Community Relations Specialist

Colony Brands is celebrating 100 years in business as one of North America’s largest and most successful direct marketing catalog and e-commerce companies. Our enterprise has grown from a premier mail-order cheese company to include a diverse portfolio of subsidiaries, brands, and products, while maintaining our roots as a private, customer‑centric business based in Monroe, WI. We work together with several affiliate businesses ranging from IT and financial services to corporate aviation to contribute to the success of our enterprise. Our continued success is dependent on living our values, continuously evolving enterprise operations, and supporting a motivated, high‑performing workforce. To support and strengthen our culture and cultivate meaningful connections across our organization and the communities we live and work in, we are seeking a Community Relations Specialist. If you’re highly organized, have strong public speaking and general communication skills, and excel at building productive relationships – then this could be the job for you!

What You’ll Do
We Empower People To Enrich Lives. You will help us to do that by supporting all business operations via planning, coordinating, and executing employee engagement activities, supporting employee Booster groups, and organizing company events. This role requires an amiable, well‑spoken professional who will positively represent the company at internal functions and external community events.

Duties

Planning and executing company‑wide events, celebrations, volunteer activities, and community engagement initiatives

Managing logistics including scheduling, vendor coordination, communications, and on‑site support

Fostering and maintaining courteous, effective working relationships with internal partners and external organizations

Reviewing donation requests and allocating contributions to support local communities in meaningful ways

Serving as a company representative or liaison at community events

Promoting the company and affiliates via social media

Serving as a liaison for employee groups, ensuring alignment with company goals

Supporting recognition initiatives, morale‑boosting activities, and cross‑departmental engagement opportunities

Creating visually appealing materials using Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, and similar tools

Providing general cross‑functional support to assist the HR, Employment, Benefits, and Safety teams as needed

Qualifications
This role requires a self‑motivated, clear and engaging communicator with solid organizational and graphic design skills. Ideally you will have an associate’s degree in Corporate Communications, Public Relations, Graphic Design or related field and 2+ years’ of related business experience in a corporate environment.

In Addition, We Are Looking For

Excellent organizational and project‑management skills with attention to detail

Strong interpersonal and presentation skills

An adaptable, flexible, energetic teammate who will thrive in a dynamic, evolving environment

Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration skills

Ability to professionally represent the company at internal and external events

Someone who knows Green County, Wisconsin

Experience in Photoshop, Adobe, Publisher InDesign or other desktop publishing software, and managing social media sites

We value collaboration and believe it most often happens best in person. This position is required to work onsite at our Monroe, WI locations and occasionally travel to satellite facilities in the Midwest.

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