Vice President, Communications

Vice President, Communications

National Football League

New York, NY 10154

Based in New York City, the Vice President, Communications, will play a key role in managing the public relations, communications and speaking engagements for senior executives, and also collaborate with Human Resources and other departments on employee communications. This executive will be a strategic and proactive communications professional with the capacity to also be a hands-on, sleeves-up team player. This leader will have superior business and communication skills and will be successful at developing effective relationships with sports, business, and trade media.

Essential Functions:

Develop and execute communications strategies, initiatives, and messaging relating to internal communications and annual calendar events to reflect the league’s wide variety of priorities

Coordinate with executives across departments to ensure consistency of messaging and strategy

Prepare briefing materials for dissemination to executive staff

Place compelling stories (through proactive storytelling) that highlight the NFL’s business success, executive and thought-leadership

Closely collaborate with the SVP, Executive Operations

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree preferably in communications or journalism

A minimum of 12 years of experience in corporate communication with significant experience in media, sports and/or entertainment

Experience working with high profile brands and with or as part of an executive leadership team

Demonstrated success in managing complex challenges with broad scope and scale

Proven success in creating and executing high profile communication initiatives

Other Key Attributes / Characteristics:

The ideal candidate will display:

Ability to work cross-functionally across different company divisions and with outside partners

Proven ability to work in a high-pressure, fast-paced, team environment

Good time management, ability to prioritize and delegate

Ability to make cost-effective use of resources and problem-solve quickly and imaginatively

High political sensitivity both internally and externally

High energy

High integrity

A passion for football and its cultural influence

Strategic thinker with exceptional communication (oral and writing) skills

Travel:

This position could require extensive travel during season and pre-season, including on weekends.

Expected Hours of Work:

Full-time employee. This is an exempt-level position and will require frequent work on nights, weekends and holidays.

Equal Opportunity Employment

The NFL is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment that reflects our incredibly diverse fan base. We provide an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all employees and applicants without regard to ancestry, race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. The NFL believes diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

Work Locations: NY New York - NFL Office 345 Park Avenue New York 10154

Worker Type: Employee

Person Type: Employee

Assignment Category: Full-Time Regular

Education Level: Bachelor's Degree

Job Posting: Oct 1, 2020, 6:22:06 PM