Executive Communications Specialist

Job Title: Executive Communications Specialist
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Job Summary
The Executive Communications Specialist is responsible for creating and delivering strategic communication plans for senior executives within a departmental unit. This role involves crafting key messages, speeches, presentations, and other materials to effectively convey the vision, goals, and initiatives to internal and external stakeholders. The specialist may also assist with media relations, crisis communications, and other high-level communication tasks to enhance the executive's content. Strong writing, editing, and strategic thinking skills are essential for success in this role.

Responsibilities

Working with executives and other senior-level leadership to develop, edit, and publish high-level communications, including talking points, speeches, leadership emails, and official messages.

Develop and implement communication strategies that align with organizational goals and support executive visibility; may advise executive on their social media presence.

Adequate proficiency with standard software and operating systems; presentation design and content management systems.

Manage projects and processes independently with limited supervision, including collaborating with and reviewing the work of colleagues.

Provide communications support for executive programs, initiatives, events, and special working groups; provide subject matter expertise in delivering presentations and speeches.

Translate ideas, objectives, position, and management philosophy into executive detailed messaging that relates to the topic, speaker, and intended audience.

Ensure executive-level consistency with messaging strategies and brand identity within each published article, speech, and other developed content.

Build and maintain effective working relationships with diverse teams across the Institute.

May provide communications support outside of regular working hours as needed.

Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements: Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Experience: Four or more years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Educational Qualifications: Master's Degree in a related discipline or equivalent.

Preferred Skills: Strategic communication, ghostwriting, change management communications, interpersonal, and project management.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Abilities: Problem solving – innovative approaches to complex challenges; Independent work – project management with minimal supervision.

Knowledge: Higher education knowledge – understanding of the Institute's organizational structure and campus culture; Program support – communication support for executive programs, initiatives, events, and special working groups; Campus news – writing and editing of campus news announcements and releases on behalf of the executive offices; Advanced knowledge – deep institutional knowledge gained through experience in higher education and related work; Communications management – oversight of content for executive newsletters and material preparation for speaking events; Strategy collaboration – partnership with leadership on communication strategies and initiatives; experience working with and advising senior executives; Cross-department functional – collaboration with colleagues in Research Communications, External Communications, Campus News, Special Events, and Strategic Marketing.

Skills: Soft skills / interpersonal skills – detail-oriented; Collaboration skills – review of colleagues' work and collaboration on message development as needed.

Equal Employment Opportunity
The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, and services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia (USG) and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individual's race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

Other Information

Position is not a supervisory position.

Position does not have any financial responsibilities.

Position will not be required to drive.

Position is not considered a position of trust.

Position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).

Position will travel up to 10%.

Position is located in Atlanta, GA.

Salary Job Grade A9: Salary range is dependent on candidates experiences and skills that ranges from $65,202.00 - $88,937.00.

Background Check
Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening for more information.

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