Sr. Communications Specialist
- Bachelor's degree in communications or public relations
- 4+ years’ experience in internal communications or public relations field in a corporate and/or agency environment with a Bachelor's degree; 2+ years' experience with an advanced degree
- Experience with or working knowledge of programs and applications such as PowerPoint, Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint and various desktop publishing
- Healthcare industry experience preferred
- Prior Medtronic experience
- Agency experience a plus
- Experience working in a highly matrixed organization
- Excellent verbal, writing, editing and organizational skills
- Unwavering attention to detail
- Willingness to learn and implement the Medtronic brand voice in communications
- Effective collaboration with colleagues, teammates as directed; possess sense of teamwork. Superb people skills – must be comfortable working with colleagues both in person and remotely, across time zones and geographic regions
- Proven ability to effectively manage multiple tasks
- Accuracy, accountability, and strong organizational skills are essential to a successful performance
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
The physical demands described within the Day in the Life section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.