PLOS

Head of Communications

PLOS

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $145,000 - $200,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • As part of the Marketing & Communications Senior Leadership team, build and deliver on all Marketing & Communications department strategies and goals and ensure an empowered collaborative department aligns on achieving organizational goals.
  • Build a comprehensive communications strategy that ensures we deliver on PLOS’ mission and strategic goals.
  • Provide strategic leadership for PLOS communications team to ensure communications strategies are robust, well Resources and coordinated
  • Lead PLOS’ social media channels, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn activities and YouTube channels.
  • Lead PLOS’ Media office ensuring high-level media share of voice in relevant areas
  • Lead on reputation management issues across the organization collaborating with all relevant internal teams
  • Lead and manage communications team ensuring the right skills and opportunities are in place to empower professional development for team members.
  • Stay current on communication strategy and thought leadership development.
  • Implement a comprehensive communications strategy that ensures we deliver on PLOS’ mission and strategic goals.
  • Implement a robust governance framework across all organizational channels to ensure alignment with PLOS brand values and tone of voice
  • Ensure industry standard outreach tools across social media and media channels.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated working experience as a Senior Communications professional or relevant experience for academic journals, ideally including Open Access products
  • Superb writing and editing skills
  • Superior communication skills and attention to detail with a proven ability to manage complex, high impact projects.
  • Strong people manager with proven experience building and developing teams.
  • Highly self-directed, with ability to develop MarComms communication strategies and integrated, cross-channel content and deliverables with limited guidance.
  • Strong collaboration skills, maturity and tact
  • Ability to work at a fast pace and adapt quickly and proactively to change.
  • Excellent communication skills under time pressure; ability to partner, influence and collaborate to create strong relationships, gain commitment and accomplish shared goals.
Benefits
  • 401k with employer match
  • Employee sponsored health, dental and vision insurance (Dental and Vision 100% employer paid)
  • Paid Vacation, 11 public holidays and sick leave
  • Parental leave
  • Birthday and three winter holidays days off
  • Short term and long term disability insurance
  • 2 days paid time off for volunteering per year
  • Fully remote work environment with stipend on joining for home office 

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
communications strategywritingeditingproject managementsocial media managementreputation managementgovernance frameworkcross-channel content developmentstrategic leadershipteam development
Soft skills
collaborationattention to detailpeople managementself-directedadaptabilitycommunication under pressureinfluencerelationship buildingmaturitytact