Corporate and Marketing Communications Specialist at Ecolab

We give you the opportunity to stretch your limits and have a rich and varied career with access to many brands, businesses, and roles. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to partner with some of the world’s biggest brands on critical issues vital to their business. We’re committed to giving you the support you need and the freedom you want so you can help build a business to be proud of.
Empowered to make an impact the right way: we give you the opportunity to stretch your limits and have a rich and varied career experience with access to many brands, businesses, and roles. We offer a variety of development programs to ensure you get a view of the scope of our business, including field immersion, the Leadership Foundation series, the Marketing and Sales Experience program, mentorship, and rotational and cross-functional opportunities.

What’s In It For You

• The opportunity to take on some of the world’s most meaningful challenges, helping businesses to advance food safety, save water, maintain clean and healthy environments, operate efficiently, and achieve sustainability goals.
• The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth.
• The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives and ideas to achieve our best.
   

What You Will Do

• Coordinates internal and external communications projects, including proofreading, creating and posting content for websites, intranet, social media, and other digital communication channels.
• Gathers information and drafts a range of communications materials for both internal and external use.
• Assist with the implementation of strategic communications programs to help build brand image.
• Conducts research to prepare presentations, scripts, and speeches. Incorporates and ensures proper Ecolab brand standards implementation in all communications.
• The candidate will interface with senior leadership and internal stakeholders across markets, divisions, and functions.
• The role entails developing excellent working relationships with internal stakeholders, to get close to their business needs, and - importantly - offer first-class delivery to achieve growth objectives.
• Works under limited supervision. Reports to country-cluster Communications Manager.
• Champion One Ecolab brand building, within and across businesses and geographies.
• Contribute to the delivery of business goals and enhance organizational reputation through supporting the execution of external communications strategies and activities.
• Create and manage various forms of creative and insightful content for external and internal use.
• Inform, engage, and align employees through enabling internal communications execution.
• Maintenance of digital communication channels such as website, intranet, social media.
• Translate analysis and insights, external and internal, into effective key messages and brand platforms.
• Support sales activation.
   

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications or related field, and two to three years of related professional experience.
• Preference will be given to unemployed, black, female (and/or disabled) candidates.
   

Key Job Competencies

• Communications Operational Excellence: Supports execution of communications strategy, develops, and manages content, and develops assets across channels, conducts research on trends and competitors. Uses tools to track and report campaign success. Partners with teams throughout the company to execute communications plans. Effectively manages priorities to support company initiatives, provides operational support for communications channels and platforms. Demonstrates a working knowledge of general communications best practices. Core Experiences
• High level of agility with no compromise on deliverable quality
• Demonstrates a high level of collaboration and team spirit, acts as a credible business partner who understands the business needs and supports colleagues to help address them
• Demonstrates excellent listening skills
• Executes communications strategies and tactics
• Maintains and distributes metrics-based progress reports.
• High-quality, Innovative and Creative Content Creation: Connects annual business/company objectives and strategies, knowledge of communication tools, and company achievements to develop targeted content appropriate for various audiences. Demonstrates working knowledge of the company and our business strategies. Thinks creatively on how to use varied tactics to effectively communicate to stakeholders. Develops a variety of content with some guidance. Core Experiences
• Possesses a very high level of writing, storytelling, and overall communication skills
• Develops and posts social media content
• Develops stories and articles for the company’s internal and external channels
• Effectively navigates the business/organization
• Demonstrates effective working relationships with internal partners to build project plans
• Efficiently manages suppliers and agency resources to get best results.
• Brand Building and Organizational Reputation: Demonstrates working knowledge of the Ecolab brand and ensures brand consistency in all communications materials and programs. Suggests communications tactics and messages that deliver against company objectives and help build our company reputation, in keeping with the company tone of voice and recommended brand guidelines.
• Strategic Communications Consultation and Coaching: Shows consistent growth in relationship management skills. Demonstrates the value of strategic communications through collaboration with stakeholders and execution of communication strategies and tactics. Actively contributes ideas for strategic communications plans. Core Experiences
• Challenges the status quo, asks questions, and is curious
• Creates strong relationships and builds trust with business and functional partners.
• Talent Development: Takes charge of personal development including asking for and responding to coaching. Actively seeks training opportunities. Identifies and builds on areas of strength and identifies and addresses areas of development. Contributes to an inclusive, diverse, and engaged team via day-to-day interactions and company processes. Core Experiences
• Works with manager to determine objectives and set goals for PP+D process
• Pursues a mix of development opportunities within and outside the company.
• Digital Expertise: Demonstrates a working understanding of digital platforms and trends. Supports execution of digital communications for internal and external audiences. Influences communications technology and channel roadmap. Develops and manages content and assets in digital channels. Provides troubleshooting and operational support to digital platforms in partnership with IT. Core Experiences
• Utilizes communications technology to distribute company-wide emails
• Posts content on digital channels including the Intranet, Ecolab.com, and social media
• Efficiently manages suppliers and agency resources to get the best results.
• Transformative Leadership: Looks for potential disruption and takes risks on ideas. Understands communication channels and delivers on the strategy to support effective messages and tactics. Looks for experiences and ideas to provide new opportunities to stretch skillset across divisions and functions.