Vice President of External Communications

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland’s mission is to foster the stability, integrity, and efficiency of the nation’s monetary, financial, and payment systems while representing the Fourth District perspectives.

As part of the nation’s central bank, we are a team of mission-driven professionals who are committed to serving with excellence.

Our core values are: Build Trust Every Day, Own Our Actions, Collaborate with Intention, and Be Open to Change.

For twenty-six years in a row, we’ve been named “One of Northeast Ohio’s Best Places to Work” by North Coast 99.

This prestigious award honors organizations with outstanding employment practices, including compensation, benefits, training, recruitment, retention, community services, and employee communications.

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The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland is seeking a Vice President to lead our External Communications team that includes executive communications, media and messaging, marketing, and digital in the development and execution of critical communications strategies.

 As a part of the broader External Engagement team, which also includes the community development and outreach functions, the incumbent will collaborate closely with senior leaders to maximize the impact of the Bank’s outreach efforts.

This position reports directly to the Senior Vice President of External Engagement.

A key focus for this role is to lead the evolution of the Bank’s voice in the world – building a modern, connected, and digitally fluent communications ecosystem that is digital first, data-informed, and tells the organization’s story across channels with authenticity, agility, and impact.

This role may be based at one of our onsite locations to include Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland or Pittsburgh.

Responsibilities


* Manage the work of highly skilled, motivated communications professionals.

Support a culture of innovation, results-oriented impact and professional growth.


* Oversee and support the external communications team’s work in the following areas:
+ Development and execution of a principal positioning strategy, which includes a bank-wide news media and messaging strategy (local, national, global), executive communications (e.g.

speechwriting) strategy, and a bank-wide social media engagement plan.
+ Development and distribution of public-facing content, including web, special reports, multi-media content – across all Bank channels.
+ Close coordination with leadership of other functions (e.g.

Research, IT, Supervision, Legal, Community Development, Regional Executives, etc.) across the Bank to help them communicate externally with key stakeholders.
+ Partnership with our Office of the President function to support the work of Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack.


* Work closely with the Bank’s m...