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Manager, Internal Communications
2 years ago
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R011048Job Description:
Job Title: Manager, Internal Communications
Location: Santa Monica, CA or Irvine, CA
Your Platform
Activision Blizzard plays a centralized role in the creation of epic entertainment by supporting our interactive gaming brands and studios with a diverse range of career opportunities across corporate functions such as Marketing, Communications, Legal, Human Resources, Finance and Supply Chain. Located in our global headquarters in Santa Monica, we encompass equal parts agility, creativity and rigor to enhance the employee and player experience. To learn more, check us out at www.activisionblizzard.com or on Twitter at @ATVI_AB.
Your Mission
As a member of the Internal Communications team at ABK, the Manager, Internal Communication for Activision Blizzard is part of a global function whose priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:
- Develop compelling content that explains our strategy and helps every employee understand their role in our mission
- Align our people around our culture, values and business goals so they can deliver for our players and feel like this is the best place to have an epic career
- Champion our purpose of serving players and promote pride within the organization
- Ensuring the timely communication of news and information to employees, including a central source
- Continuously evolving and maintaining IC tools, processes (central editorial calendar), and channels (employee intranet, newsletter)
- Facilitating a trusted, two-way dialogue between executives and employees
- Driving awareness of and participation in major initiatives tied to workplace satisfaction (Culture, DE&I, CSR)
- Communicating HR (and Finance, IT, Marketing, Legal) program/policy changes and initiatives to employees
- Helping to manage Issues & Crisis Communications as required
- Maintaining a global dashboard on the overall effectiveness of IC and employee engagement across the enterprise and within BUs and Geos
- Managing the day-to-day internal communications program, including content development, scheduling, and publication across all internal communications channels.
- Maintaining an editorial calendar in partnership with the broader communications team, ensuring that the content and presentation are consistent with key priorities.
- Creating end-to-end communications plans for internal announcements and relevant news and events.
- Coordinating company-wide announcements with partners across our studios and business units as needed to ensure consistent messaging.
- Partnering with internal clients to develop communication solutions for business challenges, making sure communication objectives are being met in a timely, consistent way.
- Collaborating with the editorial content and social teams to craft timely, relevant stories that highlight our employees and workplace.
- Coordinating company-wide announcements with partners across our studios and business units as needed to ensure consistent messaging.
- Providing direction and management for ongoing, regularly scheduled communications.
Player Profile
Minimum Requirements:
- 4+ years’ experience in a communications role, preferably internal communications
- Excellent multi-tasking skills, able to set own priorities, and work under tight deadline pressure
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; including editing and copywriting
- A knack for storytelling, with the ability to turn complex information into engaging content
- Strong project management skills
- Ability to pivot and move forward in ambiguous situations
- Adaptable and humble, willing to take on projects big and small
- A knack for storytelling, with the ability to turn complex information into engaging content
- Ability to work toward the big picture, while still focusing on the details
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, English or relevant field
Extra Points:
- Experience with communication tools like email platforms, Slack and company intranets.
- Experience developing content for diverse audiences.
Our World
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty ®, World of Warcraft® , Overwatch ®, Diablo ®, Candy Crush ™ and Bubble Witch ™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!
Our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!
The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.
Activision is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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