Communications Project Manager

Vega is Hiring! Communications / Strategic Project Manager for our direct Client. Seeking W2 based candidate for a 6 month+ project with our direct client.  Candidate must be local and live within a commutable distance to Parsippany, N.J.

Essential Duties
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Serve as the primary representative for External Communications in for marketing planning meetings to understand business priorities and timelines, and make recommendations on where External Communications will support each initiative across channels, with support from Residential Integrated Marketing Manager (IMM) and Ext. Comms Centers of Excellence (COE)
• Partner with the External Communications Center of Excellence (COE) on earned media strategy including the development of integrated communications plans to highlight product and plant announcements, customer and project profiles, and thought leadership.
• Develop press releases, talking points, web and social media copy for announcements, and other key external communications as needed.
• Lead social media and blog content strategy and development
• Determine how to best support business and audience needs on owned channels.
• Lead content ideation/story mining and content development for products and services, partnering with Creative Services to incorporate content requests into briefs and leveraging external partners as needed to develop compelling content that is aligned to campaign guidelines and approved claims, as well as channel best practices, with guidance from COE..
• Manage the end-to-end editorial workflow for all Residential content in collaboration with stakeholders and partners, from ideation and SEO strategy to assignment and article development ensuring content moves through the workflow process
• Ensure content assignments come in, are published, and retired (when applicable) on schedule.
• Partner with the External Communications COE to integrate Residential content plans into the respective editorial calendars for earned, social media and blog channels.
• Collaborate with the COE to drive both reactive and proactive social media engagement with current and potential Residential followers. Ensure the shared social care response database is up-to-date for all Residential topics and serve as the point of escalation when needed.
• Leverage monthly/quarterly reporting and real-time access to dashboards to continuously assess earned media, social and blog performance and share of voice for the Residential business to identify opportunities for improvement.

• Provide External Communications counsel, collaboration and templates to our top-tier Residential customers, supporting and amplifying their efforts to increase external visibility of their business success and social impact within their communities

Job Requirements

• Bachelor s degree in Communications, Marketing, or a related field.
• 5+ years of related experience.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills: proven capability to manage everything from strategy to the small details needed to execute the programs
• Strong writing and editing skills, and ability to effectively partner across multiple stakeholders, external and internal writers and designers to shepherd content to final, approved state.
• Ability to move with intention around work and drive consensus across a diverse, cross-functional organization.
• Knowledge of and ability to leverage data analytics to inform decisions and drive continuous improvement.
• Ability to travel as needed
• Confident written and verbal communicator across multiple stakeholder groups and levels
• Willingness to challenge the status quo and identify new opportunities to explore.
• Knowledge of media relations and proven ability to secure coverage in support of business objectives.
• Understanding of social media platforms and community management, including experience with enterprise tools for social media engagement, reporting and listening.
• Experience with blog/SEO best practices, content marketing platforms and workflow management.

If you have the Project Management / Strategic Communication expertise, select "Apply Now" and a Vega Consulting Staffing Specialist will reach out to you.