Internal Communications Specialist

We are seeking a full-time Internal Communications Specialist at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area.

About the role

In this role, you will coordinate, initiate, and execute internal communications projects by collaborating with a variety of business partners to meet or exceed deliverables while ensuring Garmin brand guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Monitor internal communications project workflow system and ensure all requests are responded to and initiated in a timely manner
• Manage complex workload while serving internal client needs
• Maintain and update all department site pages on the company-wide associate intranet with a sense of urgency and minimal oversight
• Serve as department liaison for Garmin Intranet, monitor company-wide sites, and notify internal stakeholders when their sites need updates; align with department leaders to identify needs and make appropriate content recommendations
• Oversee human resources internal video library, work with HR leaders to create and share associate video vignettes on an ongoing basis, and assign/edit videos to represent ongoing candidate recruitment needs
• Coordinate print production requests across various departments in support of recognition and training programs such as associate of the month and new associate orientation
• Serve as an active participant on internal/external corporate event committees and manage a variety of intranet-related projects to promote associate engagement, such as volunteer signups, event registrations, external partner communications, and swag distribution
• Coordinate and/or provide photography and video requests as needed by the corporate events team
• Independently perform continual copy and formatting updates to corporate handbooks and policy documents, ensuring quality and accuracy, and upload to the corporate intranet
• Maintain the corporate photo library throughout the digital asset management system, ensuring imagery is up to date and includes new global facilities, business leaders, and corporate milestones, awards, and events; exercise independent judgment to edit, add, and delete assets as necessary
• Use creativity and originality to write short stories and identify assets for the Garmin internal blog
• Create and provide project status reports to internal stakeholders

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing, or related discipline
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a communications role (can include internship)
• Demonstrated ability to edit and write AP-style copy
• Experience working in a corporate or internal communications environment
• Strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to multi-task and work on tight deadlines
• Proficient use of Microsoft Products including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Superior organizational and analytical skills with keen attention to detail and quality

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficient use of SharePoint, Jira, and Adobe Suite

Benefits

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here.