Internal Communications Manager, Journalist, and Writer

Summary

Join Prowess Consulting as a Bay Area Communications Writer and Advocacy and Platforms Team Communications Manager! This part-time (20 hours/week each) role requires a journalism background and exceptional writing skills. You will curate content for employee landing pages and newsletters, create compelling stories, and manage communications across various platforms. The position involves working remotely from one of the specified states within the US, with hours aligned to the Pacific Time Zone. Experience in editorial calendar planning, blog writing, and communications plan development is essential. This role offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of journalism and editorial calendar planning experience is required
• Proven experience in writing conversational blog posts is required
• Demonstrated ability to develop comprehensive communications plans is required
• A track record of consistently meeting deadlines is required
• History of producing in-depth articles is required
• Excel and PowerPoint experience are required
• Great organization skills are a must
• A proactive, solutions driven self-starter with a growth mindset

Responsibilities

• Track Bay Area and client’s news to assess story leads and pitch story ideas
• Build and maintain an editorial calendar
• Write and secure stakeholder approvals for blog posts, source images, create social promotion plan, and publish stories on content management platform
• Build, maintain, and implement a plan for and write employee event announcements, invites, and posts for Viva Engage channels and executive communications from the Bay Area region leader
• Source and edit images and create graphics as needed
• Curate and manage submissions for the Bay Area newsletter
• Create and maintain the Bay Area SharePoint photo albums and pages
• Consult on SharePoint navigation and page layouts, develop and maintain the site from start to finish through publishing
• Create and update Bay Area digital signage
• Write social media posts for Bay Area region leader as needed
• Provide communications support for major events
• Assist with crisis-related communications on an as-needed basis
• Manage stakeholder requests to support employee advocacy and executive communications programs
• Conduct daily news and social media scan to identify earned and owned content suitable for employee social sharing to feature in client’s employee landing page and weekly employee newsletter
• Maintain editorial calendar and plan content based on client’s news priorities and stakeholder requests
• Source and edit images and write headlines adhering to client’s editorial guidelines
• Write social media posts for client’s employee advocacy platform
• Maintain and create documentation for Advocacy and Platforms team

Preferred Qualifications

• Adaptable to different styles of writing based on various communication types is preferred
• Knowledge of Bay Area news and trends is preferred
• Familiarity with SharePoint and Viva Engage is preferred
• Experience driving projects to successful completion in a professional environment is preferred
• Experience managing communications and social media for executives is preferred

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Basic life insurance
• A 401K plan with matching
• Well-being benefits
• Education benefits
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Flexible spending account
• Life and disability insurance
• Retirement plan investing