporate Communications.
- Shape the CEO’s internal communications, including town halls, leadership forums, and colleague messages.
- Lead preparation for high-stakes appearances and events by developing briefing materials, messaging, Q&A, and rehearsals for interviews, keynotes, panels, and investor-facing settings.
- Draft and edit speeches, remarks, bylines, and presentations as needed, and edit and elevate the CEO’s own writing.
- Build and manage the CEO’s communications calendar and operating rhythm with the chief of staff and executive assistant, coordinating approvals, timelines, and details.
- Define and report success measures for the CEO’s platform, linking visibility and engagement to reputation and business outcomes.
- Use AI and technology to improve work quality, insight, and efficiency.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life and disability insurance
- 401(k) retirement program with a 6% employer match
- Flexible Time Off (FTO) policy
- 12 paid holidays
- Annual incentive program, with awards subject to program rules and individual and organizational performance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
