Internal Communications Specialist jobs in Michigan

Company Description

Working at Allegis Global Solutions (AGS) is more than just a job. It’s a career. It’s a community of people who invest in your development and empower you to blaze your own trail. Each of us is here to create real, measurable impact that moves needles. We operate beyond "roles" or "jobs" to realize the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to a bigger idea. Because we believe that when you build a workforce that’s designed to harness human enterprise, you design a workforce that’s built for impact.

At AGS, we help companies all over the world transform their people into a competitive advantage. It’s not about filling seats. It’s about designing workforces to meet missions and unleash the most transformative power in business today: The power of human enterprise.

With services around the globe, we have a point of view on the future of work that enables us to be a transformative partner in the way work gets done for our clients’ organizations. Meeting clients where they are, we design a plan and guide them along a transformational journey, applying bold actions and diverse minds to solve the most complex challenges – from permanent and extended workforce management to services procurement, consulting, direct sourcing and our Universal Workforce Model™.

We also represent over 100 countries and speak dozens of languages. So as you’re building relationships and doing your job, you’ll be exposed to other cultures and advancement opportunities while expanding your knowledge of global markets and strategies.

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Job Description

The Sr. Communication Specialist helps employees understand company strategy, goals and objectives through the effective creation of communication collateral, management of key communication vehicles and support of the organization’s communication campaigns and events.  As a member of the Internal Communications team, the Sr. Communication Specialist provides support for senior communication team members and executive stakeholders while also executing organizational, regional and functional strategic communication agendas.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with/own executive stakeholders (including executive directors and above), acting as an advisor to create, execute and manage communication strategies, messages and planning that drive the organizational charter highlighting the risks and benefits associated with proposed strategies and tactical responses.
• Plan and execute communication strategies for organizational changes, crisis communication, technology/people strategy and events including the company’s annual Global Summit as well as regional/product specific/leadership meetings, executive staff calls and follow up.
• Manage regional communication channels including communication councils, intranet content, and emerging social media platforms including Yammer. 
• Gather and summarize employee feedback on communication effectiveness after key communication events and share with executive stakeholders as appropriate.
• Design and develop communication collateral including presentations, talking points, emails, fact sheets and e-news to achieve specific objectives.
• Design and produce graphic art and visual materials including video to support communication events and presentations.

Qualifications

• A college graduate possessing 3- 5 years of related work experience (communication, strategy, graphic design, writing preferred)
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively in a team environment, handle internal clients with tact and diplomacy, and maintain composure and production quality under deadline pressure
• Experience partnering on communication initiatives with senior level executives
• Excellent writing, editing and proof-reading skills
• Technology savvy with proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially PowerPoint; experience using web content management software ideal; proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (esp. InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to understand complex business information and effectively communicate key messages to and on behalf of all levels of business management and staff; Understand effective messaging to an audience
• Ability to think strategically and execute tactically
• Comfortable in fast-paced environment that values creativity, self-motivation, candor, initiative, reliability and accountability

Additional Information

At AGS, we recognize our people are our strength. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer (M/F/Disability/Veterans) and consider all applications without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable law. We value our people, their varying perspectives and are committed to fostering an environment where they can bring their whole selves to work.