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Position Summary:

The Communications Specialist develops, produces, edits, curates and publishes a wide variety of communications, with a focus on digital tools and story telling, supporting the overall company objectives and corporate communications strategies and goals. They will communicate in a way that fosters comprehension and engagement and creates a user-friendly experience.

What you will do:

• Design and execute communication plans and programs In consultation with communication and cross functional colleagues

• Responsible for the daily management of content and campaigns to engage employees

• Review digital channel analytics and propose best practices or improvement ideas

• Work with content creators outside the function to help educate and enable them to self-serve on digital channels where relevant and applicable

• Responsible for content, adoption, and process creation where needed, along with ongoing support and continuous improvement across enterprise digital channels

• Create consistent, compelling, on-brand messaging across all communication channels through visual and new media methods.

• Draft and circulate external communications (e.g. press releases or social media content) in support of campaigns

• Plan and organize special events in support of company initiatives and attend to provide support and/or act as the main company representative

• Perform other duties as assigned.

When you will work:

• Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm

• Hybrid schedule, 4 days in office in Wyoming, MI with 1 day remote

What you'll bring to the table:

• Bachelor’s Degree in English, Business, Communication or related field required.

• Three to five years of experience with corporate communication/internal communication projects strongly preferred.

• Must have strong communication skills, including writing, editing, presentation and interpersonal communications.

• Must have critical thinking skills and the ability to flex and adapt to dynamic business conditions and changing technologies

• Must be skilled in using a variety of communication channels including Intranet/web applications (Google Apps experience a plus), email messaging, print media and digital media.

• Must understand the structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, grammar, and style.

• Must keep current with communication strategies, technologies and techniques to understand applicability to GFS.