Communications Manager

About the Role:

The Internal Communications Manager oversees the company’s internal communications functions, focusing on the creation and implementation of a variety of communications materials, activities and programs delivered bank-wide to all associates. The position works to deliver a positive and productive associate experience through communication channels and materials that inform, educate, and engage. They provide divisional leadership and others with communications counsel and support to make sure all divisions of the bank are delivering consistent communications.

Ensure that communications messaging and delivery enhance the company’s culture and create an engaging associate experience. This person is responsible for fostering relationships with internal stakeholders, initiative owners, and employee-led groups to design targeted approaches and provide writing and corporate editorial support to lead employee-facing campaigns and ensure messaging is consistent.

• Maintain and develop a strong understanding of the bank’s brand, culture, business strategy, executive leadership team, and business objectives

• Manage and lead production of weekly newsletters providing editorial oversight and content planning for owned channels and stakeholder groups

• Collaborate with internal partners and stakeholders to strategize, develop, and execute internal communication campaigns around organizational announcements, relevant business priorities, employee engagement initiatives, benefits, trainings, and more.

• Lead internal communication projects from planning to implementation.

• Ensure content and assets meet organizational objectives and are on brand.

• Responsible for leading decentralized teams in a variety of areas, outlining communications standards for divisional communications and providing counsel to team-specific efforts.

• Co-create and ghostwrite clear and engaging messaging to support key programs and initiatives.

• Analyze content usage/trend information to adjust internal communications efforts as needed including intranet, newsletters, emails and other notification channels.

• Manage the strategy, development, and execution of tactical communications plans, including researching, writing, reviewing, and editing communications materials, reports, print, and digital content for internal bank audiences under tight recurring deadlines.

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, English or reated field preferred

• 4-7 years of experience working in multiple aspects of organizational communications including experience managing editorial calendars and email newsletters, and intranet content required

• Extensive experience in written and verbal communications.

• Attention to detail and strong proofreading/editing skills required.

• Advanced knowledge of software applications including Microsoft Office suite, SharePoint, other content management tools.

• Possess strong organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills in order to appropriately balance existing workload and allow for new opportunity.

• Possess excellent interpersonal and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate and lead teams effectively in both small and large group settings.

• Ability to execute multiple projects concurrently in a fast-paced, fluid and deadline-oriented environment.

• Demonstrate leadership ability at all levels of an organization and ability to bring people together to collaborate on both short- and long-term projects.

• Occasional travel may be required

The pay range for this role is $80,000 – $100,000.

The pay rate for the selected candidate is dependent upon a variety of non-discriminatory factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, education, and geographic location. The role may be eligible for performance-based incentive compensation, and those details will be provided during the recruitment process.

Primary

Location:

Ability to work fully onsite at posted location(s).

1301 A Street Tacoma WA 98402

We are proud to offer a competitive total rewards package including base wages and comprehensive benefits.

We offer eligible associates comprehensive healthcare…