Hiring: Brand & Strategic Communications Manager Company: Elsevier Location: Medford, MA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 07:43:11 Target Skills & Keywords : HubSpot About the job Experience: •Operational familiarity with researchers, authors, and the scientific community as an audience. •Work in a Way That Works for You •We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working options. Our benefits include wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals—supporting both your immediate responsibilities and long-term goals. •We Offer a Comprehensive Benefits Package, Including •Health benefits: medical, dental, and vision coverage Required Skills: •Sitting within the Cell Press Marketing team and reporting to the Head of Media & Communications, you will help define what stories Cell Press should tell, why they matter, who we need to reach, and how best to reach them. •Identify opportunities to bring the Cell Press brand, mission, vision, values, journals, people, and impact to life through compelling storytelling and integrated communications campaigns that resonate with researchers and authors and build affinity for the Cell Press brand. •You'll collaborate closely with channel owners across web, social, email, and other platforms to build integrated channel strategies and ensure our stories reach the right audiences. •You'll also be responsible for demonstrating the impact of this work. You'll identify the metrics that matter, use data and insights to understand campaign performance, and communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders and senior leaders. •Shape our strategic brand storytelling •Develop and evolve the strategic storytelling approach for Cell Press, connecting communications activity to our brand strategy, mission, vision, values, and business priorities. •Identify proactive storytelling opportunities that showcase the people, processes, papers, and initiatives that make Cell Press unique. •Turn business and brand priorities into clear communications strategies, campaign concepts, narratives, and content plans. Qualifications: •Have 3–6 years of relevant experience in brand communications, strategic communications, content marketing, brand marketing, journalism, or a related discipline. •Display excellent writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to make complex subjects clear, engaging, and relevant. •Have exceptional strategic thinking and editorial judgment, including the ability to identify which stories will advance brand and business objectives rather than simply creating content in response to requests. •Display project management skills and experience leading multi-stakeholder campaigns from strategy through execution and measurement. •Display understanding of audience segmentation and the ability to tailor content, messaging, and distribution strategies to specific audiences. •Have a data-informed approach to communications, with experience identifying meaningful KPIs, interpreting campaign performance, and translating results into actionable recommendations. •Possess excellent presentation and stakeholder-management skills, including experience developing persuasive strategic decks and confidently presenting ideas and recommendations to senior stakeholders. •Have familiarity with HubSpot and Cision, or comparable communications, marketing automation, and measurement platforms. •Able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery and to work effectively across multiple concurrent priorities. •Have curiosity, creativity, sound judgment, and a collaborative approach. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!