Chicago, IL
About Northern Trust
Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.
Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world's most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.
Summary
Join our diverse team of
dynamic
communicators
who work together to
make a meaningful impact for all our stakeholders. As the Senior Specialist Editorial and Internal Communications,
you'll
be able to shape the stories we share internally with our more than 23,000 global employees
while connecting what we do back to our overarching strategy.
The
ideal candidate
has a skilled journalistic mindset capable of finding the story
,
crafting
into traditional
as well as
digital-first formats, engaging
communities
and amplifying content
across
multiple channels
.
Key responsibilities include
proactively
identifying
and developing content to support
a global editorial calendar aligned to
strategic priorities
finding authentic and innovative ways to celebrate our inclusive
culture
and measuring engagement to iterate and
optimize
results
.
We
welcome
experienced
writers and digital creators who are respectfully candid, intentionally
inclusive
and always accountable
for exceptional work to apply.
Hybrid
Working Model
We have a balanced hybrid working model to ensure you get the flexibility you need, and the successful candidate will spend their time between working in the office and working from home.
Major Duties
- Serve as
- Managing
- Editor
- of
- the
- corporate intranet,
- weekly
- enterprise
- newsletter and digital platforms
- such as
- mobile news and signage
- .
- Proactively build
- editorial calendar and
- maintain
- cadence of deployment across the business
- Employ enterprise narrative
- linked to our strategy
- to ensure cohesive storytelling and consistency of message
- Measure performance and adopt a data-driven approach to iterate and
- optimize
- editorial strategy
- Partner closely with PR team to enhance alignment and drive integrated communications for internal and external audiences
- Help create an editorial Center of Excellence that documents best practices and service-level agreements as well as self-serve options and templates
- Maintain style guide and ensure consistency across enterprise communications
- Collaborate with in-house creative team on video production and multimedia storytelling
- Evaluate story pitches and aggregate employee questions/sentiment
- recommend
- potential agenda
- items
- for
- Town Halls,
- all-hands
- m
- eetings
- and Leadership platforms
- Assist
- in the development of mobile
- news
- channel
- and expanded use of visual storytelling, including infographics and video
- Amplify a
- DEI narrative and
- demonstrate
- how our commitment enables our business, belonging and culture
- Provide communication support for
- key executives
- Share functional
- expertise
- with junior members of the
- editorial team
Knowledge and Skills
- Experience in communications,
- journalism
- or marketing roles, preferably
- in
- an internal/corporate newsroom
- or agency setting
- Experience in email marketing optimization
- Digital, social media and/or external communications experience a plus
- Visual storytelling experience (video production, graphic design, and/or website design) a plus
- Experience with measurement, data analytics and defining KPI
- Ability to
- operate
- within a strategic framework
- Strong
- collaborative and interpersonal skills
- Comfort interacting with senior executives across the organization and experience working with C-suite leaders
- Excellent project management and operational skills
- Proactively
- identify
- where communications plans/strategy are needed and
- takes action
- Ability to work across a matrixed structure as well as work independently
- Ability to manage multiple complex tasks
- Passion for bringing the discipline of simplicity and continuous improvement to all aspects of work
- Expertise
- in internal reputation management and employee-facing campaigns
- Experience
- writing for
- DEI and CSR communications
- Phenomenal communication,
- collaboration
- and stakeholder management skills
- Positive and collaborative attitude
- Ability to
- identify
- and
- anticipate
- communication needs
- #LI-GG1
- #LI-Hybrid
Working with Us
As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.
Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.
We'd love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world's most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater
Reasonable accommodation
Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at
We hope you're excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.
Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.