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Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association · 2 days ago

Executive Communications Manager

Madison, WI

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid Level

4+ years exp

The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association (WFAA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering relationships between the University of Wisconsin and its alumni. They are seeking an Executive Communications Manager to craft and deliver impactful internal and external communications, support engagement strategies, and manage internal communications channels.

EducationHigher Education

Comp. & Benefits

Hiring Manager

Denise Jelinek, PHR

Responsibilities

Under the leadership of the Chief of Staff, develop, maintain, and execute an annual internal communications calendar addressing benefits enrollment, performance review cycles, budget preparation timelines, training and cyber-security issues, all-staff meetings, supervisor forums, and other operational activities

Collaborate with the Chief of Staff, human resources leaders, finance team, IT, and other divisions to develop initial drafts of internal updates that broadly impact WFAA staff

Maintain partnerships with stakeholders in the centralized marketing communications team to ensure coordination between internal and external messaging and strong relationship-building

Partner with HR to provide communication tactics that support organization-wide employee engagement goals

Partner with the Chief of Staff and product leads to draft internal and campus-facing communication related to campaign updates, data security/policies, ongoing system upgrades/releases, and other topics

Write and edit clear, engaging, and informative copy for internal platforms, including Connect, staff newsletters, and email announcements

Support staff recognition strategy

Support the COS and CEO in drafting weekly staff messages, internal memos, policy updates, etc

Evaluate and monitor internal communications channels and report on metrics/performance to the Chief of Staff

Help research and edit remarks, donor and alumni correspondence, and presentations for the executive team as needed

Draft correspondence (i.e., meeting follow-up, gift impact letters, thank you letters, gift solicitations, marketing copy etc.) as needed

Support cross-divisional communications and engagement strategies with campus audiences

Develop communication materials for campus audiences, ensuring alignment with the campus relations and engagement goals

Contribute to content for campus-facing communications tools and platforms

Serve on a cross-functional intranet team to archive and clean up this important resource. Contribute internal communications insights to this shared governance intranet team

Serve as business lead for updating content on WFAA websites

Collaborate with individual contributors from other departments/divisions to provide accurate and timely resources through content creation/editing/archiving, where necessary to maintain our intranet as a reliable and efficient platform

Qualification

Internal communicationsContent management systemsMicrosoft Office SuiteProject managementNonprofit experienceHigher education experienceIntranet management