Careers | Blue Beyond Consulting

At Blue Beyond, we’re always looking for talented individuals who excel in a team setting, enjoy learning for a living, and love starting the day knowing their to-do list could change before that first sip of coffee.

Our consultants support the people side of business. On any given day, you’ll find us serving as trusted advisors to influencers at all levels of the organization developing engaging strategies, and partnering with employees, teams, and senior leaders to see it through, with fingers on the keyboard, minding every detail, deadline, and deliverable.

Communications Generalist

We’re looking for talented individuals in the San Francisco Bay Area with a minimum of 7 years experience with a broad range of change and communications skill sets, including employee comms, executive comms, strategy development, program development, employee engagement, content development, change management, project management, event management and/or a related field and are ready to jump in with a great team and add immediate value.

You must be a self-starter with internal or external consulting and delivery experience and a strong orientation to client relationship management.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain effective relationships with clients and colleagues based on mutual respect and trust; work responsively and collaboratively in ways that both build and support the team, manage priorities, and deliver excellent work.
Ask good questions. Think diagnostically, quickly analyze scenarios, and “connect the dots” to determine where value can be added.
Partner with clients and colleagues to design and deploy organizational effectiveness and change strategies and tactics that help the people and the business thrive.
Develop, execute, and measure communication and engagement strategies and programs that drive, support and catalyze alignment and engagement.
Develop compelling content. Write and synthesize content in a variety of styles/formats that connects and inspires diverse audiences.
React and respond to a variety of client needs and roles related to communications. Typical examples include:
- Communications strategy development and execution
- Communications plan development and execution
- Internal executive communications (e.g., all hands content development, organizational announcements)
- Executive keynote / presentation development
- Content development (e.g., presentations, newsletters, articles, video briefs)
- Communications program development or execution

What you bring to the role

A consulting and coaching approach – even when the task is more execution-oriented, bringing a consultative, collaborative and coaching mindset to everything we do is imperative
Creativity in problem solving – you are excellent at managing and galvanizing teams to achieve business outcomes.
Strong people skills – viewed as a trusted advisor and routinely consulted for advice.
A self-directed, self-motivated learning style – you are able to navigate new situations, organizations, and teams rapidly.
A growth mindset – willing to listen, learn, incorporate new ideas, and adapt to changing environments and client needs.
Comfort in managing ambiguity and adapting to changing environments.
A team player with a positive, can-do attitude – always ready to jump in and add immediate value.
Imaginative and innovative communicator – always considering new ways to showcase content and knows how to draw out (and find) inspiration.
A bias towards excellence – delivering high-quality work, and a fierce commitment to our clients’ success.
Equally comfortable working independently and collaboratively—can work effectively in person and virtually.
Commitment to Blue Beyond’s mission and values.

Qualifications

Experience with a broad range of change and communications skill sets, including stakeholder engagement, execution communications, internal and employee communications, change management, manager enablement, strategy development, program development, and/or related fields.
Bachelor’s degree required; Masters in related field a plus.
In-depth experience in a business unit or function requiring extensive consulting, relationship development capability, and communications support (e.g., Human Resources, Organizational Development, Talent Management, Employee Communications, Change Management, IT, Sales, Operations, business units, etc.).
Experience aligning communications objectives and strategies to business needs and customer outcomes. Exposure to or experience in technology, life sciences and/or biotechnology industries is a plus.
Experience with project planning and management with the ability to successfully operationalize and execute on a plan, as well as anticipate potential problems and produce contingency plans.
Excellent written and verbal communications skills in a variety of formats e.g. web, briefing memos, blogs, video scripts, Word, PowerPoint, etc. in a way that is engaging and helps individual executives ‘show up’ effectively in various venues.
Demonstrated ability to quickly develop, design and create effective PowerPoint presentations for the purposes of organizational and leadership communications.
Adept at using a wide variety of communication channels, tools, and technology.
Able to perform multiple tasks effectively and concurrently.
Travel may be required.

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