Our client is seeking a Communications Specialist for their Retail Engagement and Marketing Team. As their ideal candidate, you're able to produce clear, well-written communications under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment. You are well-organized, can manage several projects at a time, and possess the technical savvy to navigate ticketing and publishing systems with ease. In this role, you’ll support communication that impacts the day-to-day operations of the Retail team. This includes supporting communication for Specialists in Retail Stores, as well as Retail Customer Care Centers. You’ll work with the business to produce thoughtful, strategic and engaging communication for a global audience. In addition to producing high quality operational communications, you'll cultivate relationships with key business partners, design and execute on strategic communication plans for operational events, collaborate with individual retail groups to streamline and reduce overall communication, offer edits and writing assistance to your teammates, help build out an operational planning process, and analyze content metrics.

Key Qualifications:

• 3-5 years experience writing communications, working at a publication, web publishing, advertising agency or in-house creative environment
• Solid understanding and grounding in U.S. English style, usage, grammar, and punctuation 
• Familiar with style and usage guides, and/or the Chicago Manual of Style
• Tech savvy, familiarity with Macs, web-publishing systems
• Excellent communication skills, ability to work as a member of a team and thrive under pressure
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to focus and prioritize in a fast-paced environment
• Experience working with international teams

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $50 to $54 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits! 

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

Our client, a leader in consumer electronics, is one of the greatest, most innovative, world-changing companies ever created! More like a cluster of start-ups versus a large company, they are single-handedly credited with creating some of the most impactful products of this generation.

Working alongside some of the brightest and most talented people, the work you do here will add up to something big that could not be done anywhere else.  There is no doubt that your best work will be brought out achieving some hefty goals at a heroic pace.

One thing we know is that you WILL NOT ever be bored.

Here are some more things you can expect:

• Wi-fi equipped shuttle service
• Free parking
• Onsite cafeteria

WORKING WITH AQUENT: long-term assignments with Aquent gets you access to some pretty cool things:
– You’re paid weekly
– Subsidized health (including term life and LTD) and dental benefits after your first four weeks of work (averaging at least 20 hrs/wk)
– Access to Fidelity 401(k)
– Access to FSA Program
– Direct deposit for your pay check
– Access to our Talent Rewards Program (we reward for referrals!)
– Access to free online courses via Aquent’s Gymnasium, to help you develop your skills: http://gymnasium.aquent.com/
– Access to free online courses via Lynda.com
– Aquent support: your Aquent Agent checks in with you during the course of your contract to make sure you’re happy and progressing according to your expectations (we’re also there to be looking for new opportunities for you when you’re close to wrapping up)