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Cypress HCM · 5 days ago

Sr. Corporate Communications Specialist

San Francisco, CA

Contract

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$70/hr - $95/hr

10+ years exp

Cypress HCM is seeking a Senior Corporate Communications Specialist who will play a critical role in leading issues and crisis management activities to protect the company's reputation. This position involves managing corporate and executive communications, developing messaging, and ensuring alignment in corporate communications initiatives.

Human ResourcesInformation TechnologyStaffing Agency

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Support the company’s crisis communications program: Set proactive and reactive courses of action to public relations issues and crisis situations. Brief the leadership team and key stakeholders on sensitive and/or controversial issues and prepare scenario plans and recommendations

Manage corporate and executive communications from strategy to execution in support of quarterly earnings, M&A, product launches, events and speaking engagements, and companywide announcements

Work cross functionally with key stakeholders including investor relations, product, legal, medical affairs, and the executive team to develop and execute proactive and reactive programs that align to corporate initiatives and priorities

Develop messaging and content that advances our corporate narrative and aligns with business objectives, including press releases/announcements, articles, bios, fact sheets, talk tracks, and social media content

Build and nurture relationships with key corporate media, directly and through agency partners. Manage media inquiries and prepare company spokespeople for interviews

Ensure the success of our integrated communications efforts – from campaign strategy and execution to the development and implementation of communications plans spanning internal and external tactics

Drive alignment in corporate communications initiatives. Ensure global strategic messaging and brand consistency are reflected in all communications

Qualification

Crisis communicationsCorporate media relationsExecutive communicationsStrategic thinkingProject managementStakeholder managementWriting skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

10+ years of communications experience working with and providing guidance to executive leaders in a global organization

Proven experience effectively managing crisis communications for a global enterprise in a regulated industry

Demonstrated corporate media relations and executive communications experience

Ability to development and execute a communications plan

Strong writing skills with the ability to develop press releases, talking points, FAQs and other materials

Direct experience working for multiple stakeholders and delivering effective communications strategies across channels

Strategic thinker, able to understand the context and connect dots to stay ahead of issues and maximize opportunities, but willing to do the work for effective execution

Proven ability to amplify corporate narrative, drive audience engagement, measure and report on engagement metrics, pivot initiatives as needed, and deliver actionable results/insights back to the business

Excellent project management and follow-through with minimal supervision

Strong problem-solving skills, including a demonstrated ability to know when problems can be solved unilaterally vs. escalated