Corporate Communications Professional – Executive and Financial Communications

Job Description

Corporate Communications Manager | Motorola Solutions

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Motorola Solutions, located in Chicago, Illinois, with a hybrid work schedule. Motorola Solutions builds and connects technologies that help protect people, property, and places, fostering collaboration for safer communities, schools, hospitals, businesses, and nations. This role is crucial for a seasoned corporate communications professional to drive the company’s global profile and reputation through strategic storytelling, writing, and tier-1 media relations, ultimately helping to build a safer future.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Hybrid
• Location: Hybrid – Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Pay: $120000–$130000 yearly
• Team: Sits in the Corporate Communications department and reports to the Head of Corporate Communications.
• Mission: Elevate the company’s global profile and reputation through strategic communication and media engagement.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Executive Messaging: Develop and implement strategic thought leadership plans for company executives, identifying relevant trends and topics for contribution across owned and earned media, and speaking engagements.
• Storytelling: Collaborate with the global media team and internal stakeholders to proactively identify, develop, and pursue compelling story ideas that highlight the company’s leadership in technology and innovation.
• Media Relations: Cultivate and maintain relationships with key national and financial media writers and broadcast producers to generate top-tier media coverage and coordinate executive interviews from start to finish.
• Financial Communications: Partner with Investor Relations to support quarterly earnings activation and develop investor newsletter content to elevate key financial storylines and investment-related news.
• Content Creation: Draft high-quality media relations materials, including pitches, briefing documents, corporate press releases, and contributed content, demonstrating writing excellence throughout.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree, with a preference for journalism, communications, or English majors, focusing on corporate communications.
• Experience: At least 8 years of experience within a corporate communications department, a PR agency, or as a seasoned business journalist, with prior corporate experience being a requirement.
• Skills:
• Outstanding writing, editing, and proofreading skills for developing pitches, press releases, and contributed content.
• Strong media relations acumen, demonstrated by a hunger for securing top-tier coverage and successful execution of media strategies.
• Deep understanding of public company financial reporting and the ability to identify associated media storyline opportunities.
• Strategic thinking capabilities, enabling the ability to build networks, gather information, and translate it into clear communications plans aligned with company objectives.
• Polished executive presence and strong judgment, combined with the ability to navigate a complex, matrixed organization while managing detailed projects under pressure.
• Bonus: A creative mindset with a demonstrated history of turning original ideas into high-impact external media successes.