Corporate Communications Manager

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

With a career on the Ford Communications team, you can bring the message of our exciting innovations to the world! You’ll help build and protect our global reputation as well as enhance stakeholders’ affinity for Ford and our vision to become the world’s most trusted mobility company. You’ll be part of a dedicated organization delivering best-in-class, high-impact communications programs that support our innovations, industry leadership and commitment to social responsibility. If you’re a creative, passionate communications professional, come join our agile organization as we continuously adapt to our fast-changing global environment through effective communications.

The Corporate Communications Manager, part of the Corporate and Public Policy Communications team, develops, manages and supports communications initiatives that influence the thinking and behavior of key audiences – to advance understanding and influence of, commitment to, confidence in and appreciation for Ford, especially its ambitious Ford+ plan for growth and value creation.

You must plan and act strategically, optimistically and ambitiously while working closely with colleagues across Communication and Ford on a range of topics, variously relying on the Communications Functional Competencies…

• Creative Storytelling
• Cultural Awareness
• Strategic Thinking
• Story Mining
• Strong Relationships
• Reputation Management
• Technological Savvy
• and Product Leadership

…Applied a customer-centered approach and within the Ford Operating System (Ford OS) Behaviors of Excellence, Focus and Collaboration.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in communications, journalism, public affairs, or a related field.
• 5 or more years of achievement in using strong, strategic written and verbal communication and project management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• In-house and/or agency experience representing multidimensional public companies and/or government organizations.
• Illustrated effectiveness working with, influencing and learning from people with diverse backgrounds, in different disciplines and at multiple organizational levels.
• Familiarity influencing through social media.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage

• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more

• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases

• Tuition assistance

• Established and active employee resource groups

• Paid time off for individual and team community service

• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day

• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
  

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New Hire Benefits

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, If you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

At Ford, the health and safety of our employees is our top priority. Vaccination has been proven to play a critical role in combating COVID-19. As a result, Ford has made the decision to require U.S. salaried employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless employees require an accommodation for religious or medical reasons. Being fully vaccinated means that an individual is at least two weeks past their final dose of an authorized COVID-19 vaccine regimen. As a condition of employment, newly hired employees will be required to provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccination or an approved medical or religious exemption.

Major responsibilities on behalf of the C&PPC team include involvement in overlapping areas, such as:

• Purposeful use of media and industry analyst relations, social media, and other nontraditional communications channels, including as an on-point company spokesperson
• Company strategic ambitions, investment thesis, approaches and accomplishments – collectively and in specific business groups: Ford Blue, Ford Model e and Ford Pro
• Accountability for sustaining and fulfilling a strategic storytelling calendar
• Thought leadership in and competitive significance from, e.g., customer experiences, new technologies (electric vehicles, digital platforms, software), operational excellence (costs, quality), etc.
• Legal, cybersecurity and other matters
• Senior leadership changes
• Efficient use of agency personnel, where appropriate