Responsibilities

• Lead, train and motivate a team of communications professionals in planning, developing and executing comprehensive communications plans to support business objectives.
• Create and cultivate relevant, engaging content that elevates the brand and drives leads through email nurture, blog posts, eBooks/eGuides, infographics, articles and presentations.
• Support the establishment and maintenance of continual improvement to ensure aligned, proactive and effective internal communications processes institution-wide.
• Partner with key functional areas to implement coordinated and planned communications and to provide oversight of all communications to ensure consistency of messaging and alignment with defined institutional objectives.
• Outline, research and draft/develop multifaceted communications plans including but not limited to University-wide updates, program launches, academic policy for curriculum updates, leadership transitions, issues/crisis management and major events/sponsorships.
• Partner with the social media and external communications teams to drive engagement and ensure consistency of messaging across channels and audiences.
• Support executive management by drafting and/or editing communications as needed.
• Manage and develop the thought leadership platform, elevating the institution as a thought leader and builds a beacon brand within the healthcare/education industry, especially across social media platforms.
• Implement and maintain the company’s brand standards.
• Manage internal communications specialists as required, in consultation with the institution marketing director and vertical communications director.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in communications, marketing, journalism or a related field required.
• 5-7 years of experience in related positions required.
• Well-developed writing and journalistic skills.
• Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Office applications.
• Demonstrated leadership qualities and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Must be able to collaborate with a variety of colleagues across the organization.
• Strong organizational, logistical and planning skills with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks under tight deadlines while maintaining work quality.

Preferred

• Experience working with third party agencies preferred.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Covista’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays
• https://careers.covista.com/benefits
• You are also eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.