Director Communications & PR - DIRECTV
Posted on: 18 Mar 2021
Denver, CO
Job Description
Job Description
Overall Purpose: Leads the strategy, planning, and execution of highly complex internal and external communications teams.
Key roles and responsibilities: May include, but are not limited to, strategic plans, content development, media relations, video and digital asset creation, social media, news site placement and content development and employee communications. Provides executive level counsel and support. Manages the company employee communications programs. May be company spokesperson to media representatives or community relations issues. Areas of responsibility include preparation and publication of several or most of the following: articles, microsites, rotating ads, banner ads, news releases, employee newsletters, brochures, web sites, employee handbooks, social media content, and materials for employee conferences and seminars. Must maintain a high-level understanding of industry trends, as well as the companys priorities, issues and news to ensure effective contributions to communications planning and execution. Expected to create cross-functional teams with peers and managers at all levels across business units to lead public relations work. Responsible for developing and implementing public relations programs. Responsible for speeches and scripts to communicate and influence company policies and programs both internally and externally using various means of mass communications. Recognized by internal and external associates for high level expertise. Involved in corporate public and community relations programs. Provides information to senior and executive management on general business and national media press issues.
AT&T and TPG signed an agreement to form a new entity, DIRECTV, which will own and operate AT&Ts U.S. video unit consisting of DIRECTV (consumer and business satellite services), AT&T TV and U-verse TV (excluding U-verse network assets). When the transaction closes, the job you are applying for will become part of the New DIRECTV. Transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2021. Until closing, this role will be a part of AT&Ts U.S. video unit. For more information, please click here.
Education: Bachelors Degree.
Experience: Requires 10 or more years of experience in corporate communications, public relations or a related communications field.
AT&T
Bedminster, NJ
AT&T Corp. provides voice, video, and data communications services to businesses, consumers, and governments worldwide. It operates in two segments, Business Services and Consumer Services. The Business Services segment offers domestic and international long distance and toll-free voice services, local voice services, audio and video teleconferencing services, Web-based video conferencing services, and calling cards. Its local voice services include local voice and data telecommunications services, such as basic local exchange service, exchange access, private line, and high speed data and pay phone; integrated voice, data, and Internet protocol (IP) services; and packet services.
This segment also provides IP connectivity, managed IP, messaging, electronic commerce services and managed networking services, professional services, and outsourcing solutions; enterprise networking services; enterprise remote access services; Web services; and security services. It offers local, interstate, and international wholesale networking capacity and switched services to other service providers. The Consumer Services segment provides interstate and intrastate long distance telecommunications services throughout the continental U.S. and telecommunications services to and from Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, as well as international telecommunications services to and from various nations and territories worldwide.
It provides bundled local and long distance services; calling card services; transaction-based services; Internet; and residential voice over IP services. AT&T Corp. was formerly known as American Telephone & Telegraph Company and changed its name to AT&T Corp. in April 1994. The company was founded in 1885 and is based in Bedminster, New Jersey. AT&T Corp. operates as a subsidiary of AT&T Inc.
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IndustryInformation Technology
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No. of Employees241,810
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Website
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Jobs Posted5330
