Responsibilities

• Internal communications: Develop and execute comprehensive communication strategies that inform and engage employees through leadership and employee messaging focused on brand, culture, mission, scientific and technological achievements, performance results and customer needs. Support internal engagement efforts, including all-hands meetings and other key employee events.
• External Marketing and Communications: Design, implement, optimize and monitor comprehensive integrated marketing and communications campaigns, as well as leadership presentations, that align with Observatory strategic objectives, enhance brand visibility and drive the use of NEON data, specimens and other infrastructure resources. Contribute to written reports to NSF/clients monthly, quarterly and annually.
• Content Development and Management: Lead content planning, creation and distribution across various channels, including the NEON website, blogs, social media and the NEON newsletter. Monitor analytics to optimize and track performance.
• Brand Expansion and Consistency: Expand the visibility and reach of the NEON program and the Battelle brand through marketing and communications, ensuring consistency across the program.
• Media Relations: Craft messaging and prepare leaders and subject matter experts for media interviews in partnership with the Battelle media relations team. Elevate storytelling and thought leadership with agency support to enhance NEON’s visibility and reputation.
• Leadership Advisory: Advise leadership on marketing and communication strategies and tactics to ensure alignment and achieve Observatory goals.
• Unified Brand Voice: Develop messaging and campaigns that seamlessly integrate the NEON program within the Battelle “Mission First, Safety Always” mindset to help foster a unified organizational culture across all initiatives.
• Analytical Evaluation: Evaluate the effectiveness of marketing and communication strategies, implement improvements for optimization and quantify and report their impact.

Requirements

• Generalist Skill Set: Proven hands-on experience across marketing, communications, digital, social media and media relations.
• Excellent Communicator: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, strong interpersonal abilities, high emotional intelligence and impeccable grammar.
• Social Media Acumen: Proven ability to develop strategic social media content and manage multi-channel campaigns.
• Organized and Adaptable: Strong strategic thinking, organization, project management and campaign planning skills, with the flexibility to adapt and execute in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Collaborative Project Partner: Demonstrated success managing projects, advising peers and working effectively across cross-functional teams.
• Travel Readiness: Ability to travel approximately 20% for stakeholder engagement and key events.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in Salesforce, Buffer, MS 360 Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Loop, Lists), MS Co-Pilot, social media platforms and content management systems.

Benefits

• We care about your well-being, not just on the job.
• Balance life through a compressed work schedule: Most of our team follows a flexible, compressed work schedule that allows for every other Friday off—giving you a dedicated day to accomplish things in your personal life without using vacation time.
• Enjoy enhanced work flexibility, including a hybrid arrangement: You have options for where and when you work. Our Together with Flexibility model allows you to work 60% in-office and 40% remote, with Monday and Tuesday as common in-office days, dependent on team and position needs.
• Take time to recharge: You get paid time off to support work-life balance and keep motivated.
• Prioritize wellness: Stay healthy with medical, dental, and vision coverage with wellness incentives and benefits plus a variety of optional supplemental benefits.
• Better together: Coverage for partners, gender-affirming care and health support, and family formation support.
• Build your financial future: Build financial stability with an industry-leading 401(k) retirement savings plan. For most employees, we put in 5 percent whether you contribute or not, and match your contributions on top of that.
• Advance your education: Tuition assistance is available to pursue higher education.