Cushman & Wakefield

Communications Manager

Cushman & Wakefield • $115K — $135K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of communications experience in corporate or agency settings
  • Strong analytical skills with experience in data analysis tools
  • Ability to influence senior leadership and stakeholders
  • Proficiency in managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
  • In-depth knowledge of the real estate industry, particularly commercial and property management
  • Exceptional writing, editing, and proofing skills.

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate open communication with brokers and leadership across departments
  • Develop and implement PR strategies aligned with business goals
  • Manage crisis communications surrounding sensitive information
  • Create media relations campaigns focused on current trends
  • Draft and distribute press releases and media pitches
  • Organize speaking opportunities for senior brokers and leadership
  • Enhance brand awareness through traditional and digital media.

Benefits

  • Health, vision, and dental insurance
  • Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts
  • Retirement savings plans
  • Life and disability insurance programs
  • Paid and unpaid time away from work
Full Job Description
Job Title
Communications Manager

Job Description Summary
The Communications Manager works closely with the account leadership and Business Operations Teams to support communications, including drafting written collateral, developing account-specific messaging, coordinating with stakeholders to ensure alignment, managing content for newsletters, supporting account-level recognition and cultural engagement efforts.

Job Description

Job Description
  • Facilitate strong relationships and open communication with brokers, leadership, across departments.
  • Strong collaborative leadership skills, including ability to collaborate up, down and across the organization.
  • Align and executive on a PR strategy that supports the firm's business objectives, while providing the highest level of client service
  • Provides strategy and tactics to achieve objectives and key performance indicators
  • Ensure consistency, quality, and usage of best practices in all communications, leveraging traditional and digital media channels
  • Boost company's brand awareness, engagement, and thought leadership with best-in-class use of traditional and digital media channels
  • Uphold the mission and standards of the company and support firm-wide initiatives
  • Crisis management: support Asset Services leadership with all external communications initiatives surrounding sensitive company information and crises
  • Identify and build strategic relationships for the company with national, local, and trade media
  • Draft and disseminate pitches and press releases for notable transactions, wins, personnel changes, research and company milestones
  • Identify and nominate brokers and transactions for relevant award opportunities
  • Develop a calendar of paid and non-paid speaking opportunities (conferences and panel discussions) for senior brokers and leadership
  • Staff all conferences and panel discussions where media is present
  • Develop proactive media relations campaigns around trends and news of the day
  • Create and develop sponsored content campaigns
  • Develop, draft, and place paid sponsored content articles in relevant publications
  • Develop and draft relevant blog posts
  • Work with research to publicize the firm's data and look for trend stories to use the data to tell a story
  • Use any developed or existing thought leadership content to garner media coverage
  • Assist brokers in complying with media and social media policies


Education:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of communications experience in a corporate or agency environment.
  • Applies analytical skills and knowledge of data analysis tools and methodologies
  • Proven capabilities supporting C-Suite leadership
  • Thorough knowledge of commercial and property management real estate industry
  • Ability to effectively influence others to achieve understanding, acceptance, and commitment to act in support of ideas, programs, or causes
  • Ability to work effectively in a diverse environment
  • Ability to independently achieve successful outcomes on all executed activities with minimal supervision
  • Superior organization and time management and project management skills
  • Ability to draw upon the analysis and make recommendations that have a direct impact on the company
  • Accountable for delivering key performance indicators; using dashboard to track media engagement
  • Prior experience implementing communications and PR strategies
  • Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills
  • Proven ability to understand, synthesize, and reorganize complex information
  • Ability to work effectively, efficiently and independently in a deadline-driven and dynamic office environment
  • Experience developing and nurturing online audiences
  • Ability to work with high-level executives and revenue producers
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite


OTHER DUTIES

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate's experience and qualifications.

The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.

The compensation for the position is: $ 115,552.40 - $135,944.00

About Cushman & Wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield plc is a global commercial real estate services firm. The company's corporate headquarters is located in Chicago, Illinois. Cushman & Wakefield is among the world's largest commercial real estate services firms, with revenues of US$9.4 billion in 2021. The company operates from approximately 400 offices in 60 countries, has around 50,000 employees and manages about 4,100 million sq ft of commercial space. It is one of the "Big Three" commercial real estate services companies, alongside CBRE and JLL.
Learn more about Cushman & Wakefield
Size
50,000 employees
Market Cap
$2.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$220.5 million
Founded
1917
5 Year Trend
+8.6%
Revenue
$7.8 billion
NASDAQ

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