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Talent Share-Lead consultant, Go to Market and Distribution strategic communications
Role overview
Good work. It’s right here.
Talent Shares are short-term development opportunities designed to provide employees access to current business projects and developmental experiences. These assignments may offer the chance to learn, grow, and expand your skills while contributing to the organization in a different capacity or in parts of the organization you would not experience otherwise. Bring your unique strengths to a new role to broaden your perspective, gain valuable on-the-job experience, and make a positive impact on the business! Before applying, it’s important to make sure Talent Share is a good fit for you. As part of the application process, you will need to confirm you meet the minimum eligibility requirements below to participate in Talent Share:
- Do you have your manager’s approval to apply?
- Is your most recent performance rating Expected or Better than Expected in Workday? To learn more about Talent Share, click here.
Job Description
- This is a 4 month, full-time, exempt Talent Share with a time commitment of 100%.
- Exempt candidates will be considered for this role.
- The candidate will be working virtually/from home during the Talent Share.
- Interested employees should have a conversation with their immediate manager and approval before applying for this opportunity.
- Claims candidates must also have approval up through CSA Leadership.
- Service Delivery (CCC, ISC, RMBC, ASIC, GEM/ASA) employees must also have director-level approval before applying for this Talent Share.
What You Will Do
Corporate Brand creates value by building and protecting Allstate’s reputation. We drive action and advocacy among key stakeholders by telling Allstate’s broader story and building a shared belief in Allstate as an innovative, customer-centric and caring company. We are talented, creative, passionate and strategic individuals who work together to achieve our common goals. We are research-based, outcomes-driven and business-focused, with a dedication to professional development at all levels.
The Communications Lead Consultant helps develop, implement, manage and measure communication programs and plans for Go to Market and Distribution teams that help accelerate Allstate’s competitive advantage through reputation, increase confidence in Allstate’s business strategy and create a more purpose-driven culture. They build and sustain strong relationships with others within and outside the department, and across many leadership levels. Primary projects include planning and preparing content for exclusive agent town halls and employee touchpoints, and developing other strategic communication plans to lead stakeholders through transformation.
Key Responsibilities:
• Communication Strategy and Planning: Develop and implement short- and long-range communication plans reaching one or more of the seven key Allstate stakeholders (employees, consumers, customers, agency force, opinion leaders, policy makers and investors), with a goal to improve Allstate’s reputation overall and by individual stakeholder.
• Project Management: Work as part of a team to develop, coordinate and execute communication plans and projects. Work collaboratively and integrate with team members, including across other teams or business areas. Meet deadlines and adjust to shifting priorities. Coordinate work of junior team members.
• Data-Driven Planning: Research and use stakeholder data and analytics insights to inform communication plans and tactics and monitor and measure the effectiveness of communication plans; provide and implement recommendations for enhancements based on insights.
• Strategic Communication Counsel for Business Areas and Leaders: Support communication managers and senior managers in providing strategic communication counsel to business leaders. As required, serve as a liaison between the department and other business areas, business partners and/or internal/external partners and vendors. Partner, as appropriate, with enterprise communication teams to guide and influence communication plans. Use interpersonal influence to build relationships and support communication plans.
• Content Creation: With a mindset of curiosity, find story ideas that help raise awareness of Allstate as an innovative, customer-centric and caring company. Work with the PR/media team to develop and pitch content and secure placement in traditional and social media channels (owned, earned and paid), and on internal communication platforms, as appropriate.
• Champion of Culture: Help develop and/or support communication strategies and tactics to create an inclusive, empowering, and purpose-driven corporate culture aligned to Allstate’s corporate narrative. Demonstrate a positive, open and flexible mindset during times of change and encourage others through change.
What You Will Learn
Take a leading role in developing and executing communication strategies for key business developments.
Hone strategic communication skills.
Deepen understanding of the business, particularly distribution channels.
Navigate internal and external communications: the channels, vehicles and best practices associated with communicating to diverse audiences.
Apply creative and innovative solutions to address challenges and increase audience engagement.
Build effective relationships within Corporate Brand and across the enterprise.
Core Capabilities You Will Develop
Future Oriented
Customer Centric
Change Readiness
Digital Mindset,
Results Oriented
People Focused
Job Qualifications
Skills You Should Have:
Education and Experience
• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in communication, marketing, journalism or related field.
