Location: Philadelphia,PA, USA
Are you a creative storyteller who loves technology, organization, and building relationships? Vanguard's got a great technology story-and we need your help to spread the word outside Vanguard! The IT Communications team is looking for an experienced external communications pro to plan, coordinate, and lead a steady stream of tech thought leadership across channels like articles, blogs, conferences, and social media. You will spotlight our leaders, our engineers and architects, our data scientists, and digital product teams-who all build technology solutions to drive client outcomes. You will work with a small-and super fun-team of consultants, producers, designers, and writers, while partnering very closely with Corporate Communications, PR, Office of General Counsel, Talent Recruiting, Social Media, and more to strengthen Vanguard's tech reputation and attract and retain top talent. It's an exciting opportunity to work on some of Vanguard's coolest stories, design and bring a vision to life, and meet and collaborate with passionate crew across the company.
Please provide a portfolio of your work, which might include writing samples, project plans, communications schedules, social posts, etc. The samples should give us an idea of your organizational skills, your creativity, and where you have built relationships to accomplish a goal. Please include a link to your portfolio within your resume or combine the resume and portfolio as a single attached document.
Responsibilities:
* Provides consultation to address business area's external communication needs. Develops cohesive plans for communicating initiatives and events that are aligned to business outcomes. Assesses and maximizes impact on target external audience.
* Partners with business area to ensure needs are addressed, various solutions are identified, and delivery of expectations is within scope and capacity.
* Determines cost effective means to execute key external communication deliverables. Creates content that is clear, engaging, and concise. Captures key metrics and measures the effectiveness of external communication solutions. Identifies trends for future application.
* Applies Vanguard's style, usage, and brand standards to ensure consistency.
* Identifies areas for improvement to enhance the effectiveness of communications and its ability to execute on business objectives.
* Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
* Five years related work experience.
* Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
Special Factors
Sponsorship
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
About Vanguard
At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission-we're on a mission.
To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.
Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
Vanguard's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is central to our ability to deliver on our mission. We aspire to create a work environment that is inclusive, equitable, and diverse-one that enables our employees, whom we call crew, to thrive and bring their best selves to work every day on behalf of our clients.
Cultivating DEI lifts our entire organization, and everyone shares accountability for our progress-from our senior leaders who lay the foundation and set the example for inclusive behaviors to crew who are growing in their personal DEI learning experiences.
Together, we're on a mission. We are fueled by the value of diverse voices and connected through friendships and a culture of care-for our clients, our communities, and each other.
Vanguard's DEI journey has no finish line. Our commitment is enduring, and we remain focused on the path ahead. To learn more about Vanguard goals and progress toward DEI, download our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Report.
How We Work
Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.