You might have caught Volkswagen’s 2011 Super Bowl commercial. It featured a young boy imitating Darth Vader, which won the heart of America and went viral. This year Volkswagen built on the success of that ad and kept its communications consistent by staying with the Star Wars theme. However, they did introduce a new protagonist: a dog. Volkswagen is clearly executing a communications strategy designed to promote their products. The person behind this is a Communications Specialist.
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A Communications Specialist develops communications programs that effectively describe and promote an organization and its products. To do this they research and create content for publication of products. This content might be graphics, brochures, company or product fact sheets, logos, media kits, or other promotional products. The job can also involve preparing presentations or speeches as well as communicating across teams to ensure the program’s success.
A typical day for Marketing Communications Specialist can vary a lot but may involve any of these tasks:
On average a Communications Specialist makes $62,000 per year. From there you could go on to become a Corporate Communications Specialist ($65,000) or a Marketing Manager ($86,000 per year on average).
Here are some hot spots for communications specialists:
You’ll need a college degree in the marketing or PR field, as well as some experience. Beyond that, you will need to know the principle behind Integrated Marketing Communications–the same “look and feel” that strengthens the marketing effectiveness of a company’s products and services. The skills that you need in order to succeed in this field are persuasive writing skills, great communication skills, graphics design and layout, commercial arts, and photography.
If a career in communications sounds like your cup of tea, here are a few things you should do to get started.
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Communications Coordinator | Visalia, CA |
| Public Relations Account Supervisor - Healthcare | San Francisco, CA |
| Principal Transportation Planner | Orlando, FL |
| Project Manager | Napa, CA |
| Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | Detroit, MI |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| QC Lead & CMM Programmer | Union City, CA |
| student athlete-marketing trainee-merchandising | Bloomington, IL |
| Sr Manager Data Networking and Storage | Rye, NY |
| student athlete-business development-Sporting Industry | Dundee, MI |
| student athlete-business development-sporting goods | St. Louis, MO |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Summer/Co-op Mechanical Engineering Internship for Lumi | Danvers, MA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Marketing Intern | Edina, MN |
| Copywriter | Indianapolis, IN |
| Project Manager | South San Francisco, CA |
| Senior SEM/Paid Search Specialist | Purchase, NY |
| SEO Specialist | Irvine, CA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Senior Financial Analyst | Auburn, WA |
| Senior Instructor | Fort Bragg, NC |
| Senior Business Development Manager - Warfare Solutions (WS) | Washington, DC |
| C++ Object-oriented Software Programmer (230) | Hanscom AFB, MA |
| C++ Software Programmer (OOD) (283) | Hanscom AFB, MA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Radiography Clinical Coordinator/Instructor | Cheyenne, WY |
| HIMARS Fire Trainer - Deploy | Fort Sill, OK |
| College Graduates - Be a Financial Advisor to Families in Need | Ukiah, CA |
| Sr. National Governance & Leadership Coordinator | Alexandria, VA |
| Physician Faculty FP\OB (PS) | Puyallup, WA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Interaction Designer | Los Angeles, CA |
| Senior Engineer... of fun. | San Francisco, CA |
| Senior Engineer... of fun. | San Francisco, CA |
| Lead Web Designer | San Francisco, CA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| ICD-10 Coordinator (Hospital Coding Exp-Required) | Hartford, CT |
| DRG Validation Reviewer | Manhasset, NY |
| Senior Network Contract Manager | Signal Hill, CA |
| Coder II | Vancouver, WA |
| ICD-10 Coding Coordinator | Hartford, CT |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Communications Coordinator | Centennial, CO |
| Research Analyst | New York, NY |
| Human Resources Specialist | Centennial, CO |
| Sr. Manager, Digital Marketing | Centennial, CO |
| Interactive Designer | Centennial, CO |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Freelance Video Controller (Fox Networks - Los Angeles, CA 90064) | Los Angeles, CA |
| Mortgage Loan Originator / Coordinator | Los Angeles, CA |
| The Best Hair Stylists in Town! (licensed cosmetologist, hair stylists) | Palo Alto, CA |
| The Best Hair Stylists in Town! (licensed cosmetologist, hairstylists) | Burlingame, CA |
| Regional Sales Director / GM | Phoenix, AZ |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Director of Healthcare Marketing and Business Development | Lansing, MI |
| Physical Therapist | Mountainside, NJ |
| Associate, Global Partnerships | Stamford, CT |
| Speech Language Pathologist - PRN - Heritage Healthcare Americare | Chanute, KS |
| Volunteer Receptionist | Stamford, CT |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Sales Intern | New York, NY |
| Account Coordinator | New York, NY |
| Account Manager | New York, NY |
| Jr. Brand Strategist | New York, NY |
| Brand Strategist | New York, NY |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| District Manager | Sacramento, CA |
| Social Media Intern | New York, NY |
| Intern, Analytics | San Francisco, CA |
| Intern - Public Policy (Part Time / Fall Term) | Tampa, FL |
