Communications and Engagement Consultant

Join our team as a Communications and Engagement Consultant at Forty1 (Part of Inizio Engage).

You will specialize in supporting the creation and implementation of strategies to improve our clients in the way they communicate with their partners. You will help shape and deliver messaging strategies that resonate with a variety of global audiences.

Forty1 is an employee experience consultancy. We're change managers, culture shapers and employee experience experts. We're planners, researchers, project managers and writers.

You will report into the Senior Communications Consultant

Applications close on the 10th October

This is a remote position; however, preference will be given to candidates in New Jersey and Pennsylvania due to closer proximity to agency and client sites.

What will you do …

• Lead or contribute to one or more projects through engagement and communications strategies, planning and execution, including high-quality content development across multiple channels
• Design and measure communication campaigns
• Provide communications expertise and counsel to clients and team members
• Develop employee listening and insight programs
• Design and facilitate workshops
• Scoping work and managing budget for the projects you lead
• Partner with and briefing creative teams, driving creative vision while ensuring understanding to brand strategy
• Recognize and solve potential problems and always assessing clients' needs
• Work with multiple partners and departments, including clients, vendor partners and agency staff
• Identify and pitch new business opportunities and implementing new projects
• Shape and articulate leadership narratives and communication
• Keep pace with industry-wide internal communications trends and translating them into client impact
• Track communication metrics and use insights
• Support company culture programs and contributing to change management programs

What you'll need to have ...

• Eight or more years' experience in the communications industry
• Bachelor's degree or an advanced education qualification
• Experience working in an Internal communications role
• Experience expressing ideas simply and robustly
• Experience maintaining relationships with clients and colleagues at all levels
• Experience making decisions in the face of obstacles
• Experience developing communications, including formatting and disseminating deliverables if needed, such as PowerPoint decks, videos, SharePoint sites and newsletters.
• Experience working with designers, videographers and other creative partners
• Demonstrated experience managing complex projects and delivering on time and within budget
• High comfort level, poise and presence with senior executives and as a facilitator
• Creative insights and energy and experience with employee engagement
• Interest in technology and what it can do for the employee experience
• Commitment to learning and development
• Ability to travel to client sites and in-person meetings—locally, nationally or internationally
• Intermediate expertise in the Microsoft Office 365 suite of tools is required; experience with design, video, digital tools or the Adobe suite of tools

Just a few of our benefits...

• Great compensation package
• 23 days' annual leave plus public holidays, company closure over Christmas and personal days
• 3 days volunteering leave
• Private Medical Plan
• Life Insurance
• 401(K) Plan
• Hybrid working
• Group Income Protection

A bit about us ….

Engage XD is an unusually shaped communications group that creates experiences that inspire lasting change. We partner with clients to provide employee engagement, learning and training solutions, scientific engagement and capability building, all underpinned by applied behavioural science. We engage internal and external audiences through the creation and delivery of live and virtual experiences, film, digital, and immersive content.

Our family of brands is made up of: Emota, Forty1 and Nazarѐ.

We believe in our values: We empower everyone | We rise to the challenge | We work as one | We ask what if | We do the right thing, and we will ask you how your personal values align to ours.

This is a hybrid remote/in-office role.