Manager, Public Affairs

SC Johnson

SC Johnson: A Family Company

You know our products — Shout®, Windex®, Mr. Muscle®, Ziploc®, Glade®, Brise®, Raid®, OFF!®, Baygon®, Autan®, Pledge®, Scrubbing Bubbles® and more — you use them all the time.

Through five generations of family leadership, SC Johnson has been making great products like these for more than a hundred twenty years, helping to make life cleaner, easier and healthier for consumers around the world.

Headquartered in the US in Racine, Wisconsin and with 12,000 global employees in more than 70 countries around the world, the Johnson family has demanded the best for families everywhere. Family leadership enables SC Johnson to consistently adhere to our core values:

Innovation and Quality: Innovative and quality products and leading brands in more than 100 countries that make life a little easier and homes cleaner and healthier.

Steadfast Commitment to Workplace Excellence: Cutting edge employment programs and policies that are recognized and honored worldwide as having raised workplace standards for all employers.

Environmental and Community Leadership: An unparalleled commitment to doing what’s right for communities and the environment that is a recognized model of commitment-in-action to improve the quality of life for people around the world and for future generations.

http://www.scjohnson.com

Position Details

Manager, Public Affairs
Job
Full-time
5/12/2017
Southeast Wisconsin
Racine, WI

As an essential member of the high-performing Global Public Affairs team, the Public Affairs Manager supports Corporate Initiatives and is responsible for developing and implementing programs to enhance the company’s external corporate reputation to key stakeholders including media, NGOs, government and key partners.

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for developing, implementing and reporting on proactive strategic programs around company’s key pillars including: philanthropy/giving, sustainability, great workplaces, innovative brands.
  • Supports Director of Reputation Management on managing public affairs issues that may impact SC Johnson. This includes issue research and analysis, developing communication materials and implementing plans.
  • Cultivate and maintain strong media relationships
  • Manage the Public Affairs media request inbox and hotline, and lead on external media requests related to Public Affairs Issues/Reputational Issues.
  • Advance company’s positions with key stakeholders
  • In partnership with Government Relations and Reputation Management, support the identification of SC Johnson’s priority public policy issues, and appropriate strategies to affect those issues on an annual basis.
  • Lead on Chairman and Consumer Product Helpline letters – writing and approvals. This involves researching the questions asked and developing responses.
  • Lead on company’s annual Sustainability Report.
  • Develop and execute various corporate communication tools including: company’s corporate website, corporate social properties, press releases, global voice, corporate presentations, company backgrounders, boilerplate, etc.
  • Develop and manage budget on assigned projects.
  • Enhance meaningful relationships with targeted, high-level external audiences.
  • Manage and staff select external communications, presentations for key executives.
  • Maintain professional and technical knowledge through personal training and development.
  • Perform other responsibilities and assist with special projects as needed.

Job Specific Competencies:

  • Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills – working knowledge of a second language is a plus 
  • Exceptional tolerance to stress, ability to function effectively in a demanding, fast-paced and constantly changing work environment
  • Demonstrates strong analytical skills
  • Experienced in dealing with top-tier media
  • Able to build relationships with key NGO contactsPossesses advanced computer skills
  • Experience, knowledge of online/social media
  • Able to travel up to 10% of the time
  • High level of professional integrity and discretion 

Education And Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, public relations, communications, government affairs or related field, graduate degree a plus
  • Minimum of seven years communication experience in corporate, PR agency or consulting
  • Previous global and/or consumer products experience desired  

S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, ancestry, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.


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