Corporate Communications, Consultant - People and Engagement

at  Blue Shield of California

YOUR WORK

In this role, you will:

• Be a communications lead for one or more key divisions, initiatives and/or teams within a business unit
• Partner with executive leadership and key stakeholders to design and implement strategic communications plans in support of Blue Shield of California priorities with the goal of establishing, advancing and maintaining a favorable corporate reputation with targeted audiences, including employees, providers, brokers, public officials, opinion leaders, regulators, consumers and media
• Write, edit and disseminate and coordinates messaging on issues or programs for use by all communications representatives in the company, including talking points, FAQs, statements, news releases, blog posts, presentations, letters, alerts and other documents
• Establish and manage relationships with the media (reporters, editors) and social media contributors, serving as on-the-record spokesperson
• Promote Blue Shield messages and strategy through media relations
• Create employee communications that provides clarity, confidence and connection to our mission, strategy and leadership team
• Drive creative discussions and develop creative briefs and concepts to execute across a variety of media (videos, webinar presentations, events/meetings)
• Interview, write and publish executive blogs, presentations and talking points
• Oversee, develop and/or support corporate communications campaigns and strategies on corporate priorities
• Coach and prepare executives for speaking engagements with internal and external audiences

QUALIFICATIONSYOUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• Requires a college degree or equivalent experience and minimum 7 years of prior relevant experience
• Requires excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Requires one to be viewed as a specialist within discipline
• Extensive experience in communications, public relations or related business field
• Requires excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Requires solid project management skills with ability to develop and execute multiple end-to-end programs concurrently and with little oversight
• Requires executive presence, professionalism, and ability to influence and build partnerships at all levels
• Requires significant experience in creating or writing corporate information, including fact sheets, biographies, public reports, speeches, PowerPoint presentations and web content
• Requjires demonstrated ability to think strategically and create strategic and implementation plans that drive results
  Requires broad understanding of all facets of communications, including a solid understanding of social media and reputation management

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Due to the current public health emergency in California, Blue Shield employees are almost all working remotely. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

JOB DESCRIPTIONYOUR ROLE

The Corporate Communications team is responsible for the reputation of Blue Shield of California with all audiences—internal and external. The Communications Consultant will report to the Senior Manager of Corporate Communications for the People and Engagement team. In this role you will support internal and external communications for the human resources function of the company, including writing/editing employee communications, supporting executive visibility of the Chief Human Resources Officer, managing our employer brand, supporting communications around diversity, equity and inclusion, and supporting special projects as needed.

In this role, you will:

• Be a communications lead for one or more key divisions, initiatives and/or teams within a business unit
• Partner with executive leadership and key stakeholders to design and implement strategic communications plans in support of Blue Shield of California priorities with the goal of establishing, advancing and maintaining a favorable corporate reputation with targeted audiences, including employees, providers, brokers, public officials, opinion leaders, regulators, consumers and media
• Write, edit and disseminate and coordinates messaging on issues or programs for use by all communications representatives in the company, including talking points, FAQs, statements, news releases, blog posts, presentations, letters, alerts and other documents
• Establish and manage relationships with the media (reporters, editors) and social media contributors, serving as on-the-record spokesperson
• Promote Blue Shield messages and strategy through media relations
• Create employee communications that provides clarity, confidence and connection to our mission, strategy and leadership team
• Drive creative discussions and develop creative briefs and concepts to execute across a variety of media (videos, webinar presentations, events/meetings)
• Interview, write and publish executive blogs, presentations and talking points
• Oversee, develop and/or support corporate communications campaigns and strategies on corporate priorities
• Coach and prepare executives for speaking engagements with internal and external audience