Director, Marketing Communications

About the role

GEICO is creating a new, dedicated marketing communications function and is seeking a Director to build and lead this vital new mission. This role sits within GEICO’s Corporate Communications team and works closely with the GEICO Marketing department to elevate the GEICO brand through proactive, strategic communications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a proactive marketing communications strategy that elevates GEICO’s brand in trade, business, and consumer media while also telling the story to our associate population, with a focus on driving outsized share of voice and strengthening GEICO’s marketing reputation.
• Leverage existing relationships with key publications to secure meaningful coverage of GEICO’s marketing evolution, campaigns, partnerships, and creative work.
• Serve as an embedded communications partner within the Marketing organization, attending leadership meetings, planning sessions, and strategy discussions to identify storytelling opportunities early.
• Advise senior marketing leaders on media opportunities, thought leadership, and external visibility.
• Support executive and internal communications for marketing leadership, including talking points, town halls, and organizational messaging.
• Explore and integrate AI-enabled tools, platforms, and agents as a core accelerator for marketing communications by scaling media intelligence, outreach, content development, and measurement across the PR ecosystem.
• Manage a small team and serve as the day-to-day point of contact with our agency partners, setting priorities, directing outreach, and ensuring the agency is delivering work that meets our standards and elevates the brand.
• Serve as a communications liaison across GEICO’s broader roster of external agencies – including creative, media, and digital partners – to ensure alignment on messaging, brand voice, and proactive storytelling opportunities.

Requirements

• 10+ years of communications experience with a focus on marketing communications, brand PR, and consumer communications.
• Experience in both agency and in-house settings.
• You understand how to manage and get the best out of agency partners – both a dedicated communications agency and the broader ecosystem of creative, media, and digital agencies that support a large marketing organization.
• Experience building new capabilities in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity and taking an entrepreneurial approach to problem-solving.
• Retail or consumer brand PR experience strongly preferred.
• Established relationships with reporters and editors at major marketing and advertising trade publications.
• Proven ability to secure top-tier media placements and build sustained narrative campaigns.
• Experience supporting senior executives with communications strategy, media preparation, and public visibility.
• Exceptional writing, strong project management instincts, and a collaborative approach.

Pay

$140,425.00 - $229,600.00 Annual Salary Range. Factors such as scope and responsibilities of the role, work experience, education and training, work location, and market and business considerations are taken into account to determine the final hourly rate/annual salary.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program tailored to enhance physical, mental, and financial well-being.
• Market-competitive compensation and a 401K savings plan with a 6% match.
• Performance and recognition-based incentives.
• Tuition assistance.
• Mental healthcare, fertility, and adoption assistance.
• Workplace flexibility and the GEICO Flex program, allowing up to four weeks of remote work per year.

Equal Employment Opportunity

GEICO is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law.