About The Job This key member of the PR team supports effective external communications in support of Northwestern Mutual’s field offices and advisors, thereby helping them achieve their business goals and objectives. What You’ll Do Under the direction of senior staff, creates and executes communication strategies and tactics to elevate the reputation and business opportunities of Northwestern Mutual and its financial advisors and offices. Builds external understanding and support of Northwestern Mutual through proactive media outreach with local, regional, trade and national outlets. Cultivates meaningful relationships with media and advisors, helping to ensure successful outcomes over time. Creates and distributes compelling media materials, including messaging documents, pitches, news releases, and media alerts. Develops and deploys thought-provoking multimedia thought leadership content for use on social media, websites and newsletters. Serves in a client-facing role and responds in a timely and effective manner to inquiries and needs from Northwestern Mutual advisors and their teams. Manages inbound inquiries to the Northwestern Mutual general media line, and reports on media activity to leadership. What You’ll Bring To The Role At least 2-3 years of dynamic experience in professional communication, public relations, organizational communications, marketing, training, or related communication field. Bachelor’s degree in communication, journalism, public relations, or social sciences. Proactive professional who can build rapport with business partners and colleagues, provide counsel, and develop productive working relationships at all levels. Curiosity and versatility to learn about and work with a variety of business areas and topics. Strong presentation, writing, and analytical skills. Excellent people skills with the ability to manage relationships and communicate effectively by phone, email, and in person. Firm understanding of the news cycle, the news media landscape, and what makes a story newsworthy. Ability to solve problems on behalf of PR clients. Solid experience using digital and social media and experience in content creation. Strong understanding of PR metrics and analysis." Skills You Have Attention to Detail: Focuses on specific details to spot and correct errors in advance of them being found and surpass quality expectations. Performs work with thorough proofreading for presentation, content, accuracy, and overall quality. Content Management: Ensures content is healthy, accessible, functional and clear to both end-users and internal audience. Media Writing: Crafts and edits compelling and newsworthy stories, including press releases and social media posts, to effectively disseminate messages and tell stories that engage target audiences. Communicates effectively with external audiences and media partners using persuasive language to ensure clarity and conciseness in all forms of written communication Public Relations: Applies knowledge of organizational practices and considerations for communicating in the public arena, from community to global public relations (PR). Cultivates and maintains professional relationships with key media contacts and effectively leverages those relationships to achieve strategic communication goals through press releases, social media, and appropriate business information sharing. Thought Leadership: Provides innovative ideas, strategic insights, and visionary guidance in a particular domain or area of expertise and communicating them effectively. Writing and Editing: Creates and edits persuasive content so that it is appealing, understandable, or relatable to the intended audience; Has knowledge of the variety of formats, styles, and techniques for developing and reviewing materials. #LI-Hybrid Compensation Range: Pay Range - Start: $52,720.00 Pay Range - End: $79,080.00 Geographic Specific Pay Structure: Structure 110: $58,000.00 USD - $87,000.00 USD Structure 115: $60,640.00 USD - $90,960.00 USD We believe in fairness and transparency. It’s why we share the salary range for most of our roles. However, final salaries are based on a number of factors, including the skills and experience of the candidate; the current market; location of the candidate; and other factors uncovered in the hiring process. The standard pay structure is listed but if you’re living in California, New York City or other eligible location, geographic specific pay structures, compensation and benefits could be applicable, click here to learn more. Grow your career with a best-in-class company that puts our clients' interests at the center of all we do. Get started now! Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes talented individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives. At Northwestern Mutual, we believe relationships are built on trust. That our lives and our work matter. These beliefs launched our company over 160 years ago. Today, they're just a few of the reasons why people choose to build careers at Northwestern Mutual. What started in Milwaukee, WI has grown into 7,000+ home office professionals split across 3 campuses: New York City, Franklin and downtown Milwaukee (HQ) - each one bringing with it its own unique talent and culture. In a company with such a long and storied history, this may be the most exciting and important time to be a part of Northwestern Mutual as we are growing our digital and tech capabilities and are always on the lookout for bright, tech-savvy candidates. Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes talented individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives.

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