As a communications and events specialist, you’ll be pivotal in enhancing employee engagement events and supporting our digital communications strategy. Your collaboration with the corporate communications team will be instrumental in delivering high-value and high-impact events for our employees and community. Your work in executing engaging content across our digital channels will align with our strategic goals and objectives and bring fresh ideas to increase audience engagement.

You Will Do This By

Planning and executing internal event logistics from start to finish, including town halls, leadership meetings, and other employee education and engagement events
Planning and executing external event logistics from start to finish, including Summerfest, National Sales Meetings and community volunteering
Overseeing the day-to-day operations of Briggs & Stratton's digital communications strategy, including managing digital screens, our intranet content, a bi-weekly internal newsletter and LinkedIn
Creating original content and graphical elements for LinkedIn, email communications and other digital channels
Evaluating all donation and sponsorship requests and coordinating the review and response
Managing the relationship with our promotional vendor, including contract negotiation, on-site presentations, website design and merchandise selection.
Overseeing the budget for the corporate communications team
Managing the relationship with our internal cafeteria, including monthly menu and catering design
Owning all measurements and metrics for the communications dashboard, including media coverage
Partnering with HR to manage our employee recognition program

The above statements are intended only to describe the general nature of the job and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of position responsibilities.

You Are The Kind Of Person Who Is/has

Excellent ability to manage multiple projects and work well under pressure
Outstanding written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
Ability to work independently and collaboratively with employees at all levels of the organization, including senior management
Strong social media acumen

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism or related field OR equivalent combination of education and experience
At least five years, with seven or more preferred, of experience in communications
Experience in event management
Strong understanding of meeting planning and logistics, including hotel room blocks, food and beverage and production schedules
Excellent comprehension of AP Style
Experience compiling analytics reporting
Budget management skills

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with Canva, Illustrator, Google Suite, PR Newswire (or similar tools)
Experience with Adobe Creative Manager, Monday.com, Salesforce Marketing and/or Meltwater (or similar tools)

Additional Knowledge & Skills

Proven ability to think outside-of-the-box to introduce new and exciting employee engagement and community involvement opportunities
Strong organizational skills
Detail-oriented, able to work with minimum supervision, flexible and have the ability to prioritize projects as they arise
Demonstrated ability to manage and maintain confidentiality
Fluent in English and primary language used in area of responsibility and/or location

Travel Required

% of Travel: 5-10%
How often: Quarterly
Where: Locally

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Location:

Wauwatosa, WI (hybrid eligible)

Briggs & Stratton, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, provides innovative products and diverse power solutions to help people get work done. Briggs & Stratton is the world’s largest producer of engines for outdoor power equipment, and is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of lithium-ion battery, standby generator, energy storage system, lawn and garden, turf care and job site products through its Briggs & Stratton®, Vanguard®, Ferris®, Simplicity®, Billy Goat®, Allmand®, SimpliPhi®, Branco® and Victa® brands. Briggs & Stratton products are designed, manufactured, marketed and serviced in more than 100 countries on six continents.

Briggs & Stratton is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. The Company conducts all employment practices without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran's status, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation or any other basis prohibited by law. Briggs & Stratton also undertakes affirmative action to assure equal employment opportunity for minorities and women, for persons with disabilities, and for protected veterans.

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