Senior Communications Specialist

Job Title: Senior Communications Specialist

Work Location: 145 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142

Job Description:

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is hiring for the following role in Cambridge, MA (multiple openings): Senior Communications Specialist. Develop and implement internal marketing communications and recognition programs that inform, engage, and motivate employees; Leverage internal communications strategies to support overall business objectives; Gather and analyze communications metrics to enable continuous improvement; Ensure alignment and information-sharing across global organization; Support the planning and execution of quarterly all hands meetings; Partner with employees to uncover, draft, and share news stories; Manage content for intranet space and bi-monthly newsletter, ensuring publication of relevant and well-curated content. Telecommuting permitted from anywhere in the United States. [AG1423]
 

Required Qualification:

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Marketing, Digital Media, Economics, Public Relations, or Communication, plus two (2) years of experience in the Job offered or closely related marketing specialist role.  
Must have experience with the following: Video editing using Camtasia; Project management using tools such as Smartsheet; Microsoft PowerPoint and Canva; internal intranet spaces like the SAP JAM; Data visualization for core business operations using internal SAP dashboards and Microsoft Excel; Creation of post- meeting surveys using Mentimeter and SurveyMonkey; Creation of change stories and change assessments; and a cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software suite.
 

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day. Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.

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Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $83200-$149800 /year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.