Internal Communications Manager

Boar's Head Brand - Sarasota, FL

Full-time

Sarasota, FL

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

About the position

This position is focused on crafting content across the Boar's Head Brand employee communications platform to inform, inspire, and engage team members. The high-visibility role includes the full communications cycle, from content strategy to development, distribution, analytics, and refinement. This work connects employee engagement, volunteerism, and experience to support a healthy, positive company culture that empowers team members to reach their potential. The role requires collaboration with various teams to ensure effective communication strategies are implemented across multiple channels, including internal apps, email, web, and digital signage outlets. The employee communications specialist will work closely with the head of employee communications to understand employee preferences and develop impactful communications that resonate with employees. This includes acting as a subject matter expert on employee communications best practices to foster engagement company-wide. The specialist will collaborate with HR teams in various locations to ensure all locations are represented within employee news channels and creatively engage with HR thought leaders to craft communications that empower employees to leverage offerings such as learning and development opportunities, wellness benefits, and retirement options. Additionally, the role involves mastering platform tools to distribute timely messaging, testing and implementing new content topics, and crafting communications pieces in response to shifting employee needs. The specialist will assist with Employee Town Halls, celebrations, and charitable giving events to drive employee engagement and reinforce company values. The position also requires reviewing and editing communications pieces for accuracy and relevance, ensuring that all content adheres to publishing deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Work with the head of employee communications to understand employee preferences to develop impactful communications that resonate with employees across internal app, email, web, and digital signage outlets.
• Act as subject matter expert on employee communications best practices to foster employee engagement company-wide by collaborating with local reporters across the company to achieve impact metrics.
• Collaborate with HR teams in various locations to ensure all locations are represented within employee news channels.
• Creatively engage with HR thought leaders to craft communications that empower all employees to fully leverage offerings such as learning and development opportunities, overall wellness benefits, as well as retirement and bonus options available to them.
• Master platform tools to distribute timely messaging and strategically leverage new features and tools.
• Test and implement new content topics and content types to enhance existing internal communications strategy based on employee desires, communications trends, and content analytics.
• Craft communications pieces in response to shifting employee needs and happenings in a manner that lets team members have a mix of want-to-know and need-to-know content while adhering to publishing deadlines.
• Assist with Employee Town Halls, celebrations, and charitable giving events to drive employee engagement and reinforce company values.
• Review and edit communications pieces for accuracy and relevance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in HR, PR, communications, advertising, or marketing.
• Well-versed in content production to include writing, videography, and photography for impactful storytelling and messaging.
• Strong relationship-building skills to aid in story interviews and cross-functional collaborations.
• 3 - 6 years of professional experience in communications preferred.
• Comfortable leveraging digital communication platforms for information dissemination.
• Trustworthy - can handle confidential information with professionalism and discretion.