Communications Specialist

Job Title: Communications Specialist Location: Palo Alto, CA Employment: Contract (6 months) Industry: Manufacturing Compensation: $ 72.85- $80/hr Schedule: 40 hours /week About the Opportunity: Develop and execute communication plans and messaging strategies. Create communications for employee audiences across multiple channels. Why You'll Love Working Here: Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates Why This Opportunity is Exciting: This role offers the chance to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while giving you room to grow and develop professionally. About Acara Solutions Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide. What You'll Do: Draft, edit, and publish: Employee communications, Intranet articles, Internal email campaigns, Employee engagement posts, social media content (primarily LinkedIn), Marketing communications assets, Landing page content Manage communications from concept through final execution. Coordinate stakeholder reviews and approvals. Support communications related to major business initiatives, organizational changes, events, and business priorities. Assist with communications supporting the annual ASTRO conference and other high-profile initiatives. Develops partial communication plans. Implements communication activities defined in annual communication plan. Determines and schedules individual measures. Contributes to publications, articles etc. Instructs external service providers in implementing communication activities. Monitors communication activities and budget appropriated for such activities. Needs professional technological, economical or scientific know how, methods, tools and principles, and applies to differing and variable situations. Needs to solve assigned, non-routine tasks, to contribute to projects or assignments, or to support development of guidelines, methods, tools or business processes. These positions are expected to contribute to and deliver business processes or detailed technology solutions, in a self-managed and target oriented manner, and thus contributes to team results. Positions focusing on analyzing, developing, testing or implementing processes, technologies and systems in their specific field of expertise, from first principles. Targets are short to medium term (best to be characterized as milestones), and achievements are monitored. They may provide functional advice to and integrate services of operational staff or semi-professional colleagues. Job Requirements What You'll Bring: High School Diploma or GED 10+ years of experience in Corporate/Internal Communications 10+ years of experience in tailoring messaging for different audiences and communication channels 10+ years of experience in managing communications end-to-end, from strategy through execution What Sets You Apart: Bachelor's Degree Marketing Communications (MarCom) experience Exceptional writing, editing, proofreading, and storytelling abilities Ability to take complex information and translate it into clear, concise, audience-friendly communications Strong project management and organizational skills Ability to work independently with minimal direction LinkedIn/social media content development experience Understanding of social media best practices, including: Copy development Visual selection Calls-to-action Landing page alignment Experience supporting large corporate initiatives and events Microsoft Office Suite PowerPoint (heavily utilized by the team) SharePoint site creation and maintenance Microsoft Teams and Teams Channels Employee communication platforms or email deployment tools Experience with tools similar to YesPress is helpful, but direct YesPress experience is not required Master Entry. Good knowledge in a technical field or business method including the basic theoretical background. Develops basic business understanding. Contributes to team effort, awareness of expected value add. May improve processes, business methods or technical components Additional Information: Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check After you apply, you may receive a call or message from our AI Talent Scout about this role or other opportunities that match your skills and preferences. AI agent role is to help speed up your hiring process by answering questions, confirming basic information, and identifying whether there's a mutual fit. The call or chat may be recorded so that our recruiting team can review it - they make all final hiring decisions, while AI agent simply helps move you forward faster. The best part? They are available 24/7, so you can connect whenever it's convenient for you. 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