• 5-7 years of experience in corporate communication or public relations preferred; insurance or financial services business acumen a plus.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
• None required
Functional Skills
• Strategic Communication Planning: Experience setting communication plan objectives and developing outcome-focused plans; ability to research topics and ideas and use data and analytics to inform planning; measuring, analyzing and modifying plans.
• Reputation and Brand Management: Understanding of reputation and brand management, with ability to recommend potential strategies and incorporate them into plans that protect and build the brand’s reputation with multiple stakeholders.
• Communication Skills: Understanding of stakeholders and how to communicate effectively through written, multimedia, digital and in-person communications. Experience with some leading-edge communication techniques or technologies. Knowledge of Associated Press style. Ability to write for influence, using creative/persuasive writing techniques. Demonstrated ability to write effective social/digital content. Highly proficient in Word and PowerPoint.
• Interpersonal and Team Skills: Ability to work effectively as a member or leader of a team. Can easily establish new relationships and build rapport, and effectively and positively influence team members. Can adapt behavior to engage and influence others, particularly leaders.
• Media Relations and Issues Management: Experience identifying and elevating potential issues that may negatively affect the brand and providing strategic counsel and effective communication support during a crisis.
• Business Acumen: Knowledge of the insurance and financial services industry. Knowledge of global and macroeconomic trends. Understanding of Allstate’s business and our varied distribution channels a plus.
• Critical Thinking and Change Agility: Analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities, able to help identify root causes and obstacles behind issues or needs, consider stakeholder reactions and offer potential communication solutions. Effectively support self and others through change, demonstrating flexibility and confidence amid ambiguity.
• Project Management: Proficient in creating work plans to organize project into tasks, sequencing activities for maximum efficiency, estimating and managing time and budget required to complete tasks. Identifies issues and adapts plan as needed while remaining committed to project deadlines and timelines.
• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in communication, marketing, journalism or related field.
• 5-7 years of experience in corporate communication or public relations preferred; insurance or financial services business acumen a plus.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
• None required
Functional Skills
• Strategic Communication Planning: Experience setting communication plan objectives and developing outcome-focused plans; ability to research topics and ideas and use data and analytics to inform planning; measuring, analyzing and modifying plans.
• Reputation and Brand Management: Understanding of reputation and brand management, with ability to recommend potential strategies and incorporate them into plans that protect and build the brand’s reputation with multiple stakeholders.
• Communication Skills: Understanding of stakeholders and how to communicate effectively through written, multimedia, digital and in-person communications. Experience with some leading-edge communication techniques or technologies. Knowledge of Associated Press style. Ability to write for influence, using creative/persuasive writing techniques. Demonstrated ability to write effective social/digital content. Highly proficient in Word and PowerPoint.
• Interpersonal and Team Skills: Ability to work effectively as a member or leader of a team. Can easily establish new relationships and build rapport, and effectively and positively influence team members. Can adapt behavior to engage and influence others, particularly leaders.
• Media Relations and Issues Management: Experience identifying and elevating potential issues that may negatively affect the brand and providing strategic counsel and effective communication support during a crisis.
• Business Acumen: Knowledge of the insurance and financial services industry. Knowledge of global and macroeconomic trends. Understanding of Allstate’s business and our varied distribution channels a plus.
• Critical Thinking and Change Agility: Analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities, able to help identify root causes and obstacles behind issues or needs, consider stakeholder reactions and offer potential communication solutions. Effectively support self and others through change, demonstrating flexibility and confidence amid ambiguity.
• Project Management: Proficient in creating work plans to organize project into tasks, sequencing activities for maximum efficiency, estimating and managing time and budget required to complete tasks. Identifies issues and adapts plan as needed while remaining committed to project deadlines and timelines.
Good Hands. Great Together
Keys to Success
At Allstate, it’s all about teamwork, flexibility, and thinking ahead. We all contribute to the bigger picture, combining unique ideas to design innovative, more affordable protection solutions for customers.
We look for candidates with these skills to help us achieve that goal:
Learning agility
Quickly adapt to new situations, continually build new skills, experiment, and embrace new ways of doing things
Customer centricity
Deliver exceptional experience with a customer-first mindset and human-centered design
Digital literacy
Discover and apply emerging digital technology tools, data and insights.
Results-oriented
Start with measurable outcomes and drive results with speed
Inclusive leadership
Integrate diverse viewpoints into decision-making processes to enhance creativity and innovation
Together, we’re all working toward Our Shared Purpose, using our strengths to make a real difference for our people, our customers, our company, and the world around us.
