Hiring: Director Communications Associate HR Transformation Company: Acosta Group Location: Jacksonville, FL Job Posted Time: 2026-09-12 10:39:39 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : Stakeholder Management About the job Experience: •10+ years of progressive corporate, associate, executive and transformation communications experience. Required Skills: •Lead integrated communications across concurrent transformation initiatives, aligning message timing, audiences, dependencies and enterprise strategy. •Translate complex business and people changes into clear messaging, leader cascades, FAQs, scripts, toolkits, presentations and associate communications. •Develop communications that support awareness, readiness, adoption and sustained behavior change, with appropriate measures of effectiveness. •Create executive and leadership communications, including town halls, talking points, presentations and messages for major company initiatives. •Counsel senior leaders on sensitive or high-impact communications, identifying risks and helping drive timely, disciplined decisions. •Partner with Transformation, HR, IT, Operations and business leaders to coordinate messaging and maintain consistency across audiences and channels. •Manage internal content planning, channels, projects and external partners; provide hands-on writing and execution when priorities or timelines shift. •Coach supporting team members and contribute to communications capability development. Qualifications: •Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, Human Resources, Business or a related field. •Significant CPG, retail, foodservice or related sales and marketing services experience, with an understanding of brands, retailers and consumers. •Proven success leading multiple, interdependent communications workstreams across organizational, technology, operating model or workforce change. •Exceptional writing, storytelling and message-development skills, with the ability to simplify complex topics. •Strong business acumen, project leadership and stakeholder management skills, including trusted counsel to senior leaders. •Sound judgment, discretion and attention to detail in sensitive, fast-moving situations. •A strategic, hands-on communications leader who brings clarity and structure to complex change, helps leaders communicate with confidence and connects associates to company priorities, culture and purpose. 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!