Senior Manager, Communications

Role Overview

• Leads strategic communications for the School of Medicine
• Develops plans and messages that strengthen engagement, transparency, alignment, and trust across a diverse internal audience
• Leads a team and may manage a budget
• Fosters a culture of innovation, creativity, collaboration and continuous improvement
• Sets clear direction and provides growth and development opportunities for team members
• Designs and implements internal communications strategies to ensure strategic, timely, and relevant communications
• Monitors and shares best practices and trends in internal communications
• Produces and edits high-quality content for articles, announcements, speeches, newsletters, and leader messages
• Identifies and elevates stories highlighting research discovery, clinical innovations, and achievements of students, trainees, faculty and staff

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, marketing or related field
• Six years of strategic communications, writing/editing, research, project management or related experience
• Experience using internal messaging platforms and project management software
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with high-level organizational leaders in a complex, matrixed and fast-paced environment
• Experience managing a team
• Excellent writing and project management skills

Benefits

• Emory is an equal opportunity employer
• Must have a bachelor’s degree
• Additional related experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• Remote work from home day options may be granted at department discretion