Working in Sales
What We Do:
As an expert on our products and services, you can give customers personalized attention and innovative solutions to make their lives easier.
How We Support You:
Starting day one, you’ll have access to resources and incentives to keep you feeling challenged and excited about your careers.
Make An Impact:
As a member of our sales team, you’ll bring a sense of ease and support to customers looking for a better understanding of their protection options. Whether in the field or talking to customers over the phone, you’ll continue to build trust in who we are and what we do.
Working together
You’re in Good Hands ® is more than a promise we make to our customers. It’s a promise we make our employees, too.
As part of our team, we want you to love where you work, and that starts by giving you the freedom to be yourself. Our workplace flexibility and focus on inclusion creates an environment where you can connect and belong. Our goal is for you to feel trusted, heard and empowered to express yourself. When you thrive, we all thrive. And this year, we’re proud to share that we’ve been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers For Diversity, and one of America’s Best Large Employers.
When you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to push your skills to the next level each day. Our dedication to continuous learning ensures that you have access to development programs designed to propel your career forward. As you learn and grow, so do we.
Working here also means getting the chance to do meaningful work and make a real impact in your community. We have been driving change for over 90 years, but the mark we leave on the world, can be even greater when we work together.
Good Hands. Greater Together.
Role overview
Good work. It’s right here.
Talent Shares are short-term development opportunities designed to provide employees access to current business projects and developmental experiences. These assignments may offer the chance to learn, grow, and expand your skills while contributing to the organization in a different capacity or in parts of the organization you would not experience otherwise. Bring your unique strengths to a new role to broaden your perspective, gain valuable on-the-job experience, and make a positive impact on the business! Before applying, it’s important to make sure Talent Share is a good fit for you. As part of the application process, you will need to confirm you meet the minimum eligibility requirements below to participate in Talent Share:
- Do you have your manager’s approval to apply?
- Is your most recent performance rating Expected or Better than Expected in Workday? To learn more about Talent Share, click here.
Job Description
- This is a 4 month, full-time, exempt Talent Share with a time commitment of 100%.
- Exempt candidates will be considered for this role.
- The candidate will be working virtually/from home during the Talent Share.
- Interested employees should have a conversation with their immediate manager and approval before applying for this opportunity.
- Claims candidates must also have approval up through CSA Leadership.
- Service Delivery (CCC, ISC, RMBC, ASIC, GEM/ASA) employees must also have director-level approval before applying for this Talent Share.
What You Will Do
Corporate Brand creates value by building and protecting Allstate’s reputation. We drive action and advocacy among key stakeholders by telling Allstate’s broader story and building a shared belief in Allstate as an innovative, customer-centric and caring company. We are talented, creative, passionate and strategic individuals who work together to achieve our common goals. We are research-based, outcomes-driven and business-focused, with a dedication to professional development at all levels.
The Communications Lead Consultant helps develop, implement, manage and measure communication programs and plans for Go to Market and Distribution teams that help accelerate Allstate’s competitive advantage through reputation, increase confidence in Allstate’s business strategy and create a more purpose-driven culture. They build and sustain strong relationships with others within and outside the department, and across many leadership levels. Primary projects include planning and preparing content for exclusive agent town halls and employee touchpoints, and developing other strategic communication plans to lead stakeholders through transformation.
Key Responsibilities:
• Communication Strategy and Planning: Develop and implement short- and long-range communication plans reaching one or more of the seven key Allstate stakeholders (employees, consumers, customers, agency force, opinion leaders, policy makers and investors), with a goal to improve Allstate’s reputation overall and by individual stakeholder.
• Project Management: Work as part of a team to develop, coordinate and execute communication plans and projects. Work collaboratively and integrate with team members, including across other teams or business areas. Meet deadlines and adjust to shifting priorities. Coordinate work of junior team members.
• Data-Driven Planning: Research and use stakeholder data and analytics insights to inform communication plans and tactics and monitor and measure the effectiveness of communication plans; provide and implement recommendations for enhancements based on insights.
• Strategic Communication Counsel for Business Areas and Leaders: Support communication managers and senior managers in providing strategic communication counsel to business leaders. As required, serve as a liaison between the department and other business areas, business partners and/or internal/external partners and vendors. Partner, as appropriate, with enterprise communication teams to guide and influence communication plans. Use interpersonal influence to build relationships and support communication plans.
