Assistant Vice President - Communications - Financial Services/Insurance

AVP- Communications

Responsibilities :

- Collaborating with senior leaders on internal and external-facing materials.

- Crafting leadership communications, employee communications and external communications for social media.

- Drafting of presentations, talking points, and internal emails, as well as social media posts representing the organization.

- Exercise judgment and advice regarding message tone, format, timing, vehicle, and audience to ensure the best and most effective approach to achieving communication goals.

Additional Skills and Attributes :

- Keen ability to use executive voice to reinforce the company's mission, values, culture, and priorities.

- An excellent communicator who is respected for their judgment, work ethic and performance.

- Ability to express and share a vision and inspire others to action.

- Highly effective with using data and storytelling to communicate a vision and a strategy.

- Demonstrated ability to convey (in writing) complex information in clear and understandable formats to a wide range of audiences with differing levels of technical understanding.

- Operates with discipline; executes flawlessly and always has and meets deadlines.

- Forges relationships across the organization that set the stage for collaboration and success.

- Able to work on multiple writing assignments simultaneously at times switching gears to accommodate senior leader and visiting executives' schedules.

- Experience in financial services, technology and/or insurance industry is a plus.

- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.

- Produces the highest quality work product.

- Able to absorb candid feedback.

- Has impeccable listening skills.

- Is a trusted advisor and collaborator.

- Proven track record of working in a global organization.

Qualifications :

- Bachelor's Degree required - journalism, public relations, or marketing major preferred.

- 18+ years of experience in a communications role required.

- Insurance or Financial Services industry experience preferred.

- Exceptional writing and editing abilities, including spelling and grammar with a keen eye for detail and accuracy.

- Strong project management and organizational skills with aptitude for managing simultaneous projects in a deadline-driven work environment.

- Positive attitude and strong interpersonal skills takes initiative and effectively collaborates with colleagues from adjacent teams as needed to achieve shared goals.

- Confident self-starter who is also a collaborative team player.

- A proactive and solutions-driven strategic thinker.