Communications & Brand Manager

The J.R. Simplot Company is a diverse, privately held organization, with roots firmly planted in agriculture and agriculture-related businesses. The J.R. Simplot Company is a true farm-to-table company with operations that touch every aspect of agriculture, including seed production, farming and ranching, plant sciences, fertilizer manufacturing, food processing, commercial product development, and distribution.

Summary

This position sits within the Global Communications and Brand Experience team, working to ensure overall brand alignment to drive strategy, increase awareness, engagement and understanding for internal and external audiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Builds and maintains solid partnerships with internal and external clients across all businesses, countries and audiences to develop supportive strategies, plan tactics, coordinate and direct content designed to meet Simplot's strategic and operational business goals.
• Develops and implements strategic marketing or communications plans to support department and organizational objectives and creates marketing or communication content for internal and external audiences to communicate Company messages, policies, programs, projects or news.
• Designs internal or external marketing campaigns to target specific audiences, placing an emphasis on campaign data, metrics and performance to measure tactic impact and improve future campaigns.
• Works to create new and improve existing content processes, leveraging new technologies and insights, measurement tools and experience.
• Directs designers, photographers, videographers and other content specialists integral to the completion of projects tactics, ensuring the completed content furthers the campaign goals and objectives.
• Oversees assigned channels such as external social media or internal collaboration platforms to grow and maintain the channel, developing channel strategy and 1-to-3-year roadmap for growth, serving as channel SME and planning technical improvements and tactical activities to grow user base and improve content engagement. This work is performed in partnership with relevant business stakeholders, ensuring a cohesive, holistic approach that helps deliver an omni-channel experience for users.
• Directs campaign activities, develops content and oversees creative execution to provide consistent, targeted and impactful messages.
• Makes content decisions and approves internal and external communication deliverables, and edits and reviews content for accuracy and completeness.
• Builds brand awareness and alignment and promotes overall consistency of company messages.
• Stays informed of developments in the field of marketing and communications within the industry to foster ideas and innovation and teaches others in the department about those advancements.

Typical Education

Bachelor's Degree (B.A. or B.S.) from 4 year college or university

Relevant Experience

5+ years related experience and/or training

Other Information

• Self direction
• Excellent writing and editing skills
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively in a team environment and maintain composure under deadline
• Strong attention to detail required
• Excellent project management skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while supporting several parallel projects
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite required
• Experience in digital communication platforms and graphic design a plus
• Experience with CMS such as SiteCore a plus

Job Requisition ID: 11355

Travel Required: Less than 10%

Location(s): Simplot Headquarters - Boise

Country: United States

**The J.R. Simplot Company is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, marital status, or any other protected status.**

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