• Prepares published, printed or electronic deliverables required to support the goals and strategies of communication plans for marketing and/or communication initiatives developed to meet the goals of the business units served by Marketing and Communications (MarCom).
• Collaborates with MarCom team members and business unit leaders in development of communication plans tosupport external marketing and/or internal communication initiatives. Develops supporting project plans and periodic calendars of communication events. Monitors development costs and timing of production.
• Ensures consistent framing of messaging and refines core messaging in deliverables, supportingorganizational consistency in all aspects of Ascension communications.
• Monitors trends in best practices. Collaborates with MarCom team members in advocating best practice communications to the business owners served by MarCom.
• Implements tactics that provide local market voice to System “key messages”. Ensures that communications are consistent, accurate and appropriate.
• Supports Marketing and Communications Shared Services leadership and staff to implement internal and external resources locally and nationally.
• Uses appropriate metrics and measurement strategies to enable continuous improvement and ensures effective use of resources.
• Researches, writes, edits and proofreads copy and other content consistent with approved key messages
• Creates marketing presentations, executive memos, both internal and external communications and news articles
• Provides collaborative, strategic partnership between MarCom and local ministry leadership
• Develops and executes engaging social organic content
• Maintains social channels and works to grow audiences
• Creates strong PR content and works with media to secure earned media opportunities
• Serves as primary point of contact for local news media and plays a key role in developing responses to media inquiries
• User of Brand Central
• Maintains a highly responsive relationship with leaders across multiple disciplines to record, track, and facilitate closure of both in and out-of-scope requests.
• May be required to remain on campus immediately before, during, and after severe weather and/or disasters to assist with crisis communications

• High school diploma/GED with 2 years of experience, or Associate’s degree, or Bachelor’s degree required.

Work Experience:

• 3 years of experience preferred.

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations or Journalism, or combination of Bachelor’s degree and related experience is preferred

Experience:

• Effective communicator capable of gaining the confidence and respect of peers and key stakeholders