This is an immediate need for a 48 month contract position based in Albany, NY. This position requires some on site work, candidates should be local or willing to relocate.
The Communications specialist will be responsible for establishing and managing communications channels on the build, rollout and ongoing support of different modules/projects. As a member of the Communications Team, the Communications Specialist will report to the Communications Analyst and will provide support to other communications team members, operations staff, governance staff, business analysts, project managers, and other members of the Program regarding stakeholder communications and support. A communications and marketing plan has already been established and the communications specialist will be responsible for standing up different channels for multiple projects, Additionally, the communications specialist will be responsible for managing the program communications life cycle and customizing it for specific projects for which they own communications responsibilities.
Specific duties include, but are not limited to the following:
MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS
Four (4) years of experience developing and managing CRM platforms and campaigns.
Four (4) years of experience managing communications for an IT organization, project, or application with more than 1 Million end users/consumers and translating technical information into easy-to-understand communications for end users/ consumers.
Four (4) years of experience managing external web, intranet, newsletter, and communication channels for an IT organization or project and a health and human service organization or project.
Four (4) years of experience managing conference, forum, and other in person stakeholder communication channels for an IT organization or project.
Four (4) years of experience working with a technical team on the User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) design process for customer-facing web portals.
Expert level with Outlook, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and other relevant communications tools for both written and visual communications.
Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, public relations, business, political science, or related field.
Four (4) or more years in utilizing practical and effective verbal, written and visual communications strategies.
GENESYS Consulting Services is an equal opportunity employer.