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This individual contributor partners closely with Human Resources, business leaders, and cross-functional teams to translate business strategy, leadership direction, and organizational change into clear, relevant, and actionable messages.\nThe ideal candidate is an exceptional writer and skilled communicator who serves as a trusted advisor to leaders and stakeholders across the organization. The role requires sound judgment, business acumen, attention to detail, and a strong sense of ownership for communication outcomes from planning and content development through execution and follow-through. Success requires adapting communications to different leaders, audiences, and channels while remaining accountable for ensuring messages are understood and support the intended organizational outcome.\nKey Responsibilities\nExecutive & Leadership Communications\nSupport senior leaders in developing communication approaches and messaging that align with business priorities and organizational objectives.\nTranslate executive direction, ideas, presentations, and discussions into clear employee messaging, talking points, FAQs, presentations, leader tools, and other communication materials.\nProvide practical communication guidance, ask clarifying questions, and recommend adjustments that improve clarity, consistency, and audience relevance.\nAdapt messaging to reflect established leadership preferences and communication styles while maintaining quality and consistency.\nEmployee Communications & Engagement\nDevelop and execute employee communication plans and programs that build awareness, understanding, connection, and engagement across locations and functions.\nWrite and edit executive messages, employee announcements, newsletters, SharePoint content, leadership updates, stories, and recurring communications.\nEnsure communications are clear, accessible, and relevant for both office and production employees, using channels appropriate for each audience.\nSupport initiatives that strengthen employee experience, culture, recognition, transparency, and organizational alignment.\nCommunication Planning, Content & Channels\nDevelop and manage communication plans, editorial calendars, timelines, and deliverables for business initiatives and ongoing communication programs.\nMaintain and coordinate content across employee communication channels, including SharePoint sites, newsletters, websites, recurring communications, town halls, print, digital boards, and other platforms.\nDevelop employee stories, business updates, recognition content, employer brand materials, and external-facing content as needed.\nPartner with Human Resources, Operations, Marketing, IT, Apogee Corporate Communications, and other business leaders to align messages and support effective delivery.\nRecommend practical improvements to communication standards, templates, channel use, content quality, reach, and engagement.\n\nExperience & Skills\nEducation\nBachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, or a related field\nExperience\nMinimum of 8 years' progressive communications experience, preferably in a business, industrial, manufacturing, operations, or similarly complex environment.\nDemonstrated experience developing and executing communication plans and managing complex, cross-functional communication assignments.\nExperience supporting senior leaders and translating direction, input, and complex business information into clear communications.\nExperience creating content for multiple formats and channels, including email, SharePoint, Teams, presentations, digital content, video scripts, print, and visual assets.\nRequired Skills\nExceptional writing and editing skills with strong attention to clarity, tone, accuracy, accessibility, and audience needs.\nStrong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to independently manage deadlines, details, competing priorities, and changing demands.\nAbility to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and sound judgment.\nAbility to build trusted relationships, listen for leadership intent, and distill complex information into focused, audience-appropriate messaging.\nWorking knowledge of communication planning, employee engagement, leadership communications, and change communication principles.\nAdvanced PowerPoint skills, with the ability to build polished, visually compelling, audience-appropriate presentations, executive decks, and leader communication materials.\nExperience with tools such as SharePoint, Canva, ContactMonkey, InDesign, Microsoft Office, Teams, and AI-enabled communication tools preferred.\n\nWork Environment/Travel Requirements\nPrimarily office-based with regular partnership across leaders, functions, and locations through in-person and virtual communication.\nOccasional travel to Architectural Metals or Apogee locations may be required for meetings, events, communication planning, content gathering, or project support.\nMay spend time in manufacturing or production environments to understand employee communication needs and support effective frontline communication.\nSalary range is $90,000 - $110,000 + annual bonus opportunity\nOur Benefits\nWe care about and invest in our employees. We are proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support their well-being and foster professional development. Here is a glimpse of what you can look forward to if you join our team.\nCompetitive Benefits Package for employees and their dependents (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability)\n\nIncentive Plans\n\n401(k) with employer contribution and match\n\nEmployee Stock Purchase Plan with employer match\n\nPaid Time Off (Vacation and Sick Time)\n\nPaid Holidays\n\nTuition Reimbursement Program\n\nEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)\n\nWellness Program\n\nTraining and Career Progression\n\nApogee and our brands are an Equal Opportunity Employer.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6215,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Biotechnology","Manufacturing","Gifts, Party Supplies & Souvenirs"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-29T21:22:06Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":74,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.824,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":17,"expected_fill_days":31,"reasons":["conf:31","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-17T05:46:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":110000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/apog-senior-communication-specialist","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/apog-senior-communication-specialist.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-19T01:38:03Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":985,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-20T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":6232},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=6232"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fapog-senior-communication-specialist"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fapog-senior-communication-specialist"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fapog-senior-communication-specialist"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/apog-senior-communication-specialist\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fapog-senior-communication-specialist"}]}