• Content Creation: With a mindset of curiosity, find story ideas that help raise awareness of Allstate as an innovative, customer-centric and caring company. Work with the PR/media team to develop and pitch content and secure placement in traditional and social media channels (owned, earned and paid), and on internal communication platforms, as appropriate.
• Champion of Culture: Help develop and/or support communication strategies and tactics to create an inclusive, empowering, and purpose-driven corporate culture aligned to Allstate’s corporate narrative. Demonstrate a positive, open and flexible mindset during times of change and encourage others through change.
What You Will Learn
Take a leading role in developing and executing communication strategies for key business developments.
Hone strategic communication skills.
Deepen understanding of the business, particularly distribution channels.
Navigate internal and external communications: the channels, vehicles and best practices associated with communicating to diverse audiences.
Apply creative and innovative solutions to address challenges and increase audience engagement.
Build effective relationships within Corporate Brand and across the enterprise.
Core Capabilities You Will Develop
Future Oriented
Customer Centric
Change Readiness
Digital Mindset,
Results Oriented
People Focused
Job Qualifications
Skills You Should Have:
Education and Experience
• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in communication, marketing, journalism or related field.
• 5-7 years of experience in corporate communication or public relations preferred; insurance or financial services business acumen a plus.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
• None required
Functional Skills
• Strategic Communication Planning: Experience setting communication plan objectives and developing outcome-focused plans; ability to research topics and ideas and use data and analytics to inform planning; measuring, analyzing and modifying plans.
• Reputation and Brand Management: Understanding of reputation and brand management, with ability to recommend potential strategies and incorporate them into plans that protect and build the brand’s reputation with multiple stakeholders.
• Communication Skills: Understanding of stakeholders and how to communicate effectively through written, multimedia, digital and in-person communications. Experience with some leading-edge communication techniques or technologies. Knowledge of Associated Press style. Ability to write for influence, using creative/persuasive writing techniques. Demonstrated ability to write effective social/digital content. Highly proficient in Word and PowerPoint.
• Interpersonal and Team Skills: Ability to work effectively as a member or leader of a team. Can easily establish new relationships and build rapport, and effectively and positively influence team members. Can adapt behavior to engage and influence others, particularly leaders.
• Media Relations and Issues Management: Experience identifying and elevating potential issues that may negatively affect the brand and providing strategic counsel and effective communication support during a crisis.
• Business Acumen: Knowledge of the insurance and financial services industry. Knowledge of global and macroeconomic trends. Understanding of Allstate’s business and our varied distribution channels a plus.
• Critical Thinking and Change Agility: Analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities, able to help identify root causes and obstacles behind issues or needs, consider stakeholder reactions and offer potential communication solutions. Effectively support self and others through change, demonstrating flexibility and confidence amid ambiguity.
• Project Management: Proficient in creating work plans to organize project into tasks, sequencing activities for maximum efficiency, estimating and managing time and budget required to complete tasks. Identifies issues and adapts plan as needed while remaining committed to project deadlines and timelines.
• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in communication, marketing, journalism or related field.
• 5-7 years of experience in corporate communication or public relations preferred; insurance or financial services business acumen a plus.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
• None required
Functional Skills
• Strategic Communication Planning: Experience setting communication plan objectives and developing outcome-focused plans; ability to research topics and ideas and use data and analytics to inform planning; measuring, analyzing and modifying plans.
• Reputation and Brand Management: Understanding of reputation and brand management, with ability to recommend potential strategies and incorporate them into plans that protect and build the brand’s reputation with multiple stakeholders.
• Communication Skills: Understanding of stakeholders and how to communicate effectively through written, multimedia, digital and in-person communications. Experience with some leading-edge communication techniques or technologies. Knowledge of Associated Press style. Ability to write for influence, using creative/persuasive writing techniques. Demonstrated ability to write effective social/digital content. Highly proficient in Word and PowerPoint.
• Interpersonal and Team Skills: Ability to work effectively as a member or leader of a team. Can easily establish new relationships and build rapport, and effectively and positively influence team members. Can adapt behavior to engage and influence others, particularly leaders.
• Media Relations and Issues Management: Experience identifying and elevating potential issues that may negatively affect the brand and providing strategic counsel and effective communication support during a crisis.
• Business Acumen: Knowledge of the insurance and financial services industry. Knowledge of global and macroeconomic trends. Understanding of Allstate’s business and our varied distribution channels a plus.
