Alera Group

Overview

Benefit Commerce Group, an Alera Group Company is seeking a Communications Manager to join their Employee Benefits team! 

Are you looking to be part of a company where you have exciting opportunities to learn, grow and make a positive impact?

Join a team where each employee is empowered to listen generously, speak straight, collaborate, and build each other up through mutual accountability and shared success? 

If that is what you’re looking for, this is your chance to be part of an amazing organization!

The Communications Manager is the number two person within the Communications/Marketing department for BCG enterprise-wide. This position performs a variety of project management, marketing and communications functions related to both clients and prospective clients. In addition to being responsible for specific marketing programs, this position has the authority to step in if the Director, Communications is not available for both planning and implementing communications and marketing campaigns that support Sales Teams and Client Service teams. This position must have experience in and knowledge of insurance and marketing, demonstrate good judgment, creativity and be able to organize and manage multiple projects and activities.

Responsibilities

• Plans and manages marketing projects, including annual Employee Benefits Benchmarking Survey.
• Strategizes with the Sales Teams to develop and execute marketing strategies in line with business plan objectives.
• Drafts and coordinates RFP responses to prospects, as needed.
• Contributes ideas, creates plans and implements projects with the Client Services Teams to organize and support their client and employee communications functions.
• In supporting both the Sales Teams and Client Services Teams, duties include drafting or editing content and interacting with graphic designers on staff to initiate, review and finalize design work on these projects.
• Works with Marketing/Communications team to plan and implement email communications to prospects and clients.
• Supports social media efforts, especially on LinkedIn.
• Oversees company website updating and maintenance.
• Coordinates acquisition rebranding and integration of materials and programs, when new firms join the BCG organization.
• Reviews Alera Group Marketing Cloud and other corporate resources to support BCG divisions—both Sales and Client Services functions.
• Performs other work-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• At least 5+ years of experience in insurance marketing and communications, preferably with some of that time in employee benefits
• Email marketing experience
• Social media content development experience
• Time management and project management skills
• Team-oriented approach with the ability to effectively work autonomously
• Proficiency in Word, PowerPoint, Adobe, Excel
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Analytical skills
• Creativity
• Flexibility
• Attention to detail.
• Deadline-oriented
• Knowledge of and ability to use InDesign graphic design software is a plus, but not required.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing or business or a related field.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Hybrid work environment (2-3 days a week in office) or remote work environment with ability to control temperature and noise level.

Equal Opportunity Employment

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

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