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Role Description

The communications specialist will be responsible for partnering with the Global Services (GS) Strategy & Communications team to develop and implement internal communications and recognition programs that inform, engage, and motivate our employees. You will create compelling, high-quality content, craft employee news stories, and manage GS communications channels using your excellent communications and creative design skills.

• Partnering with employees across GS to uncover, draft, and share news stories
• Gathering and analyzing communications metrics that enable us to continuously improve our work
• Creating and managing employee recognition programs
• Supporting the planning and execution of our quarterly All Hands meetings and other recurring employee engagement forums
• Managing internal comms collateral with regular updates, governance, and visibility (Google Drive)
• Drafting announcements, executive presentations & messages, internal blog posts, etc.
• Participating in Akamai's Global Communications Network to ensure alignment and information-sharing across our global organization

Qualifications

• 2 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
• Solid written and verbal communication skills
• Eye for design, and aptitude for using images and video to aid in storytelling
• Ability to meet deadlines, manage multiple tasks, and track details in a dynamic environment
• Dedicated team player, comfortable working in a large, complex, and highly matrixed organization
• Previous exposure to using intranet tools (ideal, but not required)

Benefits

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• Your health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your time pursuing other endeavors

Company Description

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!