At Guild, we believe talent is everywhere and that opportunity should be too. We continue to have our home and headquarters in Denver, but we have embraced a distributed model of working to reach the best talent in the United States. While some roles may require proximity to our Denver office, roles based outside of our Denver office can sit in any of the following 31 states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI and Washington D.C. Please only apply if you are able to live and work full-time in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift. All salaries ranges are standardized nationwide and will not vary by region.
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At Guild, we uphold our Core Values in everything we do. Our team emphasizes our Core Values in the following ways:
- -using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and development areas
- - building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
- - holding self and others accountable to meet commitments
- - recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to our company
Guild is hiring an Integrated Communications Director to manage our thought leadership program. In particular, we are looking for someone who can wear the hats of editor, publisher, writer, creative storyteller, project manager, and more. This role is part of the broader Integrated Communications team and will support overall Corporate Communications objectives to elevate the Guild brand by crafting distinct and provocative narratives that drive a Guild publishing vehicle, as well as support media pitches, executive communications, and event content strategy.
As Integrated Communications Director, you will:
- Drive creative storytelling to deliver outcomes across earned and owned media strategies, including:
- Write and collaborate on provocative and insightful thought leadership ideas by leveraging internal SMEs, independently reporting and conducting secondary research, and taking a fresh lens to big trends.
- Identify and edit internal and external writers and write articles independently to create articles and reports.
- Produce 1 large body of research annually and 1 pulse survey annually, to be published into reports and articles, that support Integrated Communications and Performance Marketing goals in tandem.
- Manage contractors and/or agencies, with prudent budget oversight.
- Scale and optimize our owned media, top-of-funnel program, which should simultaneously advance Guild’s independent credibility as a thought partner to business leaders; balance or magnify the stories about Guild in earned media; and support B2B campaign priorities, including:
- Set the vision and manage the overarching project management to accelerate the growth of Compass, Guild’s thought leadership blog, including coordination of editorial planning, freelancer and agency management, cross-team coordination and deadline management, distribution and publishing cadences, and measurement/optimization strategies and process.
- Produce ~4 articles per month for Compass, and partner cross-functionally to package those articles and ensure insights are utilized across channels.
- Produce a monthly newsletter to grow audience and engagement with Compass content.
- Optimize the UX, content strategy, and SEO of Compass to improve awareness and on-site engagement.
You are a strong fit for this role if you have:
- Experience managing the publishing, editorial, and project management elements of an owned media program independently with limited support.
- Experience as a newsroom leader, and/or reporter and editor.
- Proven experience growing audience with digital publishing.
- Experience working on an in-house content marketing or communications team.
Preferred Competencies
- Advanced understanding of Google Analytics 360
- Experience writing, editing, and publishing thought leadership content for businesses targeting B2B audiences in the HR, Human Capital Management, Education Benefits, and/or Learning and Development space.
At , we unlock the talent and economic potential of America’s workforce for employees and their companies. We partner with the nation’s largest employers—including Walmart, Chipotle, Discover, Hilton, Macy’s, Target, and The Walt Disney Company—to create cultures of opportunity that help them attract and retain top talent, while building the workforce of the future from within. By using our proprietary Career Opportunity Platform to develop education and learning programs that work in the real-world, thousands of employees at those companies have gained the skills, knowledge, and guidance they need to build a brighter future for themselves and their families—all without paying for tuition or career services on their own.
Guild is female-founded and a certified B Corp. The company has been named to the TIME100 Most Influential Companies of 2022 list, CNBC Disruptor50 list three years in a row, Inc. Best Led Companies list, Fast Co. World Changing Ideas list and the B Lab Best for the World list among many others.
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What We Do
Guild’s Career Opportunity Platform™ enables forward-thinking employers to invest in their employees, unlocking life-changing opportunities for personal and professional growth through education and learning programs, career development, and one-on-one coaching. Guild partners with the nation’s largest employers — including Walmart, Chipotle, Discover, Hilton, Macy’s, Target, Providence Health, and The Walt Disney Company — to create cultures of opportunity that will help them attract and retain top talent, and build the workforce of the future. Guild offers a marketplace of curated education and learning programs designed for what working adults need to succeed in their programs. Layered onto that is support, guidance, and resources at every step to help ensure the new skills employees are building translate into career pathways that are in demand at their companies — all without paying for tuition or career services on their own.
Why Work With Us
As a certified B-corp with a double-bottom line business model that does well by doing good, we're looking for people who want to help us expand economic opportunity through education. You’ll join a driven and collaborative team, be challenged every day and go home knowing you’re helping to make a difference in the lives of working adults.
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