Director, Global Communications

lnw; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Light & Wonder seeks a Director of Corporate Communications to lead integrated internal and external programs that support business priorities, culture, and reputation globally.

Reporting to the SVP, Global Marketing & Communications, this role partners with senior leaders to translate priorities into messaging, manage the master calendar, and guide a small, time-zone‑distributed team while advancing AI capabilities.

Qualifications

• Leadership to drive a high-performance communications function.
• Strategic communications planning across internal and external audiences.
• Proven ability to manage media relations and executive visibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a distributed team across time zones.
• Develop and execute global corporate communications strategies.
• Oversee master calendar and multi-channel messaging.
• Write, edit, and tailor messaging for internal and external audiences.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic Communications

Media Relations

Writing & Editing

AI Tools

Job description

Corporate: Light & Wonder's corporate team is comprised of incredible talent that works across the enterprise, defying boundaries to provide essential services in an extraordinary manner to ensure the success of the organization and the well-being of employees.

Position Summary

This highly collaborative, forward-thinking leader is responsible for Light & Wonder's (L&W) Corporate Communications, helping to support and strengthen the company's reputation, culture, and business priorities as a leading cross-platform global games company.

The Director, Corporate Communications leads the development and execution of integrated internal and external communications programs that support L&W's business priorities, corporate reputation, culture, and stakeholder engagement. Working under the direction of the SVP, Global Marketing & Communications, this role partners with senior leaders and communications stakeholders across the company to deliver clear, consistent, and compelling messaging for key audiences.

Reporting to the SVP, Global Marketing & Communications, the Director, Corporate Communications works closely with the executive team, business unit communications leads, Finance and Investor Relations, People teams, and other cross-functional partners. The role provides communications counsel, translates business priorities into effective messaging, and supports a consistent and compelling corporate narrative across internal and external audiences.

The Director is responsible for day-to-day leadership and execution of corporate communications programs, while the SVP, Global Marketing & Communications provides overall strategic direction, prioritization, and executive alignment.

Essential Job Functions:

Leadership

• Support and build a high-performance, winning corporate culture through communications strategies and executions that support L&W's Purpose, People, and Products.
• Lead a small, distributed team across time zones, providing coaching and development, allocating capacity across a broad remit, and building the team's AI capability.

Strategic Communications

• Partner with the SVP and senior leaders to develop and execute integrated global corporate communications strategies, including key performance metrics and well-coordinated programs that reinforce the company's business objectives.
• Partner with Marketing and relevant business stakeholders to develop and execute social media communications as a key corporate communications pillar, ensuring alignment of messaging, timing, tone, and channel strategy.
• Identify and utilize the best mix of communications channels, taking a proactive versus reactive approach to messaging.
• Ensure strong messaging control by speaking with one consistent voice while maintaining a distinct brand voice.
• Build media relations, outreach, and targeting strategies.

Hands-On Execution

• Support and execute the L&W messaging strategy around its position as a leading cross-platform global games company.
• Manage the master communications calendar to coordinate multiple media opportunities and projects, ensure consistency, and report progress to key stakeholders.
• Write, edit, and distribute clear, concise, and engaging communications across internal and external audiences and formats, including email and video.
• Embrace AI and emerging tools to improve the output and quality of a small team, including content drafting and adaptation, media and social monitoring, sentiment and share-of-voice analysis, competitive benchmarking, and workflow automation. Support company-wide AI adoption through training and communications and establish practical communications guardrails with Legal and IT in accordance with L&W policy.

Measurement

• Track and report Corporate Communications quarterly key performance indicators (KPIs), insights, and recommendations.
• Track and report performance across corporate communications channels, including earned, owned, internal, and social media metrics, and provide insights and recommendations to improve effectiveness.

Internal Communications

• Own the internal communications channel architecture and calendar, quarterly Global Town Halls, and leader enablement. Establish a more strategic and visible internal communications approach that connects employees to L&W's priorities, culture, business performance, and organizational changes.

External Communications

• Partner closely with Investor Relations to support internal and external strategy and messaging and serve as a resource for media-related activities connected to corporate positioning and the financial markets.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Investor Relations, Tradeshow/Events, CSR, and other departments to deliver consistent, aligned, and impactful communications efforts.
• Coordinate crisis communications activities in partnership with the SVP, Global Marketing & Communications, Legal, executive leadership, and relevant business stakeholders.

Executive Visibility

• Lead the day-to-day execution of an Executive Visibil