Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning & Campaign Architecture: Translating commercial business strategy into integrated communication strategies.
• Earned Media Strategy & Media Relations Execution: Pitching compelling stories, build relationships with key business, trade, and local media, and drive brand credibility and sentiment.
• Program Execution & Local Outreach: Driving end-to-end campaign rollout and execute local or grassroots programs to bring national business priorities to life at a regional level.
• Executive Communications & Leadership Narrative Counsel: Providing strategic messaging discipline, briefing materials, and executive positioning for key business leaders.
• Strategic Writing & Message Governance: Developing disciplined narrative frameworks, message maps, proof points, Q&As, and written content that scale across internal and external channels.
• Measurement & Operations: Utilizing data-driven insights and comms operations metrics to evaluate campaign impact, optimize channels, and deliver operational excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
• Experience in corporate communications, public relations, or agency environments.
• Proven track record of end-to-end program management and executing local or regional activations.

Preferred

• Experience supporting small business comms or local community engagement initiatives.
• Established relationships with business, regional, or industry trade journalists.
• Experience in telecommunications, B2B, or technology sectors.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and narrative development skills.
• Ability to work independently as a self-starter across a matrixed organization.

Benefits

• Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance.
• We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we’ve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package.
• Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc.
• Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service.
• For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.