Director, Marketing and Communications

Schedule: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm CST 

Location: Jacksonville, FL or Denver, CO - hybrid role requiring travel between Florida, Alabama, and Colorado as needed

Pay Range: $120,000-158,000 per year 25% bonus to be paid annually. Pay rates are based on experience, level of education, and candidate location.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with executive leadership and board of directors to develop, and appropriately communicate initiatives internally.
• Develops and implements a communications strategy for the company and its individual locations that builds and maintains a positive corporate brand.
• Oversees corporate communications and branding in various online and print platforms such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and appropriate industry-related publications.
• Includes managing third-party vendors and partners and related budgets
• Oversees the development and maintenance of the corporate website including methods to deliver message, ease of navigation, and clarity of information; ensures that all content is current and relevant.
• Provides consistent and timely information to employees through various communications programs as defined in the Communications Planning Calendar.
• Acts as a corporate spokesperson and responds to members of the media in a timely manner; composes and distributes press releases as needed.
• Develops and maintains positive professional relationships with various members of the media.
• Assists executive leadership in developing presentations, speeches, and other important corporate messages.
• Develops, implements, and adheres to communications and marketing budget.
• Develops, composes, distributes, and implements polices to enhance the efficiency of the communications department and to further develop the building and maintaining of a positive corporate brand.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Organized with attention to detail.
• Superior ability to write in a journalistic style that is customary for corporate and external publications.
• Ability to offer sound media relations advice to senior leadership.
• Excellent managerial and organizational abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work with corporate management, employees, media, and the larger community.
• Ability to coordinate efforts of various teams in order to present a coherent message.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in English, Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, or related field.
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in public relations, including supervisory and comprehensive marketing experience required.