Sr Communications Specialist - Remote or Hybrid - Cary, HQ in the Eastern Time Zone

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We’re the leader in analytics. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence - and questions into answers.

We’re also a debt-free multi-billion-dollar organization on our path to IPO-readiness. If you're looking for a dynamic, fulfilling career coupled with flexibility and world-class employee experience, you'll find it here.

About the job

The Marketing team is looking for a Sr Communications Specialist who will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing promotional communication deliverables and activities supporting corporate and executive goals, employee and customer engagement, and the company's marketing programs for software products and services, as directed by the department head and group managers.

As a Sr Communications Specialist, you will:

• Advise SAS leadership, divisions, and global staff (as relevant) on how to meet specific creative objectives aligned with marketing strategy via appropriate communication tools and channels.
• Create internal and external communications, including emails, landing pages, video scripts, digital communications (video, audio, social tiles, ads, web content, etc.), event messaging, and other communication materials. Integrate new and traditional media approaches to stay current with communication trends and target audiences. Collaborate with designers to create visual communications such as infographics, photography, and videos.
• Develops and maintains relationships and engagement with relevant constituents, including internal leaders and team members, including account managers, project managers, graphic designers, and UX designers. You will work with cross-functional marketing teams across departments when needed for integration to deliver and publish key company messages and engage in dialogue.
• Leads creative campaigns messaging and projects and participates in brainstorming and conceptualization.
• Plans, schedules, and coordinates specified communications and promotional projects (including) supporting activities such as corporate/product positioning, product launches, competitive analysis, external and internal communications, media, influencer, analyst, and community relations.
• Develops long-range planning goals and metrics for meeting communications objectives. Tracks and reports on appropriate performance metrics for a variety of programs and channels.
• Acts as a creative content mentor to other communications specialists on the team to offer writing expertise and editorial suggestions and feedback. Helps train new writers on SAS style and any other processes necessary for the job role as needed.

Required Qualifications

• 8 years of experience writing copy in a corporate environment or an independent business-to-business, high-tech, or consumer-product advertising agency

• Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Business, Advertising, Marketing, Communications or a related field. Coursework in feature and news writing, advertising, copywriting, or a related field is preferred.

• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.
• A solid grasp of current best practices for executing and delivering relevant communication vehicles. Strong organizational and creative problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate with creative marketing team members to drive collaboration, uncover inefficiencies, and find resolutions.
• You’re curious, passionate, authentic and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to lead project teams and gain consensus.
• Excellent knowledge and competence in the related business functional area.
• Excellent negotiation, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Ability to analyze solutions for the project and internal customers.
• Ability to design and support improvement processes.
• Ability to perform well under pressure; ability to adhere to deadlines.
• Ability to give attention to detail and accuracy.
• Global business perspective.
• Ability to travel as needed.

World-Class Benefits  

Highlights include...

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
• Medical plan options include...
  • PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
  • HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
• Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There's a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
• An industry-leading 401k plan.
• Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
• Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
• Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

Diverse and Inclusive

At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to diversity is a priority to our leadership, all the way up to the top; and it’s essential to who we are. To put it plainly: you are welcome here.

Additional Information:

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. SAS is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Read more: Know Your Rights. Also view the Pay Transparency notice.

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