Full-Time Consultant, Communications
Job Description
Are you passionate about employee communications? Come join our award winning Segal Benz Communications team!
Our communication consultants lead client engagements, from strategy and planning to execution of integrated communications campaigns. Our campaign work includes all aspects of digital and print communication, including building custom websites, creating personalized print materials, video, social media and everything in between. The Consultant serves as a lead or primary interface with clients and is a key member of the Communications team. The Consultant participates directly in writing, contributes input and creativity to enhance the quality of work products and supports the Practice’s revenue generating activities and intellectual capital. The Consultant also contributes to a work culture that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive.
This is the key role to our success and our clients’ success—understanding what our clients are trying to accomplish and contributing to creating the strategy and individual deliverables that form an effective marketing campaign. We’re looking for the most exceptional, most talented, most passionate people out there.
Key Responsibilities:
Responsibilities include, but may not be limited to:
- Serving as a lead or primary interface with clients and as a key member of Communications project teams providing support in writing, editing and/or proofreading communications, and in developing and producing employee benefits communications in both digital and print media.
- Planning, scoping, budgeting, resourcing, and managing multiple complex projects simultaneously that may involve extensive collaboration with colleagues in other areas.
- Collaborating with colleagues on revenue generating activities including marketing, Request for Proposals (RFPs), selling and other profitability growth initiatives including intellectual capital development.
- Performing as a subject matter expert – with an eye to relevant marketplace trends and developments – who provides technical advice and counsel to colleagues and clients on communications topics.
- Providing peer review of work produced by colleagues and helping to ensure the quality and consistency of all client deliverables.
- Supporting ad hoc assignments and initiatives as requested by the Practice.
Qualifications
Our ideal candidate has a journalism or writing background and 6+ years of employee benefits communications consulting experience at a Fortune 500 company, large HR consulting firm, benefits administrator or health plan.
You firmly believe that any good campaign is built on a solid strategy. You have the technical expertise to explain any nuance of a benefits plan. You have the creative communications and marketing expertise to get people to pay attention to that nuance. You understand how large organizations manage benefits and how to meet the needs of an over-stretched and under-pressure client. You’re inspired by the potential for employee communication to have a truly remarkable role in transforming people, our companies and our country and the world.
Key attributes:
- Demonstrated problem-solving, analytical ability and the curiosity and aptitude to stay current as trends change and technology evolves with a strong desire for ongoing learning.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills (oral / writing) along with ability to interact with a diverse audience of colleagues and clients and to employ active listening skills. The ability to establish credibility and trust at all levels within a client organization with effective interpersonal skills to positively present to and influence diverse audiences.
- Strong technical expertise to explain any nuance of a benefits plan and the creative communications and marketing expertise to draw attention to those nuances. An understanding of how large organizations manage benefits and how to meet the needs of our clients and to exceed their expectations.
- A passion for the potential for employee communications to have a truly remarkable role in transforming people and enhancing value for our clients.
- Creative skill with a dedication to continuous learning that includes contributing to the development of new methods, concepts and approaches to servicing clients and attracting new business.
- Superior writing, editing, verbal and web communication skills and experience with the ability to prioritize and deliver multiple projects concurrently and to partner with colleagues to solve problems and achieve success.
- Demonstrated revenue generating ability and project management skills to include planning, budgeting, overseeing and quality assuring delivery of work.
- Flexibility and agility and intense desire for quality.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to excellence with strong business acumen.
- Expert in MS Office applications
- Experience using Asana a plus
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Segal:
We recognize that individuals bring a broad range of experience and abilities that go beyond the technical requirements of a job. If your experience and qualifications are close to what you see described here, we encourage you to apply. Diversity of employment, skills and life experience, combined with passion, are key to innovation and excellence. We encourage individuals, including but not limited to women, minorities, the disabled and protected veterans and those from all other backgrounds to apply to our positions. Please let us know if you require accommodation during the interview process and…thank you for considering Segal.
About Segal and its Total Rewards Program:
Segal is a privately owned, leading North American employee benefit, human resources and investment management consulting firm with over 80 years of history providing trusted advice that improves lives. Clients include public and private corporations, multiemployer trust funds, public sector entities, higher education institutions, institutional advisors, among many others.
Segal’s total rewards are part of what makes Segal a special place to work. The current salary range for this position is $100,000 to $130,000 plus opportunity for a discretionary performance bonus based on company profitability and employee performance. In addition, Segal offers a comprehensive suite of benefits to include a non-contributory defined benefit pension plan, matching and discretionary contributions to a 401(k) profit sharing plan, medical and prescription benefits including contributions to a health savings account for eligible employees, dental benefits, life insurance, disability insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, wellness benefit reimbursements and rewards, and professional credential and tuition reimbursement. Segal also provides comprehensive paid time off including holidays, vacation days, sick leave, paid family leave and sabbaticals.
Please Apply: Segal is the right size, the right organization and…the right move for you! Please apply now.
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