Internal Communications Specialist

Overview

We are seeking a full-time

Internal Communications Specialist

at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for coordinating, initiating, and executing internal communications projects by collaborating with a variety of business partners to meet or exceed deliverables while ensuring Garmin brand guidelines.
Essential Functions

Monitor internal communications project workflow system and ensure all requests are responded to and initiated in a timely manner
Ability to manage complex workload while serving internal client needs
Responsible for maintaining/updating all department site pages on company wide associate intranet with a sense of urgency/minimal oversight
Serve as department liaison for Garmin Intranet, monitoring company-wide sites and notifying internal stakeholders when their sites need to be updated and align with department leaders to identify needs/make appropriate content recommendations
Oversee human resources internal video library, work with HR leaders to create/share associate video vignettes on an ongoing basis, and assign/edit videos to represent ongoing candidate recruitment needs
Coordinate print production requests across various departments in support of a variety of recognition/training programs such as associate of the month and new associate orientation
Serve as active participant on internal/external corporate event committees and manage a variety of Intranet-related projects to promote associate engagement such as volunteer signups, event registrations, external partner communications and swag distribution
Coordinate and/or provide photography and video requests as needed by corporate events team
Independently perform continual copy/formatting updates to corporate handbooks/policy documents, ensuring quality and accuracy, and upload to corporate Intranet
Maintain corporate photo library throughout digital asset management system, ensuring imagery is up to date/includes new global facilities, business leaders and corporate milestones, awards and events; exercise independent judgment to edit, add, and delete assets as necessary
Use creativity/originality to write short stories and identify assets for Garmin internal blog
Create/provide project status reports to internal stakeholders
Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing or related discipline

AND

a minimum of 2 years of experience in a communications role (can include internship)
Demonstrated ability to edit and write AP-style copy
Experience working in corporate or internal communications environment
Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Ability to multi-task and work on tight deadlines
Proficient use of Microsoft Products including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Superior organizational and analytical skills with keen attention to detail and quality
Desired Qualifications

Proficient use of SharePoint, Jira and Adobe Suite
Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.
This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits
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