Communications Lead - Navistar Financial Corporation

Lisle, IL (On-site)

$127K/yr – $191K/yrSenior Level9+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive integrated marketing and communications to support goals, with cross‑functional collaboration and brand storytelling.

  • Must-have: At least 12 years of communications experience.
  • Collaborates with International marketing to tell brand stories across articles, blogs, social posts, and website content.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develops and executes integrated marketing and communications strategies that support organizational goals, brand positioning, and business priorities.
  • Maintains brand consistency across all internal and external communications, ensuring messaging aligns with company values and visual identity guidelines.
  • Analyzes market trends, customer insights, and competitor activities to inform communications and marketing plans.
  • Collaborates with International marketing team to support brand storytelling through articles, blogs, social posts and website content
  • Collaborates with sales, operations and credit, to draft and manage dealer-facing (micro and macro) programs and related documents
  • Supports senior management to develop and edit presentation material that is used for national-level meetings
  • Owns formats designed to gain dealer feedback including developing launching the tool and facilitating feedback loops.
  • Owns recurring meetings designed to gather employee feedback
  • Manages communication calendars, timelines, and project deliverables.
  • Tracks communication performance metrics and provide insights for continuous improvement
  • Assist with crisis communication planning and execution.
  • Other tasks, as needed

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree and at least 9 years of communications experience
  • At least 2 years of lead experience
  • Master's degree and at least 5 years of communications experience
  • At least 12 years of communications experience
  • At least 2 years of lead experience
  • Eligible to work legally in the United States without sponsorship (US Citizen, Legal Permanent Resident, Refugee or Asylee)

Preferred

  • Demonstrated effectiveness in various communications formats e.g. Social Media applications, Website based, internal and external constituencies.
  • Communications experience, preferably in corporate communications
  • Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
  • Strong storytelling ability and knowledge of content best practices.
  • Ability to translate complex information into clear, compelling messages.
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Exceptional project management skills, including leading design and development processes, delivering projects on time and within budget, and managing multiple priorities with agility.
  • Track record of creating and executing strategic communications programs aligned with business goals that achieve measurable results.
  • Strategic and innovative thinker capable of spotting emerging trends and driving projects from concept to completion.
  • Strong collaborator able to partner effectively with senior leadership, teams, and agency partners, demonstrating a positive, client-focused attitude.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and Adobe Suite; SharePoint experience

Benefits

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International

We build International trucks and engines and IC Bus® school and commercial buses that are as tough and as smart as the people who drive them. Our solutions deliver greater uptime and productivity to fleets across North America. We also develop Fleetrite® aftermarket parts. In everything we do, our vision is to accelerate the impact of sustainable mobility to create the cleaner, safer world we all deserve. We are part of the TRATON Group, one of the world's leading commercial vehicle manufacturers.

Lisle, Illinois, USA

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