Senior Manager, Responsible Business Communications
About The Position
Verizon’s Corporate Communications team is seeking a Senior Manager of Responsible Business Communications to craft and share the company’s brand purpose story. The role works with Verizon’s Corporate Affairs team to shape communications about the company’s impact on digital inclusion, environmental responsibility, and human prosperity. It partners with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to integrate responsible business initiatives into Verizon’s broader corporate identity. The position leads strategic communications programs across shared, owned, earned, and paid media; counsels senior executives; develops media strategy and placements; integrates narratives across departments; turns complex information into engaging stories; and measures communications performance to inform future plans.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
- Six or more years of relevant experience, demonstrated through work and/or military experience or specialized training.
- Exceptional writing skills and the ability to craft compelling narratives for diverse audiences.
- Solid understanding of the brand purpose and policy landscape, including emerging trends and cultural shifts.
- Demonstrated success supporting, preparing, and advising senior-level executives.
- Proven success creating and executing brand purpose programs across a variety of communications verticals.
Nice To Haves
- Experience planning large-scale events for policymaker and policy influencer audiences.
- A network of valuable contacts in lifestyle, business, and technology media.
- Understanding of how individual initiatives affect broader corporate strategy and global reputation.
- Exceptional attention to detail and ability to hold internal and external partners to high standards.
- Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities.
- Strong critical-thinking skills and ability to take concepts from ideation and strategy through autonomous execution.
- Creativity to bring stories to life in innovative, audience-centric ways and cut through corporate noise.
- Exceptional communication, thought leadership, and presentation skills.
- Ability to work independently as a self-starter across a matrixed organization.
- Extensive experience working effectively with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead the creation, development, and execution of brand purpose communications programs across shared, owned, earned, and paid media.
- Serve as a strategic communications partner to senior executives, providing counsel, briefing materials, and executive platform management.
- Develop media relations strategy and secure high-value placements to elevate Verizon’s responsible business initiatives.
- Collaborate across departments to build alignment and ensure a cohesive, enterprise-wide communications strategy.
- Translate complex information into engaging, human-centric stories for employees, stakeholders, and the public.
- Measure communications success and make data-driven recommendations to optimize future plans.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Basic and supplemental life insurance
- AD&D insurance
- Identity theft protection
- Pet insurance
- Group home and auto insurance
- Matched 401(k) savings plan
- Up to 8 company-paid holidays per year
- Up to 6 personal days per year
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Tuition assistance
- Other incentives
- Potential premium pay, such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, and allowances, depending on the role
- Up to 15 days of vacation per year for newly hired employees, with additional vacation accruing with service
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
