Director, Employee Communications

October 9

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Description

• Zillow’s Communications team is responsible for growing Zillow’s audience and building awareness of its innovative products and services • Help lead our employee communications team • Reimagining and driving an employee communications strategy to better connect with the company’s 8,000+ employees • Drive alignment and engagement for our distributed workforce • Strategic thought partner to company leadership including executives on company priorities and initiatives • Develop and scale an employee communications strategy crafted to serve a distributed workforce • Growing employee understanding of major strategic business initiatives • Elevate visibility of company executives internally through executive communications strategy • Serving as a trusted liaison for multiple, sophisticated lines of business and providing counsel to executive leaders • Building campaigns and strategic plans to drive engagement and action from employees • Leading a team with a high volume of work and high impact to the company

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in communications with experience driving internal communications teams • Bachelor's degree, preferably in Journalism, Communications or Marketing • Can develop strategy, demonstrate initiative and secure buy-in from partners of all levels, including executive leadership • Shown leadership experience leading internal teams as well as budgets to achieve success • Excellent writer able to draft nuanced communications on a variety of topics; skilled communicator, with shown experience in business communications • Ability to effectively navigate through ambiguity; decides and acts without having the picture totally defined; appropriately changes strategy in response to new information • Drives for results – makes things happen and conveys a sense of urgency • Passion for leadership and developing high impact teams • High standards for design and writing, utmost attention to detail, and ability to accelerate projects and multi-task • Creative problem solver with a focus on solutions that bring company strategy and culture to life • Committed to achieving goals and skilled in effective communication within the company, at all levels • Ability to execute work using different types of employee engagement channels (Slack, video, Zoom, slides, email, etc.) • Strong experience speech/ghostwriting for executives and mentor speakers to excel • Sensitivity, emotional intelligence and understanding for a diverse group of people across all levels, departments and geographies • Entrepreneurial, collaborative, hands-on style, with an eye toward action and improvement • Experience driving internal live, virtual and hybrid events with knowledge of live event production is a plus

Benefits

• comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverages • parental leave • family benefits • retirement contributions • paid time off