Internal Communications Manager, Journalist, and Writer

Job Description:

WHO WE ARE

Prowess Consulting is a consulting firm that specializes in helping the largest enterprises in the technology industry define, manage, benchmark, and market their solutions and services. We take great pride in investing the time and effort to gain a deep understanding of our clients’ technologies, their customers, and the stories and strategies they need to tell to be successful in the market. Our team of technology and marketing experts is immersed in the technology trends that affect our clients’ businesses, so we can add value at every stage of engagement to help them succeed.

WHO YOU ARE

Prowess Consulting is looking for a communications writer and manager, with a journalism background, who is skilled in employee engagement communications and stories. The ideal candidate will have excellent writing and communications skills and be comfortable managing projects in a large, enterprise environment. Journalism experience is required and if you have a pulse on Silicon Valley news, this is a plus!

We’re looking for someone with exceptional editorial chops to contribute to our client’s work in multiple ways. Half the role involves curating content for the main employee landing page and a company-wide weekly newsletter, as part of a broader effort to promote employee social sharing while ensuring consistent messaging and style. For the other half, you’ll use your enthusiasm for our client’s work in the Bay Area to identify and create compelling stories to share internally and externally. You possess the ability to seek story ideas around you and collaborate with broad groups of people to achieve the right outcome. You have stellar writing and communications experience. Your work will make our client’s employees feel proud of the direct impact of their work in the Bay Area. The position deals with storytelling and content creation across a range of topics including employee spotlights, key initiatives, and event coverage.

***Please send work samples, as attachments, that showcase your writing abilities to recruiting@prowessconsulting.com.***

This role can be worked remotely from anywhere in the United States; however, the work hours will be in the Pacific time zone. No third-party agencies, please.

To be considered for this role, you must reside in one of the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, or Washington.

THE ROLE

• Bay Area communications writer (20 hours/week)
  • Track Bay Area and client’s news to assess story leads and pitch story ideas.
  • Build and maintain an editorial calendar.
  • Write and secure stakeholder approvals for blog posts, source images, create social promotion plan, and publish stories on content management platform.
  • Build, maintain, and implement a plan for and write employee event announcements, invites, and posts for Viva Engage channels and executive communications from the Bay Area region leader.
  • Source and edit images and create graphics as needed.
  • Curate and manage submissions for the Bay Area newsletter.
  • Create and maintain the Bay Area SharePoint photo albums and pages.
  • Consult on SharePoint navigation and page layouts, develop and maintain the site from start to finish through publishing.
  • Create and update Bay Area digital signage.
  • Write social media posts for Bay Area region leader as needed.
  • Provide communications support for major events.
  • Assist with crisis-related communications on an as-needed basis.
• Advocacy and Platforms team communications manager (20 hours/week)

• Manage stakeholder requests to support employee advocacy and executive communications programs.
• Conduct daily news and social media scan to identify earned and owned content suitable for employee social sharing to feature in client’s employee landing page and weekly employee newsletter.
• Maintain editorial calendar and plan content based on client’s news priorities and stakeholder requests.
• Source and edit images and write headlines adhering to client’s editorial guidelines.
• Write social media posts for client’s employee advocacy platform.
• Maintain and create documentation for Advocacy and Platforms team.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 2 years of journalism and editorial calendar planning experience is required
• Proven experience in writing conversational blog posts is required
• Demonstrated ability to develop comprehensive communications plans is required
• A track record of consistently meeting deadlines is required
• History of producing in-depth articles is required
• Adaptable to different styles of writing based on various communication types is preferred
• Excel and PowerPoint experience are required
• Great organization skills are a must
• A proactive, solutions driven self-starter with a growth mindset
• Knowledge of Bay Area news and trends is preferred
• Familiarity with SharePoint and Viva Engage is preferred
• Experience driving projects to successful completion in a professional environment is preferred
• Experience managing communications and social media for executives is preferred

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

• The offered pay range for this position is $104,000 – $110,000 per year, depending on experience and geographic location.
• U.S. based employees, working 30 hours per week or more have access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, basic life insurance, a 401K plan with matching, well-being benefits, education benefits, among others.
• U.S. based full-time employees receive 11 paid holidays, and accrue paid time off

Prowess Consulting is an equal-opportunity employer, and diversity is a core value for us. We are a Minority/Women-owned Business Enterprise (WMBE) in Washington, and we committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. At Prowess Consulting, we are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for all employees. We provide a well-rounded benefits package including health insurance, flexible spending account, life and disability insurance, paid time off, and retirement plan investing. For more information, please visit www.prowessconsulting.com.