Internal Communications Specialist

Garmin Ltd.; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Garmin Ltd. is seeking a full-time Internal Communications Specialist at our U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. You will coordinate internal communications projects, collaborate with various business partners, and ensure Garmin brand guidelines are followed.

Responsibilities include maintaining intranet pages, serving as department liaison for Garmin Intranet, and coordinating video, print, and event-related communications. Strong writing/editing and MS Office skills are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing or related discipline and at least 2 years in a communications role.
• Edit and write AP-style copy.
• Experience in corporate or internal communications.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Familiarity with intranet management and content updates.

Responsibilities

• Update and maintain department intranet pages with urgency and accuracy.
• Serve as department liaison for Garmin Intranet and notify stakeholders when updates are needed.
• Create/share associate video vignettes and coordinate HR video needs.
• Coordinate print production for recognition/training programs.
• Participate in internal/external event committees and manage intranet-related projects.
• Provide photography/video requests for corporate events.
• Update corporate handbooks/policy documents and upload to intranet.
• Maintain corporate photo library and manage digital assets.

Skills

AP-style copy

Verbal communication

Interpersonal skills

Multi-tasking

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing

Tools

SharePoint

Jira

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Internal Communications Specialist at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for coordinating, initiating, and executing internal communications projects by collaborating with a variety of business partners to meet or exceed deliverables while ensuring Garmin brand guidelines.

Essential Functions

• Monitor internal communications project workflow system and ensure all requests are responded to and initiated in a timely manner


• Ability to manage complex workload while serving internal client needs


• Responsible for maintaining/updating all department site pages on company wide associate intranet with a sense of urgency/minimal oversight


• Serve as department liaison for Garmin Intranet, monitoring company-wide sites and notifying internal stakeholders when their sites need to be updated and align with department leaders to identify needs/make appropriate content recommendations


• Oversee human resources internal video library, work with HR leaders to create/share associate video vignettes on an ongoing basis, and assign/edit videos to represent ongoing candidate recruitment needs


• Coordinate print production requests across various departments in support of a variety of recognition/training programs such as associate of the month and new associate orientation


• Serve as active participant on internal/external corporate event committees and manage a variety of Intranet-related projects to promote associate engagement such as volunteer signups, event registrations, external partner communications and swag distribution


• Coordinate and/or provide photography and video requests as needed by corporate events team


• Independently perform continual copy/formatting updates to corporate handbooks/policy documents, ensuring quality and accuracy, and upload to corporate Intranet


• Maintain corporate photo library throughout digital asset management system, ensuring imagery is up to date/includes new global facilities, business leaders and corporate milestones, awards and events; exercise independent judgment to edit, add, and delete assets as necessary


• Use creativity/originality to write short stories and identify assets for Garmin internal blog


• Create/provide project status reports to internal stakeholders

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing or related discipline AND a minimum of 2 years of experience in a communications role (can include internship)


• Demonstrated ability to edit and write AP-style copy


• Experience working in corporate or internal communications environment


• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills


• Ability to multi-task and work on tight deadlines


• Proficient use of Microsoft Products including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint


• Superior organizational and analytical skills with keen attention to detail and quality

Desired Qualifications

• Proficient use of SharePoint, Jira and Adobe Suite

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits

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