Associate Manager - Communications

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leadership to support the development, preparation, and communication of the Pratt Miller strategic plan.
• Coordinate the strategic planning process, including development of planning materials, meeting content, presentations, timelines, and supporting documentation.
• Work with business and functional leaders to gather, organize, and synthesize information used to develop and update strategic priorities, objectives, and initiatives.
• Translate strategic priorities and complex business information into clear, concise, and compelling communications for employees and other key stakeholders.
• Develop executive presentations, strategy summaries, talking points, leadership communications, and other materials used to communicate the strategic plan.
• Establish and maintain a communication approach that reinforces Pratt Miller's strategy throughout the year rather than limiting communication to the annual planning process.
• Partner with leaders to communicate progress against strategic priorities, key milestones, accomplishments, and changes in direction.
• Help employees understand how Pratt Miller's strategic priorities connect to business objectives, organizational initiatives, and their individual work.
• Maintain strategic planning materials and ensure key messages, priorities, terminology, and supporting content remain current and consistent.
• Support leadership meetings, strategy sessions, business reviews, and other forums used to develop, communicate, and monitor the strategic plan.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, English, Business, or a related field.
• Five or more years of progressive experience in corporate communications, internal communications, public relations, marketing communications, strategic planning support, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience developing communications for employees and senior leaders.
• Strong writing, editing, proofreading, presentation development, and storytelling skills.
• Experience managing multiple communication projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and Teams.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication
• Strategic thinking and business acumen
• Executive-level presentation development
• Ability to synthesize complex business information

Preferred

• Experience supporting corporate or business strategic planning processes.
• Experience preparing executive-level strategic plans, presentations, business reviews, or similar materials.
• Experience working in an engineering, technology, defense, automotive, manufacturing, or similarly technical environment.
• Experience supporting organizational change and employee engagement initiatives.
• Experience developing executive-level presentations and communications.
• Experience with digital communication platforms, intranet content, social media, and content management systems.
• Experience using communication metrics and employee feedback to evaluate effectiveness.
• Familiarity with graphic design, photography, video, or multimedia content development.
• Experience working within a larger corporate or matrixed organization.