Vice President – External Communications
| Company | Ascensus |
|---|---|
| Location | Boston, MA, USA, Pennsylvania, USA, Washington, DC, USA, Dallas, TX, USA, Chicago, IL, USA, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
Requirements
- A minimum of 10-15 years of financial services industry experience in media relations, reputation management, crisis communications, executive communications, and social media with a track record of success is required.
- Strong writing skills—succinct and compelling, including executive writing required.
- Established and active financial services industry media contacts and the proven ability to work positively and constructively with national, financial and trade media. Established technology media contacts a plus.
- Proven success and high confidence in written and oral communication, influencing skills, issues management, and cross-enterprise initiative leadership — bringing an effective presence as a presenter and counsel and demonstrating ability to think and act strategically.
- Strong proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as well as experience leveraging and collaborating with digital media outlets, content developers, and sponsors.
- Strong bias toward progressing Ascensus’ reputation and growing its impact is a must.
Responsibilities
- Set vision for media relations, social media and reputation management that amplify our voice and influence with financial institutions and intermediaries, national and state governments, and investors in line with commercial goals and priorities. Document plans, execution milestones and metrics.
- Build effective relationships and partner closely with executive leadership, Corporate Development/M&A, lines of business, Product/Technology and Government Relations to source.
- Develop media-worthy platforms and content – including press releases, position papers/thought leadership, executive talking points and prep documents, and related social media – resulting in frequent, high-quality earned media opportunities, active social media presence and executive speaking engagements.
- Monitor Ascensus and competitor media positioning and news impact, staying current on industry trends and regulatory issues that impact our business.
- Collaborate effectively across the organization and other centers of excellence.
- Work closely with the Insights & Analytics team to leverage Ascensus data and expertise to pursue media relations objectives.
- Prepare regular reports covering recent media opportunities and press releases for the executive team.
- Protect, secure, and properly handle all confidential data held by Ascensus to ensure against unauthorized access, improper transmission, and/or unapproved disclosure of information that could result in harm to Ascensus or our clients.
- Support our Core Values of People Matter, Quality First and Integrity Always® through visible actions on a day-to-day basis and modeling our organizational culture.
- Assist with other tasks and projects as assigned.
- Responsible for protecting, securing, and proper handling of all confidential data held by Ascensus to ensure against unauthorized access, improper transmission, and/or unapproved disclosure of information that could result in harm to Ascensus or our clients.
- Our Core Values of People Matter, Quality First and Integrity Always® should be visible in your actions on a day-to-day basis showing your support of our organizational culture.
Preferred Qualifications
- Retirement industry background preferred.