Associate Director, Internal Communications | Irvine, CA

Team Name:

Public Relations

Job Title:

Associate Director, Internal Communications | Irvine, CA

Requisition ID:

R026800

Job Description:

We’re looking for an experienced Associate Director, Internal Communications to serve as a strategic orchestrator and amplifier for communications across Blizzard. In this role, you’ll build clarity, drive alignment, and ensure our employee communications are coordinated, consistent, and connected to our Blizzard‑wide priorities and global internal communication principles.

The ideal candidate is accountable for ensuring internal communications move from concept to execution - on time, aligned, and delivered with operational rigor. You will partner across functional groups and game teams to develop communications plans, maintain accountability to timelines and priorities, and ensure teams across the business are telling a cohesive story, backed by purpose and care. This is a role for someone with a deep appreciation for art and craft, which is at the center of what we do at Blizzard. 

You will join a team focused on people/organizational communications and game/franchise communications, requiring close collaboration with colleagues across all levels and our broader gaming ecosystem. This role offers unparalleled exposure across the business and the opportunity to build scalable systems, processes, and communications rhythms that help bring our mission, strategy, and culture to life.

Because the work is spread across multiple disciplines and functions, this role would be a good fit for someone with agency experience and instincts, sharp attention to detail, strategic perspective, and a sense of humor. 

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on‑site and some work from home. The potential home studio for this role is Irvine, CA.

What You’ll Do

Strategic Communications Planning & Alignment

• Serve as the internal communications “axis point” across Blizzard - keeping teams aligned, informed, and accountable to our communication priorities and principles.

• Build and maintain flexible communications plans, calendars, frameworks, and systems that drive organizational clarity and accountability.

• Partner with teams and stakeholders to translate business priorities into clear, actionable communications strategies.

• Establish clear ownership, milestones, and decision paths to keep work moving in a complex stakeholder environment

• Connect dots across the organization, ensuring that product and people narratives ladder up to the overarching company priorities and goals.

Operational & Organizational Communications Leadership

• Guide the mapping, design and execution of communications for major people‑focused initiatives and change‑management efforts. Make judgement calls when priorities compete, balancing speed, quality and impact. 

• Identify opportunities to streamline, scale, and standardize communications processes to create economies of scale across the function.

• Build and maintain short and long form messaging for a variety of channels.

• Hold partners and teams accountable to decisions, timelines and final outputs. 

Internal Game Communications Oversight

• Guide the strategy and execution of internal game communications—bringing clarity to updates, launches, timelines, and business priorities.

• Ensure product narratives are aligned with broader employee messaging and help employees understand what’s happening and why it matters.

Team Collaboration

• Work closely with two direct reports (Senior Manager and Manager, Internal Communications)

• Support a team culture grounded in exploration, collaboration, curiosity, and accountability.

Content & Channel Stewardship

• Support stakeholder communications through messaging, talking points, FAQs, presentations, and communications guidance.

• Oversee intranet structure and content strategy; improve channels for scale, efficiency, and engagement.

• Partner with events, IT/AV, and design teams to deliver thoughtful and compelling internal communication moments, both virtual and in-person.

Cross‑Functional Partnership

• Act as a trusted advisor to leaders acr