Communications Business Partner

Overview

An exciting career awaits you. At MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.

The Communications Business Partner for Midstream supports the Terminals and Midstream engineering leaders by delivering comprehensive internal and external communication programs that align with business objectives, drive employee engagement, build the company’s reputation, and protect MPC/MPLX’s license to operate. The successful candidate must deliver well-crafted messaging and compelling content that resonates with internal leaders, employees and, when needed, external audiences. This role requires a mix of consulting, influencing, coaching, project management and storytelling skills to create meaningful impact.

This role is part of the Communications Business Partners team within the Communications and Community Relations organization and reports to the Director of Communications Business Partners. This position belongs to a family of jobs with increasing responsibility, competency and skill level. Actual position title and pay grade will be based on the selected candidate’s experience and qualifications. Position is based in Findlay, Ohio.

Findlay, OH

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with Midstream leaders to advance their business objectives through delivery of compelling, fit-for-purpose communications, including providing strategic counsel on effective messaging to engage both external stakeholders and employees, with appropriate sensitivity to a range of perspectives
• Develop and implement multi-channel communication plans – including messaging, strategies, tactics, sequencing of activities; define and measurement approaches/metrics to evaluate effectiveness
• Create and deliver executive-level materials including presentations, video scripts, and content for large employee events (e.g., Town Halls) that simplify complex, sensitive and business critical topics
• Craft and manage communications content (articles, videos, presentations, social media posts, emails, newsletters, etc.) including writing, editing, overseeing creative design, and facilitating content approval; advise on content placement within appropriate enterprise communications channels
• Support media relations efforts including participating in crisis preparedness and response activities
• Support initiatives focused on change and continuous improvement with clear, targeted communications that drive understanding and adoption
• Understand, interpret, and apply communications best practices, research findings, team learnings and stakeholder insights to continuously improve and enhance communications effectiveness
• Work collaboratively and cross-functionally with Communications & Community Relations team members and other organizations to ensure consistency, cohesion and compliance, and to mitigate risks
• Implement communications strategies that support and reinforce an inclusive company culture
• Provide guidance and support to less experienced team members, and contribute to the overall development of the team’s collective skills and expertise

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, journalism, marketing, business or related field required.
• Minimum four (4) years of experience producing compelling communications for a variety of channels and audiences at a large or midsized company or public relations firm required.
• Energy or manufacturing industry is strongly preferred.
• Periodic travel required.

• Strong understanding of internal and external communications strategies; ability to think strategically and build implementation plans that have a measurable impact
• Capacity to be highly creative, analytical and data-driven at the same time
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with all types of employees, from front-line workers to executives
• Strong written, editorial planning, oral and presentation skills; quickly delivers compelling communications under pressure; demonstrated ability to present complex business ideas,…