Communications Specialist

The Employee Communications Specialist for Expedia Group will be central in handling and implementing comprehensive employee communications and engagement strategies that turn complex and/or high volumes of information into streamlined, clear, credible, and compelling content that shapes the perceptions and behaviors of its intended audiences.

This role will coordinate (via curation and creation) a broad range of internal communications activities that include finding creative ways to tell our stories to employees, managers, top leaders, and external groups.

The qualified candidate will also work with partners across our technology teams, the broader communications practice and our people team to influence the products and decisions that we ultimately bring to life for our employees.

What You Will Do:

Support the communications director in the implementation of strategic internal communications plans
Proactively maintain relationships with the breadth of other internal communications professionals across Expedia Group to facilitate cross-company storytelling and ensure consistency of message
Maintain thoughtful calendars spanning our channels, audiences, and key campaigns
Exercise creative thinking to input into a core storytelling strategy under which other key campaigns can ladder up
Build and report on measurable analytics; use this content to make recommendations to peers on ways to amend existing editorial approach for greater success
Research, write, and/or take responsibility for calendaring spanning internal channels (intranet, social channels, company emails, newsletters, townhalls, local events, etc.)

What You Bring:

Curious, forward-thinking and driven puzzle solver thrives on collaboration, clarity of purpose, authenticity and positivity
Outstanding written and oral communication skills – including the ability to represent Expedia Group’s business at the highest levels
Passion for building process and structure to optimize execution of day-to-day work and scheduled tasks
Ability to coordinate, prioritize work, meet deadlines and solve problems
Outstanding project management and communication skills
Ability to be flexible and to handle multiple projects in an organized, timely manner
Ability to synthesize data into logical conclusions and recommendations
Comfortable with intense, hardworking working environments and tight deadlines
A self-guided leader, creative, responsible, high-energy, eager to work with other departments and independently
Some experience in supporting communications across a matrixed organization a plus
2+ years Employee/ Internal Communications experience in a corporate or agency environment; travel and/or tech industry preferred

Why Join Us:

Expedia Group recognizes our success is dependent on the success of our people. We are the world's travel platform, made up of the most knowledgeable, passionate, and creative people in our business. Our brands recognize the power of travel to break down barriers and make people's lives better – that responsibility inspires us to be the place where exceptional people want to do their best work, and to provide them to tools to do so.

Whether you're applying to work in engineering or customer support, marketing or lodging supply, at Expedia Group we act as one team, working towards a common goal; to bring the world within reach. We relentlessly strive for better, but not at the cost of the customer. We act with humility and optimism, respecting ideas big and small. We value diversity and voices of all volumes. We are a global organization but keep our feet on the ground so we can act fast and stay simple. Our teams also have the chance to give back on a local level and make a difference through our corporate social responsibility program, Expedia Cares.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.