Internal Communications Specialist
National Geographic
Washington, DC
Job Description
The NGS Internal Communications team supports the Society by building an informed, engaged and inclusive community of employees, and provides strategic communications support for the Society’s CEO and Senior Leadership Team.
The Specialist, Internal Communications develops, edits and publishes editorial and organizational content on a daily basis for National Geographic’s intranet NG Connect. They are also responsible for writing and publishing of content for the Society’s weekly newsletter and digital information monitors, as well as helping with planning and execution of employee engagement events.
Responsibilities
Develop, edit and publish editorial and organizational content on a daily basis for NG Connect (content ranges from feature stories, Q&As and staff events, to organizational information such as announcements, enterprise objectives, resources and National Geographic history). Ensure content contributors follow NG Connect editorial guidelines and provide training and editing feedback to colleagues across the organization. (40%)
Produce and build weekly NG Connect New Digest newsletter in Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Build the weekly CEO note to staff — as well as singular invitations and other NGS all-staff communications — in Marketing Cloud. Develop content and oversee the deployment of relevant, all-staff information to the digital monitors at National Geographic headquarters. Act as point of contact for all teams and individuals with digital monitor content requests, and oversee the deployment schedule for content within the Exterity system. (20%)
Plan and execute internal events to accommodate in-person and remote workers, including joint gatherings/meetings for National Geographic Society, and National Geographic Partners staff and Australian Embassy staff, as well as Society-only events. Assemble a committee to help produce certain internal events, including the staff talent show, volunteer efforts and other employee-engagement opportunities. Manage the group’s involvement throughout the event planning and execution process. (20%)
Coordinate ongoing, small group opportunities for staff to meet with the Society’s CEO, Senior Leadership and Board of Trustees, to provide an opportunity for an open dialogue and allow employees to share feedback directly with the organization’s leadership. Also develop comprehensive meeting briefs and background documents to support the Society’s CEO. (10%)
Support employee engagement initiatives across the Society by assisting with scheduling, logistics, etc. for employee events and programs (10%)