Communications Specialist

Overview

Apogee is seeking a Lead Communications Strategist to lead day-to-day execution, prioritization, and quality control for internal and external communications while directly supervising the Graphic Specialist & Event Coordinator . This role is responsible for solving unusually complex communications and branding challenges with highly innovative approaches, and independently determining and pursuing the actions needed to achieve desired results.

Responsibilities

Leadership / People Management

• Directly supervises a Graphic Specialist & Event Coordinator, including workload planning, task assignment, coaching, and performance feedback.
• Set weekly priorities and ensure the design/event pipeline aligns to corporate communications goals, deadlines, and capacity.
• Provide creative direction, ensure brand compliance, and remove blockers so the role can execute efficiently.
  
  

Communications Strategy, Execution & Governance

• Collaborate with leadership to implement internal/external marketing, communications, and engagement activities.
• Serve as a authority for company communications and branding; provide guidance on complex messaging, positioning, and stakeholder needs.
• Establish and enforce standards for brand voice, visual identity, accessibility, and quality across deliverables.
  
  

Content & Channel Ownership

• Oversee and contribute to content for social media, press releases, websites, employee newsletter, and print materials.
• Lead planning and production of the bi-monthly employee newsletter (content calendar, drafts, edits, approvals, final production).
• Support the maintenance and development of the Apogee website and any associated joint venture websites (WordPress), including updates and coordination with technical support as needed.
• Support selection and adoption of communication tools and methodologies (e.g., scheduling platforms, asset management, templates, workflows).
  
  

Campaigns & Employee Engagement

• Research, plan, and execute internal/external communications campaigns.
• Lead internal employee engagement communications (charitable activities, campaigns, events) ensuring strong participation and alignment with Apogee culture.
• Create feedback loops with front-line leaders to understand communication needs and translate them into actionable plans.
  
  

Event & Creative Oversight

• Provide direction and approvals for visual communications created by the Graphic Specialist (digital, web, social, print).
• Oversee event communications and branding for conferences, employee events, and internal meetings; ensure consistent experience and post-event evaluation/lessons learned.
• Ensure digital asset management practices are followed (organized libraries, version control, file naming conventions).
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum Experience:

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Education: Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, marketing, communications, or related field

Years Of Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) with 10–12 years of relevant experience; OR
• Master’s degree with 8–10 years of relevant experience.
  
  

• Functional experience (required):
• Extensive experience in a corporate marketing/communications environment.
• Strong content development experience (products/services), including writing/editing and stakeholder approvals.
• Social media management experience in a business environment, including Facebook, Facebook Workplace, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
• Experience guiding or approving design/visual content for print and digital channels (sufficient to direct/QA the Graphic Specialist’s work).
• Tools (required):
• Intermediate to Expert experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop & Illustrator), Canva, WordPress, and social media scheduling/management tools.
  

Additional Experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Video development experience (intermediate preferred).
• Experience managing calendars and workflows for a mixed discipline team (communications design events).
• Experience with brand governance programs (templates, toolkits, brand refreshes) and cross-functional stakeholder management.
  
  

Additional Information

Location: Colorado Springs, CO

On-site/Hybrid/Remote: Hybrid (3 Days Onsite)

Travel: 0%-10%

Pay Range

USD $96,996.00 - USD $133,370.00 /Yr.