Job Description

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the V Team Life.

What you'll be doing...

The Employee Engagement team at Verizon is looking for a storyteller and content strategist to improve how we reach, engage and motivate our V Teamers. As a key member of the Global Communications function, you will serve as a communications partner for Verizon Business, a $30 billion business focused on delivering solutions and products to power and empower global enterprises, small and medium businesses, government and public sector customers.

In this role, you will support all aspects of internal communications for the Verizon Business organization and promote stories from its teams across the company. This role will report into the Associate Director of Verizon Business Employee Engagement and partner closely with the broader Employee Engagement team, other members of the Global Communications team and other stakeholders. 

Responsibilities:

• Drafting and executing communications for distribution to Verizon Business employees.

• Accurately targeting employee audiences to ensure that communications are delivered effectively and in compliance.

• Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of employee engagement initiatives and building strategies to continuously improve effectiveness.

• Identifying and promoting stories to help educate and inspire employees within Verizon Business and beyond.

• Interacting and working collaboratively with the broader Employee Engagement team, as well as team members in PR, human resources, marketing, sales and operations teams.

• Identifying positive stories and storytellers, empowering employees to share their experiences and preparing executives to tell the Verizon story through powerful and persuasive messaging, research and data.

• Developing effective communications that clearly convey Verizon’s mission, actions, values, culture and strategy to support key business priorities. 

• Planning, producing and editing content for a variety of media including email announcements, presentations, events, leader messages and videos. 

• Proofreading and editing content, ensuring achievement of high editorial standards and alignment with our brand voice.

• Coordinating the distribution of communications through a variety of channels.

• Assisting in tracking and measuring the effectiveness of communications.

What we're looking for...

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or two or more years of work experience.

• Four or more years of relevant work experience in employee engagement and communications.

• Experience in managing CRM/mass email systems such as Poppulo.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, journalism, or a related field.

• Willingness to support multiple projects and clients and work in a fast-paced and collaborative team environment.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to think strategically and develop creative solutions.

• Extreme attention to detail; holds internal and external partners to the same high standards.

• Understanding of the complexities of working within a global organization and its impact on deliverables (e.g., global processes, languages, time zones, cultural differences, etc.).

• Willingness to adapt quickly to changing priorities, pivot quickly, and respond with urgency.

• Computer-savvy with experience using Google Suite tools.

• Positive approach and commitment to collaboration with shared purpose.

• Strong copyediting and proofreading skills.

• Superb critical thinking skills and the willingness to take a concept from ideation and strategy to execution autonomously

• An excitement to grow at a fast-paced, Fortune 50 organization. 

• Experience in public relations, marketing, and social media.

• Creative design skills.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and a minimum eight assigned office days per month that will be set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.

Job Tags

Work experience placement, Work from home,

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