Job Description

This role will be responsible for managing hotel, owner and internal communications globally for the Global Commercial & Marketing and Product & Technology business functions.

Come join our dynamic team and help us take our communications to the next level, leveraging technology, industry knowledge and internal relationships to drive more effective use of our channels in support of communication strategies that engage audiences and deliver results.

Your day to day

• Develop communication strategies and implement processes, activities, and programs that result in consistent messages and timely dissemination of information, in order to increase awareness of the organization’s activities and enhance organizational understanding.
• Coordinate communication efforts with stakeholders to ensure consistent messages are received by shared audiences, including internal, hotels and owners.
• Provide expert counsel on communications best practices, channels and execution.
• Manage communications and content development both within assigned organization as well as regional and other global business units to ensure a cohesive communications strategy regarding implementation and ongoing structure of the Global Commercial & Marketing and Product & Technology organizations.
• Review and edit all major communications scheduled before distribution to program owners and employees.
• Proactively develop communications bulletins, announcements, news stories, plans or strategies to disseminate key functional initiatives, programs and events to designated groups of employees, hotels, and owners to drive awareness, adoption, and engagement.
• Work with management to ensure communication tone and style are consistent.
• Accountable for the writing, design, and development of communications and supporting materials.
• Accountable for end-to-end management of communications plans – development, design and writing – to support adoption and awareness for stakeholder groups (internal IHG and hotel/owners).

What we need from you

• Develop communication strategies and implement processes, activities, and programs that result in consistent messages and timely dissemination of information, in order to increase awareness of the organization’s activities and enhance organizational understanding.
• Coordinate communication efforts with stakeholders to ensure consistent messages are received by shared audiences, including internal, hotels and owners.
• Provide expert counsel on communications best practices, channels and execution.
• Manage communications and content development both within assigned organization as well as regional and other global business units to ensure a cohesive communications strategy regarding implementation and ongoing structure of the Global Commercial & Marketing and Product & Technology organizations.
• Review and edit all major communications scheduled before distribution to program owners and employees.
• Proactively develop communications bulletins, announcements, news stories, plans or strategies to disseminate key functional initiatives, programs and events to designated groups of employees, hotels, and owners to drive awareness, adoption, and engagement.
• Work with management to ensure communication tone and style are consistent.
• Accountable for the writing, design, and development of communications and supporting materials.
• Accountable for end-to-end management of communications plans – development, design and writing – to support adoption and awareness for stakeholder groups (internal IHG and hotel/owners).
• Exceptional writing, editing, storytelling, channel management, project management, stakeholder management, and communications measurement skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to work with tight deadlines.
• Experience using and integrating AI into work processes.

Travel - none

Location - Our hybrid work structure is an expectation of three (3) days a week in the ATLANTA office. The expectation may be adjusted to evolve with the changing needs of the business.

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At IHG, we’ve made a promise. As one of the world’s leading hotel groups, we’re here to deliver True Hospitality for Good. Making our guests and colleagues feel welcome, cared for, recognised and respected – wherever they are in the world. Want to be part of the journey?