Manager, Content Strategy

Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminum packaging. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!

Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award! As a sustainable product leader, we have over 16,000 global team members. From endlessly recyclable aluminum cans, and cups, to aerosol bottles, our goal is to contribute to a better community, society, and world.

This position will be posted internally for a minimum of 7 days and will remain open until filled or adjusted based on the volume of applicants

 

Primary purpose of the position: 
The role will support the overall vision of Ball brand and business objectives by managing internal communications campaigns (adaptation of global ones, creation of regional /local ones), storytelling, copywriting and proofreading as well as supporting external comms team with stories and messaging for Ball globally, in order to maintain, protect, and enhance Ball’s reputation and brand, as well as drive engagement and internal information flow. They will plan and drive internal communications content, as well as external comms if needed, and will be responsible for the creation, management and implementation of relevant social media and owned content initiatives. This role partners with core Ball business and creative teams that support the company (e.g., translation agency, creative agency) to bring brand-enhancing work to all internal and external comms channels, media, social media, owned media (ball.com).

 

What Will You Be Responsible For?

• Develops, implements and manages internal communications campaigns and content:
• Focus on management and adaptation of global internal communications campaigns so that they reach all employees through different internal comms channels.
• Focus on management and preparation of regional /local internal communications campaigns.
• Focus on preparation and regular update of key messaging decks for external and internal comms.

Content support and leverage for:

• Strategic functional support
• Global, content creation and asset translations
• Internal communication planning and reporting
• External communications – media relations
• Social media
• Global Content Council
• Ball.com / Ball Stories / BallConnect 
• Manages agencies on rich media and other content creation, develops guidelines and standards 
• Manage translations into Global languages

Acts as:

• Interface for internal stakeholders (commercial, marketing, sustainability, HR, talent acquisition, D&I, etc.)
• Engaged member of global comms team 
• Owner and driver of ongoing relationships with creative and translation agencies

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for adapting / developing and executing communication campaigns to support human resources, commercial / marketing, sustainability, community, diversity & inclusion, talent acquisition, etc.
• Creates and produces relevant communications materials – stories, executive quotes, speeches, videos, announcements, presentations, content and associated communication activities to support key initiatives.
• Assigns activities to external partners (creative agencies); directs, assigns and/or collaborates with agencies.
• Demonstrates writing excellence when crafting internal correspondence, communications plans, articles, etc.
• Develops and fosters relationships companywide and manages projects with colleagues at all levels and across all regions and businesses to achieve Company objectives.
• Member of Content Council, co-management of editorial calendar to ensure organized approach and cadence of communications.
• Displays strong presentation skills.

 

What Are We Looking For?