Communications Specialist

Seattle, WA

Are you a digital storyteller? Are you a prolific and effective communicator who can inspire and distill critical messaging at all levels of an organization? Do you love to roll-up-your-sleeves and drive marketing and communications efforts that impact engagement? Do you have what it takes to develop and launch a marketing communication strategy to a global audience for one of the world’s largest and most innovative companies?

Amazon is seeking an experienced, analytical, and creative Communications Specialist to drive global, brand awareness through social media as well as internal platforms. In this role you will develop compelling content that is fresh, engaging, and visually appealing. You will drive communication strategies and marketing campaigns that are designed to inform and engage across prioritized projects, topics and narratives and find the best social media as well as internal platforms to share our stories. This individual should be a creative storyteller who is savvy with social media and can work across teams to mine for compelling stories and content ideas. This individual should be equally comfortable developing both short and long form content (articles, leadership bios, emails, presentation content, infographics, videos, etc.). This individual may have experience working in brand development, or social media and should have the demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic organization, with a track record of generating results.

Core Job Responsibilities (including, but not limited to):

Develop and drive communications that engage and inspire around the departmental goals, product launches, and other priorities.
Experiment with new, creative ways to reach corporate employees with the news and information they care about.
Develop communication plans that think long-term, tying multiple communication moments together into broader strategies.
Research, write, edit, and publish communications with an obsession for quality, accuracy, and engagement.
Work across teams to mine for content that can be tailored and repurposed for our global corporate audience partnering with PR to post externally on social media.
Routinely measure and report out to stakeholders regarding the impact of internal communications.

Preferred location is any U.S. Corporate offices, virtual locations will be considered depending on candidate experience and relative location to key stakeholders.

About the hiring group

Our team charter focuses on building a multi-faceted community anchored on tech employees with three main responsibilities: 1) building and fostering tech engagement within the organization; 2) proactively driving key initiatives that increase the organizational health of teams that have tech talent; and 3) creating an Employer Brand that engages internal tech talent and entices external talent. The vision is to reach tech talent globally with engagement efforts that positively impact the Consumer Tech employee lifecycle.

Job responsibilities

Specifically, this role owns developing and executing engaging internal communication efforts and supporting communication initiatives related to our Employer Brand.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, or a related field
8+ years communications experience (employee/internal communications experience preferred)
3+ years’ experience with visual storytelling, video production, social media
Portfolio of work demonstrating digital storytelling capabilities

This role can be based in Seattle, Nashville or at one of our regional office locations. Virtual location may be considered.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience working within a global company
Communications or marketing experience in media, internet, technology, and/or retail industries
Project management skills and proven ability to manage multiple projects at once
Team player who is willing to roll up their sleeves to get the job done
Able to work with all levels of employees, including senior leaders
Able to exercise high judgment and deliver results, particularly in narrow time-frames
Excellent written and oral communications skills