Communications and Events Specialist

As a Communications and Events Specialist, you’ll be pivotal in enhancing employee engagement events and supporting our digital communications strategy. Your collaboration with the corporate communications team will be instrumental in delivering high-value and high-impact events for our employees and community. Your work in executing engaging content across our digital channels will align with our strategic goals and objectives and bring fresh ideas to increase audience engagement.

You will do this by:

• Planning and executing internal event logistics from start to finish, including town halls, leadership meetings, and other employee education and engagement events 
• Planning and executing external event logistics from start to finish, including Summerfest, National Sales Meetings and community volunteering 
• Overseeing the day-to-day operations of Briggs & Stratton's digital communications strategy, including managing digital screens, our intranet content, a bi-weekly internal newsletter and LinkedIn 
• Creating original content and graphical elements for LinkedIn, email communications and other digital channels 
• Evaluating all donation and sponsorship requests and coordinating the review and response 
• Managing the relationship with our promotional vendor, including contract negotiation, on-site presentations, website design and merchandise selection. 
• Overseeing the budget for the corporate communications team 
• Managing the relationship with our internal cafeteria, including monthly menu and catering design 
• Owning all measurements and metrics for the communications dashboard, including media coverage 
• Partnering with HR to manage our employee recognition program

The above statements are intended only to describe the general nature of the job and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of position responsibilities.

You are the kind of person who is/has:

• Excellent ability to manage multiple projects and work well under pressure 
• Outstanding written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills 
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with employees at all levels of the organization, including senior management Strong social media acumen

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism or related field OR equivalent combination of education and experience 
• At least five years, with seven or more preferred, of experience in communications 
• Experience in event management 
• Strong understanding of meeting planning and logistics, including hotel room blocks, food and beverage and production schedules 
• Excellent comprehension of AP Style 
• Experience compiling analytics reporting 
• Budget management skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with Canva, Illustrator, Google Suite, PR Newswire (or similar tools) 
• Experience with Adobe Creative Manager, Monday.com, Salesforce Marketing and/or Meltwater (or similar tools)

Additional Knowledge & Skills:

• Proven ability to think outside-of-the-box to introduce new and exciting employee engagement and community involvement opportunities 
• Strong organizational skills 
• Detail-oriented, able to work with minimum supervision, flexible and have the ability to prioritize projects as they arise 
• Demonstrated ability to manage and maintain confidentiality 
• Fluent in English and primary language used in area of responsibility and/or location

Travel Required:

• % of Travel: 5-10%
• How often: Quarterly
• Where: Locally