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  • Senior Specialist, Retail Communications

    Walgreens (Deerfield, IL)



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    Job Description:

    Job Summary:

    Join the Walgreens Corporate Affairs department as a Senior Specialist on the Retail Communications team, where you will support the comprehensive communications and public relations strategy for the Walgreens Retail business segment. Reporting to the Director of Communications, Retail, this individual will manage communications projects, develop internal and external company communications materials, engage with media and conduct research assignments.

     

    In collaboration with the team, this contributor is responsible for executing strategic communications plans and campaigns, as well as serving as communications partner to project leaders within merchandising, supply chain, marketing and more.

     

    Walgreens is transforming its business and accelerating its retail presence. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working in a changing environment and have experience with AP Style writing, media relations, executive thought leadership, issues and crisis management and both external and internal communications.

    Job Responsibilities:

    + Supports development of external and internal communications strategy and plans for the assigned divisions. Completes assignments against communications plan and updates as needed. Researches the latest communications and related industry trends.

    + Writes and edits external and internal communications products, such as press releases, media pitches executive briefing books, key messages, talking points, memos, reports, among other communications. Coordinates with cross functional teams and production, as needed.

    + Serve as communications advocate to partners and leaders within the retail and customer experience function.

    + Applies a strategic lens to the communications support, internal and/or external, for Walgreens retail offering

    + Manages media inquiries, proactive and reactive, related to Walgreens retail business

    + Serves as primary, day to day contact for internal and external business partners

    + Keeps a regular pulse on the industry covered and shares timely updates and implications with colleagues and business partners.

     

    About Walgreens

     

    Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations, and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni-channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

     

    Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients’ care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.

     

    **Job ID:** 1549594BR

    **Title:** Senior Specialist, Retail Communications

    **Company Indicator:** Walgreens

    Employment Type:

    **Job Function:** Corporate Affairs/External Affairs

    **Full Store Address:** 108 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL 60015

    **Full District Office Address:** 108 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-05145-01108-2

    External Basic Qualifications:

    + Bachelor’s Degree and at least 1 year of experience in Communications at a company/professional services firm OR High School/ GED and at least 4 years of experience in Communications at a company/professional services firm

    + Experience pitching and developing relationships with media, writing short, action basedcommunications, such as press releases, media pitches, key messages and talking points, as well asand lengthy, strategic documents and presentations

    + Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details andmeeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates

    + Experience developing ways of accomplishing goals with little or no supervision, depending on oneselfto complete objectives and determining when escalation of issues is necessary

    + Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, settingcolumn width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or printscaling)

    + Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting characterspacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizingslide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font)

    + Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbersand tables and/or adjusting table columns

    + Willing to travel up to/at least 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

    Preferred Qualifications:

    + Bachelor’s degree in a communications discipline (for example: mass communications, healthcommunications, journalism, public relations)

    + Experience in communication plan development and project management.

    + Experience in retail or CPG industry

    + Experience in consumer business communications

    + At least 2 years of communications experience at a company/professional services firm

     

    We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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