Communications Specialist

Hemlock, MI (On-site)

$82K/yr – $113K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Own the strategic employee and operational communications program across plant, functional, and business leaders, translating complex topics into clear messages and guiding change, leadership visibility, and crisis communications.

  • Lead development of multi-format communications aligned to business priorities.
  • Partner with Operations and plant leadership on manufacturing priorities and change initiatives.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a strategic communications partner to plant, functional, and business leaders, providing counsel on employee and operational communications.
  • Develop and execute communication strategies and plans aligned with business priorities, operational objectives, organizational change, and strategic initiatives.
  • Translate complex business and operational topics into clear, actionable communications that strengthen employee understanding and alignment.
  • Develop compelling communications across multiple formats, including leadership messages, business updates, employee stories, operational milestones, and manager resources.
  • Strengthen leadership visibility and communication effectiveness, helping leaders clearly communicate priorities, expectations, performance, and change.
  • Partner with Operations and plant leadership to communicate key manufacturing priorities, including safety, quality, delivery, cost, performance, and continuous improvement.
  • Support organizational change and transformation through communication strategies that build awareness, understanding, alignment, and adoption.
  • Lead communication support for employee meetings, town halls, workforce initiatives, operational events, and leader-led engagement activities.
  • Support crisis and incident communications, including preparedness planning, stakeholder messaging, response coordination, and post-event improvement.
  • Manage communication execution across functions and channels, ensuring accuracy, consistency, timeliness, alignment with enterprise messaging, and measurement of communication effectiveness.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, Business, or related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in communications, employee communications, corporate communications, manufacturing communications, public relations, or related disciplines.
  • Experience developing and executing communication plans and communication programs.
  • Experience supporting leaders through change initiatives, operational communications, or workforce communications.
  • Strong writing, storytelling, presentation development, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to simplify complex information and communicate effectively with diverse audiences.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.

Preferred

  • Experience supporting communications within manufacturing, industrial, technology, energy, semiconductor, or advanced materials environments.
  • Experience supporting workforce communications and organizational change initiatives.
  • Experience supporting operational incidents, issues management, or crisis communications.
  • Experience working in highly matrixed organizations.
  • Experience developing leadership communication materials and communication toolkits.

Benefits

  • Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well.
  • 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career.
  • Matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan; total contributions to retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of pay.
  • Health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
  • Recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions.
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Corning

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Corning is one of the world's leading innovators in materials science, with a 170+ year track record of life-changing inventions. Corning applies its unparalleled expertise in glass science, ceramics science, and optical physics along with its deep manufacturing and engineering capabilities to develop category-defining products that transform industries and enhance people's lives. Corning succeeds through sustained investment in RD&E, a unique combination of material and process innovation, and deep, trust-based relationships with customers who are global leaders in their industries. Corning's capabilities are versatile and synergistic, which allows the company to evolve to meet changing market needs, while also helping our customers capture new opportunities in dynamic industries. Today, Corning's markets include optical communications, mobile consumer electronics, display technology, automotive, and life sciences vessels. Corning's industry-leading products include damage-resistant cover glass for mobile devices; precision glass for advanced displays; optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions for state-of-the-art communications networks; trusted products to accelerate drug discovery and delivery; and clean-air technologies for cars and trucks.Terms of Use: http://ow.ly/ObPiI

Corning, New York, USA
23K employees (369 in marketing)
1% recommend to a friend
1% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$82K/yr – $113K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Communications median pay in the United States

$93K/yr

Most pay falls between $70K and $137K. Based on 6,301 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
369 (2% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
6

Funding

Total Funding
$1.2B
Last Raise
$500M
Post IPO Equity

Funding History

  • May 2026
    Post IPO Equity • $500M
  • Jun 2020
    Grant • $204M
  • Sep 2019
    Post IPO Equity • $250M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
570.6K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$37.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
62.7%
Direct
20.4%
Referral
5.8%
Social
7%
Paid
0.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~22.6K
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Communications Specialist

Corning · Hemlock, MI · On-site