Communication Specialist

FastTek Global; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Dental

Vision

PTO Program

Long Term Disability

Life Insurance

401(k) with immediate vesting

Job summary

FastTek Global is seeking an ET Communications Lead and Editor-in-Chief to set editorial direction, governance standards, and measurement strategy across the Enterprise Technology organization. You will partner with communicators across decentralized teams to ensure alignment, clarity, and consistency of messaging.

This role leads the adoption of modern, AI-enabled communication tools and champions best practices to maximize audience engagement across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in corporate communications, editorial management, or internal media channels within a large, matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated experience establishing editorial guidelines, brand standards, and formal channel governance models.
• Proven track record of evaluating and optimizing multi-channel communication networks and publishing workflows.

Responsibilities

• Editorial Leadership & Channel Governance: Serve as Editor-in-Chief for primary ET channels; establish publication schedules and enforce quality and voice standards.
• AI Tool Ownership & Adoption: own lifecycle and adoption of channel-recommendation AI; pilot features and drive adoption across ET.

Skills

Communications

Microsoft Office

Employee Engagement

Strategic Planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SharePoint

Teams

Outlook

PowerPoint

Excel

Copilot

Job description

The ET Communications Lead and Editor-in-Chief sets the editorial direction, governance standards, and measurement strategy for communications across the Enterprise Technology (ET) organization. This role serves as the central editorial steward and operational owner for ET wide communication channels while partnering with communicators across decentralized teams to ensure alignment, clarity, and consistency. Additionally, this position leads the adoption of modern, AI-enabled communication tools and champions best practices to maximize audience engagement across the organization.

Skills Required

• Communications, Microsoft Office, Employee Engagement, Strategic Planning

Experience Required

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in corporate communications, editorial management, or internal media channels within a large, matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated experience establishing editorial guidelines, brand standards, and formal channel governance models.
• Proven track record of evaluating and optimizing multi-channel communication networks and publishing workflows.

• Technical Proficiency: Advanced proficiency across the Microsoft 365 suite (SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Copilot). Hands-on experience extracting and analyzing platform analytics, e.g., SharePoint metrics, Viva Engage analytics, email campaign metrics, etc. Familiarity with AI tools and workflow-enablement technologies, including testing, prompt refinement, and user adoption.
• Communication & Influence: Exceptional editorial and written communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional peers, challenge assumptions constructively, and present findings to senior leadership.
• Organization & Autonomy: High degree of self-direction and accountability to manage publishing deadlines, maintain operational tools, and lead cross-organizational initiatives independently without direct reports.

Education Required

• Bachelor's Degree

Key Responsibilities

• Editorial Leadership & Channel Governance Editorial Direction & Content Curation: Serve as the Editor-in-Chief for primary ET communication channels e.g., weekly newsletter, MS Teams, Viva Engage, establishing publishing schedules, curating high-impact stories, and enforcing quality, voice, and narrative standards. Brand & Marketing Standards: Define, document, and maintain ET-wide communication, visual, and narrative standards aligned with corporate guidelines; ensure all ET-level messaging reflect modern, audience-first storytelling rather than transactional updates. AI Tool Ownership & Adoption: Own the lifecycle, iteration, and maintenance of the channel-recommendation AI assistant; actively pilot features, gather user feedback, and drive adoption among communicators across ET. Channel Integrity & Guidance: Serve as the primary steward for channel usage, guiding communicators toward appropriate channels and maintaining firm governance when requests do not align with channel strategy.
• Analytics, Measurement & Operating Strategy End-to-End Metrics Ownership: Directly pull, validate, and analyze readership and engagement data across ET communication channels to establish a consistent, unified reporting baseline. Executive Insights & Reporting: Translate engagement metrics into executive-level reporting that highlights audience trends, experimental outcomes, and data-driven recommendations to evolve channel strategy. Channel Optimization & Alignment: Collaborate with communicators and stakeholders across ET to reduce communication noise, optimize shared publishing workflows, and improve overall alignment across distributed teams.

Additional Info

At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet . We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories . Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra . We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way. We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years ! FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused . We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest . Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.

Benefits

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.

FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 , 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!

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