Sr Communications Specialist

Ursus, Inc.

Sacramento, CA
Remote

$35–$40 Per Hour
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3 days ago

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Sr Communications Specialist
LOCATION: Remote
PAY RANGE: $35 - $40/hr.
DURATION: 12 months

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Lead the development and implementation of strategic and highly complex integrated communications programs across multiple external audiences.
Develop and execute effective and integrated communication plans, including strategies and tactics across all channels, and leveraging all communication opportunities.
Responsible for communication management for projects involving high-priority, major company strategic initiatives and/or significant changes to existing marketing and communication strategies.
Manage multiple concurrent projects, requiring outside resources and crossing divisions to produce the most effective communications.
Responsible for strategic communication oversight and recommending ongoing enhancements for assigned audience, program(s), or channel(s).
Serve as communication strategist and consult with corporate and division partners to develop strategies, key messages, and vehicles for communication to support corporate, division, and project objectives.
Lead and/or participate in project meetings.
Proactively and openly articulate ideas and concerns with both corporate and project stakeholders, while balancing the objectives of both groups.
Evaluate the impact of different communication channels and messaging strategies to ensure effective communications.
Serve as account manager between creative teams and business partners.
Initiate and manage creative strategy work, including some direct content development.
Understand and leverage communication touchpoints for assigned audiences and/or projects.
Ensure market positioning and approved key messages are adhered to.
Manage communication projects, including tracking, reporting status, project budgets, and measurement of tactics.
Analyze processes and strategies relating to increasing efficiency, quality, cost-control principles, workflow, accuracy, and reduction of complex production processes and products, providing recommendations for improvement.
Advise and recommend effective communication approaches.
Write and edit copy for various communication pieces.
Manage various communication processes and workflows.
Working with the manager, recommend tactical assignments of work for other team members to support strategic communication needs.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Typically has the following skills or abilities:

Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Communications, or equivalent experience
4+ years experience in related communications work for a variety of media and customizing content to targeted audiences
Project management experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work with individuals from all levels of the organization
Proficient in word processing and desktop publishing applications
Experience executing funnel and lifecycle marketing campaigns, with an understanding of customer experience and how contacts move between stages.
Hands-on experience in a marketing automation/email platform (Eloqua preferred, Marketo, Pardot, or similar considered), including campaign builds within pre-established templates and guidelines, including QA and testing.
Working knowledge of audience segmentation and how data structures drive personalization and targeting.
Familiar with managing lead qualifications against defined scoring and routing criteria; Salesforce experience preferred.
Comfortable holding complexity across multiple concurrent, always-on campaigns, including contact suppression logic and avoiding cross-program conflicts.
Ability to set up relevant tracking (UTM) as well as identify and report meaningful metrics and suggest optimizations to existing campaigns.

BENEFITS SUMMARY: Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate or annual salary only, unless otherwise stated. In addition to base compensation, full-time roles are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Commuter and 401K benefits with company matching.

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BENEFITS SUMMARY:
Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate or annual salary only, unless otherwise stated. In addition to base compensation, full-time roles are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Commuter and 401K benefits with company matching.

FAIR CHANCE POLICY:
Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants will be considered for assignment with arrest and conviction records. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, meet client expectations, standards, and accompanying requirements, and safeguard business operations and company reputation.

Numbers & Facts

Location	Sacramento, CA ( Remote)
Salary	$35–$40 Per Hour

Skills

Budgetingunmatched
Business Operationsunmatched
Business Strategyunmatched
Campaignsunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Compensation Managementunmatched
Consultingunmatched
Content Developmentunmatched
Copy Editingunmatched
Cost Controlunmatched
Customer Experienceunmatched
Data Structuresunmatched
Email Softwareunmatched
Marketing Automation Softwareunmatched
Marketing Campaignunmatched
Marketing Communicationsunmatched
Marketing Communications Strategyunmatched
Metricsunmatched
Multitaskingunmatched
Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
Process Analysisunmatched
Process Managementunmatched
Project Trackingunmatched
Project/Program Managementunmatched
Publishing Softwareunmatched
Quality Assuranceunmatched
Sales Managementunmatched
Salesforce.comunmatched
Strategic Analysisunmatched
Strategic Planningunmatched
Testingunmatched
Word Processingunmatched
Writing Skillsunmatched

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