| Benefit Consultant - Medicare - BATON ROUGE, LA - PR | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Hispanic Leadership Network - Summer Term | Washington, DC |
| Mission Support Administrator III | McLean, VA |
| Undergraduate Science Academic Advisor | Anchorage, AK |
| Residence Hall Coordinator (Student Services Professional II), R (5034) | San Diego, CA |
| Visualization and Analytics Center Lead | Groton, CT |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Project Coordinator | Boston, MA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Medical Billing and Collection Specialist | Marietta, OH |
| Property Tax Junior Intern | Philadelphia, PA |
| Property Tax Intern | Philadelphia, PA |
| Unclaimed Property Tax Intern | Chicago, IL |
| Transaction Advisory Services Analyst | San Francisco, CA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Director, Client Solutions - LATAM | Arlington, VA |
| Inside Sales Representative | Phoenix, AZ |
| District Sales Manager Indianapolis, IN | Indianapolis, IN |
| Corporate Securities Attorney | Hudson, MA |
| Client Relationship Manager | New York, NY |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Web Application Developer (New Grad) | Watertown, MA |
| Software Engineer | Littleton, CO |
| Mid-Level Software Engineer | Lynchburg, VA |
| Software Development Sr. Advisor | Austin, TX |
| Software Dev Advisor | Austin, TX |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Dress Buyer | New York, NY |
| Customer Communications Associate | New York, NY |
| Showroom Sales Associate | New York, NY |
| Online Marketing Manager | New York, NY |
| Marketing Manager, Email and CRM | New York, NY |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Data Warehouse Lead | Chicago, IL |
| Copywriter / Internet Marketing Specialist | Meriden, CT |
| Legal Specialist | Saint Cloud, MN |
| Part-time Language Instructor - Dihevi, Nahuatl, Pashai-Bauchia, or Swahili | Odenton, MD |
| Part-time Language Instructor - Haitian Creole (Teacher / Education) | Dallas, TX |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Website Managing Editor | New York, NY |
| Development Officer | New York, NY |
| Executive Assistant | New York, NY |
| Social Media Strategist | New York, NY |
| Deputy Director of Communications | New York, NY |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Manager, Customer Success | Austin, TX |
| Curious Ruby Developers | Seattle, WA |
| Service Fanatic - Delivery Driver | Salt Lake City, UT |
| DevOps Engineer | San Francisco, CA |
| Physical Therapist Direct Hire: SNF | Tucson, AZ |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Multi-Media Marketing Specialist | Hartford, CT |
| Benefits Specialist | Chicago, IL |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Direct Sales | Littleton, CO |
| Copywriter | Orlando, FL |
| Coiled Tubing Instructor | Houston, TX |
| Clinical Document Coordinator | Missoula, MT |
| Summer Intern, LCME | Washington, DC |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| PR Rock Stars Wanted for Fast Growth, Creative Agency! | San Francisco, CA |
| Wanted: Experienced Rock Stars, Storytellers and Game Changers | San Francisco, CA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Night Manager | Ridgefield, CT |
| Software Sales Representative | New York, NY |
| Sales Executive | New York, NY |
| Technical Architect | Boston, MA |
| Director, Programming Finance | Los Angeles, CA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Retail Wireless Consultant-Nags Head | Nags Head, NC |
| Design Verification (DV) Careers @ Qualcomm | San Francisco Bay Area, CA |
| Principal Mechanical Design Engineer | Cambridge, MA |
| Mobile Software Engineer | Bellevue, WA |
| Software Engineer | Hillsboro, OR |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Consumer Insights Intern | New York, NY |
| Branded Entertainment Interns NY | New York, NY |
| Celebuzz TV Coverage Internship | Los Angeles, CA |
| PureVolume Editorial Intern | Los Angeles, CA |
| Socialite Life Internship - Daytime Editorial | Los Angeles, CA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Physician (Primary Care) | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Staff Physician (Hospitalist - Internal Medicine) | Albuquerque, NM |
| Research Intern | Washington, DC |
| Operations Intern | New York, NY |
| Salesforce Administration Intern | New York, NY |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Oversea Sales Representitive | Baltimore, MD |
| Associate Scientist/Scientist, Formulations/Pre-Formulations | San Diego, CA |
| Director | Arlington, TX |
| Physician Assistant, Neuro Science Institute, FT, Days | Livingston, NJ |
| Unit Secretary - Post-Partum - FT Days Rotating Weekends | McKinney, TX |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| IT Analyst Business Intelligence Developer Data Warehousing Full Time 8 Hour Days | Los Angeles, CA |
| PT / PHYSICAL THERAPIST | Fairbanks, AK |
| IT Analyst Enterprise Data Warehouse Extract Transform Load Developer Data Warehousing Full Time | Los Angeles, CA |
| Senior Developer | West Hartford, CT |
| IT Analyst Enterprise Data Warehouse Database Administrator Data Warehousing Full Time Days | Los Angeles, CA |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Editorial Intern | New York, NY |
| Associate Editor | New York, NY |
| Community Director | New York, NY |
| Job Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Summer ff Fellows | San Francisco, CA |
| Pedagogy and Research Intern | New York, NY |
| Head of Marketing | New York, NY |
| Junior Visual Designer | New York, NY |
| Product Designer - UI/UX Designer | New York, NY |
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