Internal Communications Editor in Chief

Ford - Montgomery, AL

Full-time - Mid Level

Montgomery, AL

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

At Ford, we are committed to building a better world through innovative mobility solutions. As part of the Ford Communications team, you will play a crucial role in conveying our exciting innovations to a global audience. This position as Editor in Chief for the Internal Communications team is pivotal in engaging over 170,000 global employees, ensuring they are informed and inspired through strategic and engaging content across our internal channels. You will be responsible for developing creative editorial content for Ford's employees, partners, and alumni through various platforms, including the @FordOnline intranet and the BlueOvalNow employee app. In this role, you will lead the editorial process and content team, collaborating with cross-functional partners, interactive designers, videographers, and internal reporters. Your leadership will be essential in creating editorial plans that support major company events, such as product launches. You will also be tasked with re-evaluating and reimagining processes to maintain a high-performance internal communications newsroom. By utilizing data and insights, you will identify unique storytelling opportunities that drive engagement and business results, while also monitoring and evaluating content performance. Your role will not only involve content creation but also inspiring a culture of optimism and creative excellence within the team. You will balance staff and production budgets while ensuring that the editorial strategy aligns with the overall goals of Employee Engagement. This position requires a strategic thinker with a passion for storytelling and a commitment to enhancing the internal communications landscape at Ford.

Responsibilities

• Develop creative, streamlined editorial content for Ford's employees, partners, and alumni.
• Build and lead the editorial process and content team, including cross-functional partners, interactive designers, videographers, and internal reporters.
• Collaborate with the larger Ford Communications team to create editorial plans for major skill team moments like product launches.
• Re-evaluate and reimagine processes to maintain a high-performance internal communications newsroom.
• Inspire the team to tell compelling stories through various media formats tailored to internal audiences.
• Utilize data and insights to identify storytelling opportunities that drive engagement and business results.
• Identify and exploit emerging content and creative platform trends/software.
• Deliver multi-channel content propositions to optimize storytelling objectives.
• Act as a leader within the Ford Employee Communications team to ensure alignment with editorial strategy.
• Monitor and evaluate content performance and engagement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, English or related field.
• 8-10 years of experience in communications, including online editorial or content management roles.
• Five or more years of experience leading online publishing, channel planning, or content amplification strategies.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in a news-making environment plus public relations or internal communications.
• Demonstrated track record developing comprehensive, integrated strategies for internal audiences.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to develop compelling stories.
• Energetic and skilled storyteller across various formats.
• Experience applying quantitative methods to content strategy.
• Knowledge of AEM-based publishing and collaboration tools such as Trello.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.