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Manager, Corporate Communications
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Minnesota
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81 days ago
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Manager, Corporate Communications
ECMC Group
Title: Manager, Corporate Communications Location: Minneapolis, MN - Hybrid Full time Job Description: ECMC Group is a nonprofit corporation focused on helping students succeed. Headquartered in Minneapolis, ECMC Group and its family of companies provide financial tools and services, as well as funding for innovative programs to help students achieve their academic and professional goals. Job Summary The Manager of Corporate Communications supports the development and execution of corporate communications and creative initiatives that reinforce the company's brand, culture and business priorities. This role blends strong communications management with hands-on creative leadership, establishing and evolving strategies to enable high-quality messaging and creative deliverables. This leader operates as both a skilled practitioner and people leader, partnering cross-functionally while working within defined strategic direction, brand standards and governance frameworks. This position is classified as hybrid and requires attendance on designated in-office days. Essential Duties and Responsibilities - Influence and execute corporate communications plans aligned to enterprise strategy and leadership direction, translating messaging and concepts into engaging, well-crafted creative deliverables - Serve as a trusted communications partner, drafting, editing and managing internal communications including executive messages, employee updates and change-related communications - Support external communications efforts, ensuring alignment to brand strategy and accuracy, clarity and consistency of messaging across channels - Manage content calendars and day-to-day communications workflows - Lead creative execution across content, design, presentations, video and digital assets within established brand guidelines - Contribute to the establishment of communication frameworks, governance models and brand standards - Determine meaningful performance metrics for communications and creative initiatives; manage a measurement cadence to ensure visibility and continuous improvement - Drive strong results from direct reports by providing appropriate work direction, strategic guidance and performance management - Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned Required Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, Design, or a related field - 8+ years of experience in corporate communications, brand, or creative roles - 5+ years of experience leading, coaching and performance‑managing direct reports and cross‑functional or agency partners - Demonstrated experience managing communications workflows, content calendars and competing priorities - Proven experience serving as a trusted communications advisor to senior leaders, including executive and sensitive messaging - Experience leading creative development across multiple formats while adhering to brand standards and governance - Proven ability to define and apply performance metrics to measure and improve communications and creative effectiveness - Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with individuals of all professional levels - Strong writing, editing and storytelling skills Preferred Qualifications - Experience supporting change communications and executive/employee messaging in complex environments - Working knowledge of digital publishing (e.g., intranet/CMS) and basic HTML - Proficiency with creative production tools/workflows (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite) and partnering effectively with designers/creative teams - Experience writing to support organizations in government, nonprofit/education, financial services, and/or student loan industry The pay range for this position is $135,000 - $150,000. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as relevant experience, peer and market benchmarks, and geographic location. Additionally, this position qualifies for an annual incentive of up to 15% of base salary, contingent upon individual and company performance. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. ECMC Group also provides a comprehensive benefits package: - Health & wellness benefits: Medical, dental, and vision insurance plan options, with a generous employer subsidy. Company paid life & disability insurance, pre-tax flexible spending accounts and robust wellness programs. - Financial benefits: Generous 401(k) plan with a company match up to 6% and additional discretionary contribution potential, holiday time off, paid time off accrual starting at 20 days/year and commuter subsidy. - Education benefits: Tuition reimbursement up to $10,500/year for approved programs and student loan payment reimbursement up to $4,800/year. Up to $5,250 of qualifying education benefits can be reimbursed pre-tax.
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