Vst
Corporate Affairs Strategist
Irving, Texas
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 5 days ago
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About the role
- Communications include interaction with leaders and employees, corporate positioning on government, regulatory, legislative, and other public policy issues, and business initiatives.
- Provide well-written, researched, validated, clear, consistent business communications on a range of topics that span company announcements, leadership communication, meeting presentations, multimedia, scripts, key messages, and talking points.
Responsibilities
- The Corporate Affairs team helps the company achieve its objectives and drive effectiveness by influencing stakeholder behaviors.
- Deliver key messages to employees, the community, third-party organizations and associations, opinion leaders, and elected officials.
- Identify and build relationships with communities and stakeholders necessary for successful message saturation and impact based on size of customer base, and political sensitivity, etc.
- Maintain a working understanding of current events along with industry news and trends.
- Build credibility within the community so that third-parties also communicate the Vistra messages
Requirements
- Corporate Affairs strategists will have depth of experience in all aspects of corporate affairs: communications, community affairs, corporate giving, and media relations.
- Self-managed overnight travel required
Nice to have
- Participate in cross-functional teams or projects leveraging broad corporate affairs expertise.
- Propose communications strategies and tactics and work directly within other departments to accomplish tasks.
- 5 + years of relevant work experience in communications, public relations, journalism
- Experience in government, regulatory, or public issues communications
- Familiarity with photography and videography a plus
- Ability to detect issues and correctly interpret and communicate information
- Strong knowledge and awareness of corporate communications and news media
- Knowledge of energy industry and/or competitive businesses
Skills
- Education, Experience, & Skill Requirements
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Company info
- Exceeding Customer Expectations, Great People, Teamwork, Competitive Spirit and Effective Communication.
- If this describes you, then apply today!
- If you currently work for Vistra or its subsidiaries, please apply via the internal career site.
- If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance submitting an application or would like to request an accommodation, please email us at assistance@vistraenergy.com to make a request.
- It is the policy of the Company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, protected veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws.
- Employee engagement and awareness of company objectives
- Participation in company events
- We identify key stakeholders and deliver messaging to the greater community and provide Vistra leadership with information about views in the external environment.
- Additionally, the team is to deliver recommendations for policies and programs that positively impact Vistra businesses, and enhance the vitality of our customers, employees, the communities, and other company stakeholders.
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