Senior Communications Specialist

HNI Corporation is a global family of brands for the workplace and home dedicated to enhancing the spaces where we live, work, and gather. We pride ourselves on fostering an environment where we make a positive impact on others; upholding our beliefs in integrity, inclusion and belonging.

What We Need:

We are looking for a Senior Communications Specialist to join our corporate Member & Community Relations (Human Resources) team in Muscatine, Iowa.

The Sr. Communications Specialist plans, develops, and implements a variety of communications supporting strategic Member & Community Relations (MCR) and corporate initiatives including the creation of communication plans, writing communication pieces, contributing to graphic and visual design, partnering with internal and external multimedia production teams, scheduling and deploying communication pieces; and gathering feedback and success metrics to implement continualimprovements.

What You Will Do:

Lead strategic planning for MCR communications:

• Build leadership-level relationships to develop an understanding of MCR and business strategy, programs, initiatives, and related communication needs.

• Focus areas include communications regarding company culture and strategy; diversity, equity and inclusion; benefits and wellness programs; and other strategic MCR initiatives.

• Lead and coordinate the communications planning process for key MCR programs, processes, and priorities (often involving multiple stakeholders across a variety of teams).

• Develop communication project plans aligned with stakeholder needs, including project-specific plans, and annual plans for ongoing communication vehicles. (newsletters, regular member meetings, etc.)

Craft effective internal communications for members, business stakeholders, and MCR teams:

• Use a variety of communication media (print, video, electronic, face-to-face, web, and others) to craft deliverables that meet audience needs.

• Research, outline, and create content/layout for communication pieces.

• Review and align communication drafts with senior leaders, managers, and other key stakeholders.

Deploy communications, gather feedback and success metrics, and implement continual improvements:

• Partner with HNI brands to manage social media content and calendars.

• Coordinate deployment approach to ensure messages reach distributed audience groups.

• Collaborate with third-party partners as needed to implement and distribute communications.

• Develop ongoing feedback channels to measure effectiveness of communication campaigns. Analyze feedback and metrics to recommend and implement continual improvements to communication strategies.

What You Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, Graphic Design or related field

• 7+ years experience in marketing or communications, including communication planning, drafting, and deployment, using both written and multimedia channels (including video).

• 3+ years experience independently project managing communication plans; skilled at tracking multiple deliverables for a variety of projects in a fast-paced environment.

• 3+ years experience partnering directly with leadership to develop and implement communications plans.

• Solid history of taking on larger, increasingly complex communication programs; proven achievements of large-scale communications and change programs.

• Experience consulting with others on potential communication approaches and identifying strengths and weaknesses of alternate options based on audience needs.

• Experience working with senior leadership during times of organizational transformation and change.

• Experience specializing in HR communications preferred.

• Experience in a large organization preferred.

What You're Good At:

• Self-directed and responsive, with high drive and initiative. Thrives with regular leadership collaboration.

• Strong interpersonal communication skills. Ability to engage, influence, and communicate with members at all levels in the organization, verbally and in writing.

• Demonstrated knowledge of the role of communications in Change Management.

• Able to communicate technical/complex concepts in simplified terms.

• Creative skills, including concept generation and visual representation of complex ideas.

• Exceptional writing skills with strong attention to detail.

• Eye for graphic design, with proficiency in layout (Adobe InDesign/Creative Cloud a strong plus).

• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint; proficient with Microsoft Excel.

We look forward to hearing from you!

HNI Corporation(NYSE: HNI) is a manufacturer of workplace furnishings and building products, operating under two segments. Theworkplace furnishings segmentis a leading global designer and provider of commercial furnishings, going to market under multiple unique brands. Theresidential building products segmentis the nation's leading manufacturer and marketer of hearth products.

As one of the larger employers in Iowa, HNI Corporation was recognized in 2018, 2019, and 2020 for the diversity of our Board of Directors and was named in 2020, 2021, and #6 in 2022 as one of America's Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek.

How we act today protects how we live tomorrow. Check out our CSR Report here:https://www.hnicorp.com/social-responsibility

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), are not just core beliefs at HNI - they are operational imperatives. We value each other's differences in experiences and ideas to solve problems and better serve our customers.Take a look at our DEI goals here:https://www.hnicorp.com/diversity-equity-and-inclusion

We offer Benefits on Day 1, including a new voluntary benefit, Daily Pay! To learn about all the benefits HNI has to offer visit www.HNIbenefits.com.

We also invite you to visit us atwww.HNICorp.comto learn more!

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