Internal Communications Manager, Frontiers
Academic publisher for science, tech & medicine
Job no longer available
Academic publisher for science, tech & medicine
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make science open – so that scientists can collaborate better and innovate faster to deliver the solutions that enable healthy lives on a healthy planet.
Role
Who you are
- An expert on change communications and engagement
- Demonstrated experience in success in problem solving, stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Understanding of business, mission, culture and strategic priorities
- Extensive experience in relevant areas such as Communications, Human Resources, Corporate Communications
- Strong relationship, partnering and stakeholder management skills with proven track record of working with senior levels
- Exceptional planning and messaging skills, mastery of clear persuasive writing
- Demonstrated experience of having the ability to flex between strategic and tactical work, at all times ensuring communications support business objectives
- Change management skills
- Competence in MS, Confluence, Excel
- Excellent communication skills, written, spoken and presentation skills
What the job involves
- We are now recruiting an Internal Communications Manager to join our Marketing and Communications department
- You will hit the ground running demonstrating high-quality internal communication skills supporting our Frontons in our Publishing department
- You will be responsible for ensuring our employees are informed, enabled and heard across a range of different matters
- You will be the go-to expert on change communications and will lead on the development and execution of our internal communication strategy
- You will partner closely with senior leaders and stakeholders across the business providing support and strategic advice to ensure best practice standards are being upheld in all our key messaging to the organisation
- This role will report to the Head of Internal Communications
- Understanding the business challenges and opportunities and translating into impactful communications solutions
- Develop, deliver, and evaluate internal communications and engagement strategies which mobilise and engage internal audiences
- Develop, and deliver change communications strategies, bringing best practice and proven strategies for successful change
- Input into the development and delivery of our broader internal communication and engagement strategy and partnering with key stakeholders to ensure alignment of plans and activities
- Develop narratives and key messaging in support of strategic priorities
- Effectively manage internal communication channels and identify opportunities to improve
- Provide communication coaching and advice to senior leaders
- Making data-driven recommendations off measurements and tracking work
Our take
Frontiers Media is a publishing company that is home to nearly 180 peer-reviewed journals in the fields of science, medicine, and technology. This voluminous reach has made it the 3rd most-cited and 9th largest research publisher, and helped it generate substantial revenue.
Because it’s an open-access (OA) publisher, Frontiers charges publishing fees to authors. These can run upwards of $3,000, which in combination with the sheer volume of content makes for a hefty income stream. It is, however, reportedly the company’s only income stream, which could spell trouble for a business designed to put out only high-quality research.
Frontiers Media has in fact already had various run-ins with the academic establishment for its supposedly fairly permissive reviews process. Reports suggest papers are widely solicited and difficult for reviewers to actually reject, leading the company to be included on an influential list of potentially predatory OA publications.
It’s a reputation that Frontiers Media has struggled to shake off in some fields, but successfully overridden in others as it expands outwards into new sub-sectors. Journal multiplication has been an astute business strategy, and will certainly help it cement its leading position going forward.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
38% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Remote working available on a part- or full-time basis (not applicable to some Workplace/IT jobs due to nature of role)
- Access to LinkedIn Learning (and Pluralsight for our technology team), an annual personal learning budget, and dedicated L&D time
- Volunteering opportunities (employees can dedicate three days each year to volunteer for a personal cause or through our volunteering partner platform, Alaya)
- Free online yoga classes, an employee assistance plan, access to the Headspace app, and four wellbeing days on top of your annual leave allowance
Company HQ
Lausanne, VD
Leadership
Kamila Markram
(CEO)Completed her PhD at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, and has also spent over 15 years as the Autism Project Director at the Brain Mind Institute.
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