Associate, Corporate Communications (Hybrid)

The work we do has an impact on millions of lives, and you can be a part of it.We help protect our customers against life’s uncertainties. Regardless of where you work within the company, you’ll be helping provide protection and peace of mind when our customers need it most.
Protective is looking for someone to join its Corporate Communications team as an Associate. An exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team, this role will work with teams throughout the company to create compelling employee communications, ensuring our teammates are well informed about company updates and helping drive overall culture.   The ideal candidate will be a problem-solver who has exceptional writing and communications skills and understands how to tailor a message for a specific audience. The person must be highly-organized and able to manage critical materials in an exciting, fast-paced environment. They should have experience building communications campaigns, creating content and measuring success of such communications.  

Responsibilities:

• Act as editor and writer for Protective’s employee communications, managing the editorial calendar and creating content across channels, including its intranet, weekly newsletter, digital signage and more. 
• Collaborate with teams throughout the company, gathering content for distribution and providing strategic communications advice. Key partners include Human Resources, Information Technology, and the Protective Life Foundation, among others.  
• Assist in the development and execution of all corporate announcements, including press releases, internal news updates, website updates, events, etc.  
• Monitor metrics and produce reports to show effectiveness of various communications  
• Contribute to the development and refinement of communications materials to advance Protective’s corporate narrative.   

Qualifications:

• Entry-level OR 1-3 years communications, public relations, journalism and/or marketing experience or equivalent required  
• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketingor related field required   
• Strong writing skills required  
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact with senior leaders  
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment  
• Team player who enjoys working with others and collaborating  
• Experience with Cision and/or Meltwater a plus  
• PowerPoint: intermediate skills or better 
• Design skills with Canva, InDesign or other platforms a plus  
• Ability to thrive under tight deadlines  
• High level of organization and attention to detail  
• Driven and goals-oriented  

Employee Benefits:  We aim to protect our employees' wellbeing through a broad benefits offering. For example, we protect physical wellbeing through health, dental and vision insurance. We protect mental wellbeing through mental health benefits and an employee assistance program. We protect time away from work with a variety of paid time away benefits (e.g., paid time off, paid parental leave, short-term disability, and a cultural observance day). We protect financial wellbeing through contributions to healthcare accounts, a pension plan, and a 401(k) plan with Company matching. All employees are encouraged to protect their overall wellbeing by engaging in ProHealth Rewards, Protective’s platform to improve wellbeing while earning cash rewards.    Eligibility for certain benefits may vary by position in accordance with the terms of the Company’s benefit plans.
Diversity and Inclusion: At Protective, we are committed to providing an inclusive culture where all employees are able to fully contribute and thrive. Our goal is to grow and develop our people, attract diverse talent and support strong, diverse communities.
We support diversity, equity, and inclusion by working to develop a culture of inclusion and belonging led by leaders who develop potential and embrace unique skills and abilities. Our aim is to create an equitable and accountable environment for all leaders and employees that will drive performance and impact business strategy. In this way, we can increase overall diversity for leadership roles and pipelines of talent by maturing our hiring practices, robust development opportunities and focus on retention of key talent.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to being inclusive and attracting, retaining, and growing the talents of a diverse and inclusive workforce.