Communications Specialist

McDermott International, Ltd; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global energy solutions company is seeking a Communications Specialist to engage and inform employees through effective internal messaging and communication initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills and a bachelor's degree in Communications or related fields, alongside 3 years of experience. Responsibilities include developing communication programs, managing channels, and collaborating with various internal functions. This position is based in Houston, Texas, offering a dynamic work environment with opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in communications.
• Proven ability to execute internal and external communications strategies.
• Experience writing employee campaigns or external communications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage communications programs to engage employees.
• Measure and report employee engagement and adjust strategies.
• Build relationships with functional leadership to support communications.

Skills

Excellent written and oral communications skills

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Creative writing skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Communications or related area

Tools

Teams

Viva Engage

SharePoint

Canva

Newsweaver

Mail Chimp

Constant Contact

Job description

The Communications Specialist applies existing knowledge and experience in the Communications discipline to support routine assignments. They will use best practices and understanding of internal or external issues to improve products or services in the Communications discipline.

Job Overview:

The Internal Communications Specialist creates, manages and measures communications programs to engage, inspire and inform employees as an integral part of the global communications team. This includes developing internal messaging, executing and measuring engagement initiatives, developing robust content across multiple internal channels, leveraging best practices, formulating and implementing plans. Key interfaces of the group include senior management as well as technical groups and functional management.

The successful candidate will be a versatile, self-driven, reliable team member and detailed-oriented project manager comfortable with internal and external communications. A creative mind and powerful writing skills are a must. Responsibilities include partnering with internal functions to develop communications plans that engage our diverse global workforce, executing and measuring the agreed plans and creating the content that brings our culture to life. Additional responsibility for managing and optimizing internal communications channels such as the intranet, weekly news reporting, employee engagement activities, Viva Engage, etc.

The Communications Specialist plays a key role in the overall global marketing and communications team and manages the successful execution of projects while ensuring the schedule is always maintained and strategic objectives are met.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Execute internal communications activities with appropriate metrics and goals to ensure that the program advances the agreed outcomes
• Support execution of internal communications strategies
• Build and maintain effective/cooperative working relationships with functional leadership such as HR, IT, Talent & Organizational Development, Quality and Safety, Inclusion & Belonging, Regional management
• Writing, editing, posting/distributing, measuring and monitoring internal communications
• Additional support proofreading external communications, creative collateral, etc.
• Manage the approval processes for internal communications, announcements, engagement campaigns, etc.
• Accountable for internal communications channels including intranet, digital signage, email communications, Viva Engage, etc.
• Measure and report employee engagement and adjust strategies accordingly
• Identify and develop internal news and information, develop content and/or output, such as, but not limited to:
• Corporate and executive memos
• Functional announcements
• Intranet content (Viva Engage, Teams, Sharepoint)
• Presentations
• Serve as a contact point for functional communications requests
• Provide support to Business Line communications such as story identification, editing, proofing

Essential Qualifications and Education:

• The ideal candidate should have excellent written and oral communications skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Bachelor’s degree required in Communications or other related area; a minimum of 3 years of experience
• Proven ability to execute external and internal communications strategies that are aligned with business goals and objectives
• Experience should include writing of employee campaigns or external communications
• Proofreading ability
• Experience with Teams, Viva Engage and SharePoint
• Experience with Canva and/or messaging development tools (i.e., Newsweaver, Mail Chimp, Constant Contact) a plus
• Comfortable exploring and deploying new technologies to improve internal communications
• Excellent attention to detail

About Us

Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing platforms hundreds of miles from shore, using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure, and reshaping the onshore landscape to deliver the energy products the world needs safely and sustainably.

For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.