Job description
Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.
Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.
The Senior Communications Specialist is a key member of the Corporate Communications team, which aims to inform, engage and align Northern Trust’s 25,000 global colleagues to help drive the company’s performance and growth. The team is seeking a highly versatile, internally focused Senior Communications Specialist to develop content and manage significant communications programs in support of large-scale change management plans and beyond.
The successful candidate will excel at developing and executing — with minimal support — well-structured communications plans spanning multiple media and internal audiences. This individual will demonstrate outstanding interpersonal skills, exceptional writing ability, a collaborative approach to day-to-day work and a strong executive presence. And they will be expert at turning often highly complex and detailed information into clear, compelling communications across all internal channels.
The key responsibilities of this role include:
- Work closely with Head of Internal Communications and the Corporate Marketing team to develop and execute communications plans intended to drive particular business outcomes.
- Produce and manage structured communications plans tied to KPIs that measure meaningful progress.
- Prepare briefings, presentations, articles, videos, webcasts and other content for various internal audiences as required.
- Coach leaders and other speakers on content-delivery strategies and techniques.
The successful candidate will benefit from having:
- Bachelor’s degree in public relations, journalism, communication or related field preferred
- 7+ years related corporate communications or related agency / consultancy experience.
- Proven success in leadership engagement and influence, as well as broad-based employee communications channels.
- Impeccable oral, written, verbal and formal presentation skills.
- Have the ability to craft communications and understand what motivates causes engagement, commitment, participation and action within the workforce across functions and levels.
- Possess solid relationship management and project management skills
- Handles changing priorities, a fast-paced environment and tight deadlines with ease and maturity.
- Strong execution excellence with a highly collaborative mindset to drive shared results.
- Proven experience in dealing with high-level executives and a demonstrated ability to counsel senior management
- Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite, including Microsoft Teams and OneDrive
Working with Us:
As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.
Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.
We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater
Reasonable accommodation
Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com.
We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.
Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.
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