Microsoft UK Engineering Leadership Team is seeking a highly motivated and proactive full-time Communications Specialist to be responsible for strategically managing communications and events for the UK engineering leadership and community. We are looking for someone with creativity and focus to streamline the communication strategy and keep events engaging and effective across a wide variety of audiences. Additionally, you will need to be comfortable managing and coordinating the numerous details that need to come together to execute a successful event as well as manage some of Microsoft’s employee experience programs. You will be proactive in nature and become a vital, trusted member of our UK Engineering Leadership team, and exemplify the highest professional standards. This is the role for someone who has a growth mindset, is open to new ideas and perspectives, has a passion for learning and is a champion of diversity and inclusion.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
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Develop and execute a communications strategy that aligns to the Microsoft UK Engineering Leadership Team’s goals and priorities, as well as the broader MSFT community in collaboration with other stakeholders
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Define the communications calendar for key themes and engagements, and work closely with the business management community to cascade within the team
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Use data and insights to develop storytelling opportunities in a variety of mediums: presentations, talking points/briefs for speeches/Q&A sessions, emails, the SharePoint portal and video scripts
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Target communications to a variety of forums/audiences including internal (Teams posts, newsletters, website spotlights, and ad hoc communications from executives) and external (social media content, executive level keynotes, customer engagements, and conferences).
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Monitor and analyze the impact of messaging for a given issue, then create responses as needed.
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Plan events throughout the year including:
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Engineering summit/conference and Hack events
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External and internal speaker events
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Other meetings – We hold various other ad hoc meetings throughout the year.
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Work with cross-functional stakeholders to run UK engineering employee experience programs from initiation to delivery. (E.g.UK Pride Month celebrations).
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Support and contribute to the definition and tracking of success criteria and performance metrics.
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Finance, or related field AND 4+ years Communications, Marketing Operations, Field Operations, Program Management, Project Management, or related experience OR equivalent experience
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