• Critical Thinking and Change Agility: Analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities, able to help identify root causes and obstacles behind issues or needs, consider stakeholder reactions and offer potential communication solutions. Effectively support self and others through change, demonstrating flexibility and confidence amid ambiguity.
• Project Management: Proficient in creating work plans to organize project into tasks, sequencing activities for maximum efficiency, estimating and managing time and budget required to complete tasks. Identifies issues and adapts plan as needed while remaining committed to project deadlines and timelines.
Good Hands. Great Together
Keys to Success
At Allstate, it’s all about teamwork, flexibility, and thinking ahead. We all contribute to the bigger picture, combining unique ideas to design innovative, more affordable protection solutions for customers.
We look for candidates with these skills to help us achieve that goal:
Learning agility
Quickly adapt to new situations, continually build new skills, experiment, and embrace new ways of doing things
Customer centricity
Deliver exceptional experience with a customer-first mindset and human-centered design
Digital literacy
Discover and apply emerging digital technology tools, data and insights.
Results-oriented
Start with measurable outcomes and drive results with speed
Inclusive leadership
Integrate diverse viewpoints into decision-making processes to enhance creativity and innovation
Together, we’re all working toward Our Shared Purpose, using our strengths to make a real difference for our people, our customers, our company, and the world around us.
Working in Claims
What We Do:
Your ability to quickly and calmly make smart decisions can make a huge difference in how confident customers feel throughout the claims process. And as you support our customers, we’re there to support you.
How We Support You:
We empower your success starting day one. You’ll have access to everything you need to grow professionally while helping our customers get their lives back on track.
Make An Impact:
Helping customers with their claims is about learning their stories, not just processing their paperwork. You can take pride in the fact that you’re providing invaluable guidance and helping to build continued trust in our company.
Working together
You’re in Good Hands ® is more than a promise we make to our customers. It’s a promise we make our employees, too.
As part of our team, we want you to love where you work, and that starts by giving you the freedom to be yourself. Our workplace flexibility and focus on inclusion creates an environment where you can connect and belong. Our goal is for you to feel trusted, heard and empowered to express yourself. When you thrive, we all thrive. And this year, we’re proud to share that we’ve been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers For Diversity, and one of America’s Best Large Employers.
When you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to push your skills to the next level each day. Our dedication to continuous learning ensures that you have access to development programs designed to propel your career forward. As you learn and grow, so do we.
Working here also means getting the chance to do meaningful work and make a real impact in your community. We have been driving change for over 90 years, but the mark we leave on the world, can be even greater when we work together.
Good Hands. Greater Together.
Role overview
Good work. It’s right here.
Talent Shares are short-term development opportunities designed to provide employees access to current business projects and developmental experiences. These assignments may offer the chance to learn, grow, and expand your skills while contributing to the organization in a different capacity or in parts of the organization you would not experience otherwise. Bring your unique strengths to a new role to broaden your perspective, gain valuable on-the-job experience, and make a positive impact on the business! Before applying, it’s important to make sure Talent Share is a good fit for you. As part of the application process, you will need to confirm you meet the minimum eligibility requirements below to participate in Talent Share:
- Do you have your manager’s approval to apply?
- Is your most recent performance rating Expected or Better than Expected in Workday? To learn more about Talent Share, click here.
Job Description
- This is a 4 month, full-time, exempt Talent Share with a time commitment of 100%.
- Exempt candidates will be considered for this role.
- The candidate will be working virtually/from home during the Talent Share.
- Interested employees should have a conversation with their immediate manager and approval before applying for this opportunity.
- Claims candidates must also have approval up through CSA Leadership.
- Service Delivery (CCC, ISC, RMBC, ASIC, GEM/ASA) employees must also have director-level approval before applying for this Talent Share.
What You Will Do
Corporate Brand creates value by building and protecting Allstate’s reputation. We drive action and advocacy among key stakeholders by telling Allstate’s broader story and building a shared belief in Allstate as an innovative, customer-centric and caring company. We are talented, creative, passionate and strategic individuals who work together to achieve our common goals. We are research-based, outcomes-driven and business-focused, with a dedication to professional development at all levels.
The Communications Lead Consultant helps develop, implement, manage and measure communication programs and plans for Go to Market and Distribution teams that help accelerate Allstate’s competitive advantage through reputation, increase confidence in Allstate’s business strategy and create a more purpose-driven culture. They build and sustain strong relationships with others within and outside the department, and across many leadership levels. Primary projects include planning and preparing content for exclusive agent town halls and employee touchpoints, and developing other strategic communication plans to lead stakeholders through transformation.
