What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Marketing Communications Associate, CMF position at Stryker Employment Company, LLC?
Work Flexibility: Hybrid As a Senior Marketing Communication Associate on Stryker’s Craniomaxillofacial Marketing team, you will play a strategic role in shaping how we tell our story across customers, internal teams, and the marketplace. You’ll create compelling content, manage digital and social channels, elevate our visual identity, and support communication strategies that bring innovative technologies to life. Leveraging your experience, you’ll drive high-quality output, lead projects with autonomy, and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure our messaging is clear, consistent, and aligned to Stryker’s brand. If you’re a creative communicator with an eye for design and a passion for digital storytelling, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on a fast-paced, mission-driven team. WHAT YOU WILL DO: • Lead the creation and design of marketing materials by writing, editing, and refining content for sales tools, presentations, campaigns, and digital assets. • Manage and execute social media and digital content, including monthly calendars, asset development, and KPI tracking across platforms. • Drive the internal review and approval process, ensuring accuracy, brand alignment, and compliant communication across multiple stakeholders. • Develop and execute communication plans that support product launches, campaigns, and key business initiatives, partnering with Marketing, Sales, and Education teams. • Apply intermediate marketing and branding principles to shape messaging across channels and ensure Stryker’s voice is represented consistently. • Support and at times lead event and tradeshow communication deliverables, coordinating creative assets, logistics, and cross-functional timelines. • Maintain and evolve content libraries and marketing calendars, improving organization and workflows for the broader team. • Analyze the performance of marketing communication initiatives, providing insights to refine messaging, creative, and channel strategy. • Use customer personas, market insights, and competitive intelligence to inform messaging that resonates with healthcare professionals. • Contribute elevated creative ideas, demonstrating an eye for design, strong visual judgment, and emerging best practices in digital content and storytelling. WHAT YOU NEED: Required • Bachelor’s degree • At least 2 years of experience in a digital marketing or marketing communications role • Hands-on experience managing social media accounts (content creation, scheduling, reporting) • Demonstrated eye for visual design and ability to create or refine digital assets Preferred • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Graphic Design, or a related field • Experience with Adobe Creative Suite • Experience developing digital content, working within brand guidelines, or partnering with creative teams Travel Percentage: 30% Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability. Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes. We are proud to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces! For more information, visit: www.stryker.com Work Flexibility Remote – Role allows you to work the majority to 100% of time from an alternate workplace. These roles could have travel expectations, and you must work within the country of the job requisition location. Field-based – You can expect to regularly work a majority to 100% of time at customer facilities and has a set territory or expectation to travel within a set boundary. Almost all sales roles would likely be qualified as field-based. Onsite – Role is 100% located at a Stryker facility. Some ad hoc flexibility may be available depending on role, level, and job requirements. Manufacturing roles and any role that requires physical presence at the office would qualify under this category. Hybrid – You can expect to regularly work in both an alternate workplace and a Stryker facility. Roles that are partially remote or co-located would qualify as hybrid, and the expectation to be onsite would be defined and agreed upon by your manager/supervisor.