Senior Communications Specialist

Ohio, USA (Remote)

$63K/yr – $109K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own the orchestration of cross‑audience communications programs, aligning major initiatives with channel strategies and executive messaging.

  • Strategic communications: shape messages, vehicles, and touchpoints for corporate, division, and project goals.
  • Channel planning and coordination: integrate plans across all channels and manage multi‑team execution and budgets.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and implementation of strategic and highly complex integrated communications programs across multiple external audiences.
  • Develop and execute effective and integrated communication plans, including strategies and tactics across all channels, and leverage all communication opportunities
  • Responsible for communication management for projects involving high-priority, major company strategic initiatives, and/or significant changes to existing marketing and communication strategies
  • Manage multiple concurrent projects, requiring outside resources and crossing divisions to produce the most effective communications
  • Responsible for strategic communication oversight and recommending ongoing enhancements for assigned audience, program(s), or channel(s)
  • Serve as a communication strategist and consult with corporate and division partners to develop strategies, key messages, and vehicles for communication to support corporate, division, and project objectives
  • Lead and/or participate in project meetings. Proactively and openly articulate ideas and concerns with both corporate and project stakeholders, while balancing the objectives of both groups
  • Evaluate the impact of different communication channels and messaging strategies to ensure effective communications
  • Serve as account manager between creative teams and business partners. Initiate and manage creative strategy work, including some direct content development
  • Understand and leverage communication touch points for assigned audiences and/or projects

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Communications, or equivalent experience
  • 4+ years’ experience in related communications work for a variety of mediums and customizing content to targeted audiences
  • Project management experience
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work with individuals from all levels of organization
  • Proficient in word processing and desktop publishing applications

Preferred

  • Experience executing omni-channel D2C marketing campaigns (email, web, client channels)
  • Ability to manage congruent B2B2C and B2B marketing efforts
  • Experience developing campaign strategies aligned to growth objectives
  • Strong ability to manage multiple concurrent campaigns/projects while balancing timelines, stakeholders, and deliverables
  • Experience navigating complex, matrixed organizations with a strong ability to align stakeholders and drive execution across teams

VSP Vision Care

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Founded in 1955
Rancho Cordova, California, USA
2.9K employees (114 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$3.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
23.6%
Direct
64.3%
Referral
11.2%
Social
0.2%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.9K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
86 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
20 years
Median Tenure
11.9 years