Key Responsibilities:
• Communication Strategy and Planning: Develop and implement short- and long-range communication plans reaching one or more of the seven key Allstate stakeholders (employees, consumers, customers, agency force, opinion leaders, policy makers and investors), with a goal to improve Allstate’s reputation overall and by individual stakeholder.
• Project Management: Work as part of a team to develop, coordinate and execute communication plans and projects. Work collaboratively and integrate with team members, including across other teams or business areas. Meet deadlines and adjust to shifting priorities. Coordinate work of junior team members.
• Data-Driven Planning: Research and use stakeholder data and analytics insights to inform communication plans and tactics and monitor and measure the effectiveness of communication plans; provide and implement recommendations for enhancements based on insights.
• Strategic Communication Counsel for Business Areas and Leaders: Support communication managers and senior managers in providing strategic communication counsel to business leaders. As required, serve as a liaison between the department and other business areas, business partners and/or internal/external partners and vendors. Partner, as appropriate, with enterprise communication teams to guide and influence communication plans. Use interpersonal influence to build relationships and support communication plans.
• Content Creation: With a mindset of curiosity, find story ideas that help raise awareness of Allstate as an innovative, customer-centric and caring company. Work with the PR/media team to develop and pitch content and secure placement in traditional and social media channels (owned, earned and paid), and on internal communication platforms, as appropriate.
• Champion of Culture: Help develop and/or support communication strategies and tactics to create an inclusive, empowering, and purpose-driven corporate culture aligned to Allstate’s corporate narrative. Demonstrate a positive, open and flexible mindset during times of change and encourage others through change.
What You Will Learn
Take a leading role in developing and executing communication strategies for key business developments.
Hone strategic communication skills.
Deepen understanding of the business, particularly distribution channels.
Navigate internal and external communications: the channels, vehicles and best practices associated with communicating to diverse audiences.
Apply creative and innovative solutions to address challenges and increase audience engagement.
Build effective relationships within Corporate Brand and across the enterprise.
Core Capabilities You Will Develop
Future Oriented
Customer Centric
Change Readiness
Digital Mindset,
Results Oriented
People Focused
Job Qualifications
Skills You Should Have:
Education and Experience
• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in communication, marketing, journalism or related field.
• 5-7 years of experience in corporate communication or public relations preferred; insurance or financial services business acumen a plus.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
• None required
Functional Skills
• Strategic Communication Planning: Experience setting communication plan objectives and developing outcome-focused plans; ability to research topics and ideas and use data and analytics to inform planning; measuring, analyzing and modifying plans.
• Reputation and Brand Management: Understanding of reputation and brand management, with ability to recommend potential strategies and incorporate them into plans that protect and build the brand’s reputation with multiple stakeholders.
• Communication Skills: Understanding of stakeholders and how to communicate effectively through written, multimedia, digital and in-person communications. Experience with some leading-edge communication techniques or technologies. Knowledge of Associated Press style. Ability to write for influence, using creative/persuasive writing techniques. Demonstrated ability to write effective social/digital content. Highly proficient in Word and PowerPoint.
• Interpersonal and Team Skills: Ability to work effectively as a member or leader of a team. Can easily establish new relationships and build rapport, and effectively and positively influence team members. Can adapt behavior to engage and influence others, particularly leaders.
• Media Relations and Issues Management: Experience identifying and elevating potential issues that may negatively affect the brand and providing strategic counsel and effective communication support during a crisis.
• Business Acumen: Knowledge of the insurance and financial services industry. Knowledge of global and macroeconomic trends. Understanding of Allstate’s business and our varied distribution channels a plus.
• Critical Thinking and Change Agility: Analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities, able to help identify root causes and obstacles behind issues or needs, consider stakeholder reactions and offer potential communication solutions. Effectively support self and others through change, demonstrating flexibility and confidence amid ambiguity.
• Project Management: Proficient in creating work plans to organize project into tasks, sequencing activities for maximum efficiency, estimating and managing time and budget required to complete tasks. Identifies issues and adapts plan as needed while remaining committed to project deadlines and timelines.
• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in communication, marketing, journalism or related field.
