Strategic Communications Coordinator

Responsibilities

• Develop executive and professional communications, including correspondence, presentations, briefings, talking points, speeches, and leadership messaging aligned with approved priorities.
• Execute thought leadership initiatives, researching topics and coordinating articles, interviews, speaking opportunities, webinars, and other professional communications.
• Own projects from direction through completion, identifying resources, milestones, and dependencies; coordinating contributors; managing approvals; and delivering completed work.
• Research industry developments and professional opportunities, identifying relevant organizations, events, publications, networks, and emerging topics; present practical recommendations to leadership.
• Support business development and relationship engagement, drafting targeted outreach, coordinating follow-ups, and helping leadership maintain professional connections.
• Translate complex technical and legal subjects into clear, accurate communications appropriate for clients, prospective clients, and industry stakeholders.
• Coordinate communications initiatives, including newsletters, executive LinkedIn campaigns, webinars, podcasts, and other programs, collaborating with Marketing on production and publication.
• Manage conferences and speaking engagements, coordinating submissions, speaker materials, presentations, promotional communications, approvals, and follow-up.
• Maintain project plans and workflows, tracking priorities, timelines, responsibilities, outstanding actions, and dependencies while providing proactive leadership updates.
• Anticipate and resolve execution challenges, identifying delays, developing solutions, escalating decisions appropriately, and ensuring initiatives reach completion.

Requirements

• 2–4 years of experience in strategic communications, executive communications, public relations, professional services, business development, consulting, journalism, project coordination, or a related field.
• Demonstrated end-to-end project ownership, including planning, coordinating contributors, managing timelines and dependencies, and delivering completed work.
• Strong organizational and project-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives and deadlines.
• Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills, including polished communications for professional and executive audiences.
• Strong research and analytical abilities, including understanding unfamiliar subjects and synthesizing information clearly.
• Professional interpersonal and verbal communication skills, including working directly with senior leadership and external stakeholders.
• Strong editorial judgment concerning audience, tone, accuracy, confidentiality, and professional credibility.
• Sound judgment, independent problem-solving ability, attention to detail, and consistent follow-through.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365, project-management and research tools, and the thoughtful use of AI to improve drafting and workflow efficiency.
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent demonstrated professional experience.

Preferred

• Especially valuable: Experience supporting executives or senior professionals; working in a law firm, consulting firm, professional services organization, or knowledge-intensive environment; and coordinating thought leadership, speeches, presentations, proposals, webinars, or executive-level initiatives.

Benefits

• Benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) with employer matching; commuter benefits; paid time off; mental-health days; birthday leave; Sunshine Fridays; professional-development support; and an extended year-end holiday break.