Sales Enablement Content and Communication Strategist

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution

• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

We seek a unique communications professional with exceptional writing and strategic story-telling skills for U.S. Vascular Commercial audiences. This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, partnering with business teams to develop creative communications solutions and communication/content recommendations.

What You'll Work On

• Manage relationships with diverse stakeholders.

• Engage with leadership and business teams to thoroughly understand issues.

• Identify creative communication solutions and make recommendations on effective creative content approaches to achieve business objectives.

• Create content matching business objectives.

• Use various communication solutions, including presentations, print, e-mail, video, and print.

• Develop writing concepts from strategy through presentation and execution as an integral part of the creative process.

• Writing and copywriting experience; experience in converting technical information into concise, relevant content for targeted audiences.

• Review all types of materials for accuracy, consistency, and clarity.

•  Liaison and consultant for internal teams to ensure accurate and consistent expression of the corporate brand, including corporate brand identity, voice and tone, and related positioning and messaging to help inform the creative and content development process.

• Provide brand and communication support for internal communications’ initiatives.

• Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

• Performs other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• Ability to copywrite and proofread all materials for accuracy, consistency, and clarity.

• This role collaborates with the U.S. Sales Enablement as a consultant on cross-functional teams, including sales and commercial leaders, to develop creative communications solutions and communication/content recommendations.

• Background in communications, messaging, writing, and commercial enablement.

• Project management.

Required Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Communications, or a related field.

• Minimum of 5 years of work experience

• Exceptional writing and proofreading skills. Ability to translate complex issues and formulate creative content recommendations to reach various audiences.

• Ability to manage and direct projects that require leadership, autonomy, and executive-level presentation skills.

• Comprehensive personal computer skills, including demonstrated spreadsheet, wo