• 5-7 years of experience in corporate communication or public relations preferred; insurance or financial services business acumen a plus.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
• None required
Functional Skills
• Strategic Communication Planning: Experience setting communication plan objectives and developing outcome-focused plans; ability to research topics and ideas and use data and analytics to inform planning; measuring, analyzing and modifying plans.
• Reputation and Brand Management: Understanding of reputation and brand management, with ability to recommend potential strategies and incorporate them into plans that protect and build the brand’s reputation with multiple stakeholders.
• Communication Skills: Understanding of stakeholders and how to communicate effectively through written, multimedia, digital and in-person communications. Experience with some leading-edge communication techniques or technologies. Knowledge of Associated Press style. Ability to write for influence, using creative/persuasive writing techniques. Demonstrated ability to write effective social/digital content. Highly proficient in Word and PowerPoint.
• Interpersonal and Team Skills: Ability to work effectively as a member or leader of a team. Can easily establish new relationships and build rapport, and effectively and positively influence team members. Can adapt behavior to engage and influence others, particularly leaders.
• Media Relations and Issues Management: Experience identifying and elevating potential issues that may negatively affect the brand and providing strategic counsel and effective communication support during a crisis.
• Business Acumen: Knowledge of the insurance and financial services industry. Knowledge of global and macroeconomic trends. Understanding of Allstate’s business and our varied distribution channels a plus.
• Critical Thinking and Change Agility: Analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities, able to help identify root causes and obstacles behind issues or needs, consider stakeholder reactions and offer potential communication solutions. Effectively support self and others through change, demonstrating flexibility and confidence amid ambiguity.
• Project Management: Proficient in creating work plans to organize project into tasks, sequencing activities for maximum efficiency, estimating and managing time and budget required to complete tasks. Identifies issues and adapts plan as needed while remaining committed to project deadlines and timelines.
Good Hands. Great Together
Keys to Success
At Allstate, it’s all about teamwork, flexibility, and thinking ahead. We all contribute to the bigger picture, combining unique ideas to design innovative, more affordable protection solutions for customers.
We look for candidates with these skills to help us achieve that goal:
Learning agility
Quickly adapt to new situations, continually build new skills, experiment, and embrace new ways of doing things
Customer centricity
Deliver exceptional experience with a customer-first mindset and human-centered design
Digital literacy
Discover and apply emerging digital technology tools, data and insights.
Results-oriented
Start with measurable outcomes and drive results with speed
Inclusive leadership
Integrate diverse viewpoints into decision-making processes to enhance creativity and innovation
Together, we’re all working toward Our Shared Purpose, using our strengths to make a real difference for our people, our customers, our company, and the world around us.
Working together
You’re in Good Hands ® is more than a promise we make to our customers. It’s a promise we make our employees, too.
As part of our team, we want you to love where you work, and that starts by giving you the freedom to be yourself. Our workplace flexibility and focus on inclusion creates an environment where you can connect and belong. Our goal is for you to feel trusted, heard and empowered to express yourself. When you thrive, we all thrive. And this year, we’re proud to share that we’ve been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers For Diversity, and one of America’s Best Large Employers.
When you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to push your skills to the next level each day. Our dedication to continuous learning ensures that you have access to development programs designed to propel your career forward. As you learn and grow, so do we.
Working here also means getting the chance to do meaningful work and make a real impact in your community. We have been driving change for over 90 years, but the mark we leave on the world, can be even greater when we work together.
Good Hands. Greater Together.SM
Benefits
Experience the benefits that make Allstate a great place to work.
*Benefits vary based on position.
Health
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- HSAs and FSAs
- Wellbeing programs
- Free therapy sessions
Retirement
- 401(k) plan
- Pension plan
- Free financial counseling
Work-life balance
- Paid time off
- Work flexibility
Career development
- Talent shares
- Tuition reimbursement
- Learning opportunities
For a full description of Allstate’s benefits visit our benefits page
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Paul D.
Software Engineer
I’m proud of building Allstate’s first Bilingual Unlicensed Service team during my first assignment as a leader. It’s an exciting opportunity for our employees and to better serve our Spanish-speaking customers.
Xiomara
Employee Engagement Leader
Joe W.
Commercial Senior Claims Service Adjuster
Brooke T
Property Senior Claims Adjuster
Everyone is encouraged to volunteer and give back however they can throughout the year. I enjoy giving back to the community and supporting the causes that are meaningful to me.
Lisa
Senior Lead Internal Auditor
