Communications Leader

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At AES, we're accelerating the future of energy, together, and redefining the company for improved customer outcomes. The Communications Leader supports the development and integration of crucial communication plans needed to ensure alignment and understanding of the utilities' business and strategic priorities. This position reports to the Chief Customer Officer and is responsible for leading the team driving both AES Indiana and AES Ohio's media and public engagement.

• Lead the development and implementation of a fully coordinated media strategy for AES US Utilities
• Ability to provide leadership, strategic focus, and management oversight for proactive and reactive media outreach across platforms.
• Serve as an advisor and partner to the business on media relations and crisis communications.
• Develop a team to deliver a set of key outcomes and results and to feed a culture that is encouraging, collaborative and results-oriented.
• Ability to build, maintain, and expand successful relationships with regional and local media.
• See opportunities to build AES Indiana's and AES Ohio's reputation and lead proactive outreach efforts
• Stay ahead of emerging media trends and channels, and update strategy accordingly
• Coordinate and support partnerships with external organizations that raise awareness of AES US Utilities initiatives in the community
• Lead other external communications and marketing efforts as the need arises
• Help to facilitate two-way communication and feedback sharing between the global and local teams
• Engage with and ensure coordination with other Communications practice areas such as Brand Marketing, Internal Communications, Creative Services, Digital, and Brand and Culture Development as needed
• Share standard processes across the global Communications team

Requirements:

• BA or BS with 10 to 15 years of confirmed experience
• Discernment with ability to understand sophisticated issues
• In-depth understanding of the company's strategy and direction for the future
• Ability to think creatively and innovatively
• Demonstrates initiative, problem-solving and organizational abilities, big picture thinker
• Strong project management, organizational, strategic planning, analytical, creative and communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Pro at forming effective relationships and influencing people
• Consistent record to be a global team leader and player
• Approach to work should be taken charge, proactive, and very detailed-oriented
• Should also be able to effectively prioritize work and exercise mature judgment

The qualified candidate must have excellent people and customer service skills; must enjoy working in a dynamic, fast-paced and changing environment; must be comfortable managing and working under tight deadlines; have the ability to communicate effectively; be able to juggle multiple tasks at once; must be very flexible; be able to work individually and with teams; must proactively identify tasks; have a strive for excellence approach to their work, continually striving to improve; and possess a high level of integrity

AES is an Equal Opportunity Employer who is committed to building strength and delivering long-term sustainability through diversity and inclusion. Respecting all backgrounds, differences and perspectives enables us to improve the lives of our people, customers, suppliers, contractors, and the communities in which we live and work. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and/or expression, race, national origin, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. E-Verify Notice: AES will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.

Safety comes first at AES. To protect the health and safety of our people, customers, communities and partners, and to provide and maintain a workplace that is free of known hazards, AES requires all newly-hired people or current AES people applying for U.S.-based role(s), to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or be willing to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by their date of hire. Except where prohibited by law or not specifically covered in a collective bargaining agreement, new hires and transfers will be required to provide proof of vaccination during onboarding and periodically thereafter. This policy will comply with all applicable laws and is based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health authorities, as applicable.