Executive and External Communications Manager

Overview Communications Specialist, Executive Visibility Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America Communications Specialist, Executive Visibility Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America At Lockton, we’re passionate about helping our people achieve their ultimate potential. Our people are curious, action-oriented and always striving to make ourselves and those around us better. We’re active listeners working to ensure understanding and problem solvers developing innovative solutions. If you can see yourself delivering excellent service to clients, giving back to our communities and being a part of our caring culture, you belong here. The Communications Specialist, Executive Visibility will support senior leaders by strengthening their external presence, thought leadership, and messaging across key platforms. This role will focus on building and managing executive LinkedIn profiles and content, identifying and securing speaking opportunities, and ensuring consistent, compelling messaging aligned with Lockton’s brand and strategic priorities. This is a hands-on role for a strong writer, editor, and relationship manager who is comfortable working closely with executives and translating complex ideas into clear, credible, and engaging communications across marketing channels. Responsibilities Executive LinkedIn Presence: Build, manage, and evolve executive LinkedIn profiles to reflect leadership voice, expertise, and brand alignment. Develop and maintain a steady cadence of executive LinkedIn content, including posts, articles, and engagement strategies. Support publishing content, engaging with Lockton and other leader content. Partner directly with executives to understand their perspectives, priorities, and comfort level with social presence. Ensure consistency of tone, messaging, and positioning across all executive profiles. Thought Leadership & Messaging Support: Support development of executive messaging, talking points, and narrative themes aligned with enterprise priorities, to include ghostwriting. Translate business strategy, industry insights, and leadership viewpoints into clear, authentic executive content. Coordinate closely with the broader Corporate Communications team to ensure message alignment. Speaking Opportunities & Panels: Identify relevant speaking opportunities, panels, conferences, industry events, and media forums aligned to executive expertise. Support submissions, abstracts, and outreach to event organizers. Maintain a forward-looking calendar of speaking opportunities and executive participation. Assist with preparation of remarks, talking points, and presentation materials as needed. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Marketing, Brand, and Events teams to ensure executive visibility efforts are coordinated and amplified. Work with external partners, conference organizers, and industry groups as needed. Support earned media amplification when executive thought leadership aligns with media opportunities. Operational Excellence: Track engagement, reach, and impact of executive LinkedIn activity and speaking engagements. Maintain organized records of content, approvals, and calendars. Bring discipline, follow-through, and attention to detail to all executive-facing work. Qualifications 4–7 years of experience in communications, executive communications, public relations, or related fields. Strong writing and editing skills, with the ability to adapt tone and voice for senior leaders. Experience managing or supporting executive social media presence, particularly LinkedIn. Familiarity with identifying and securing speaking opportunities, panels, or thought leadership platforms. Comfort working directly with senior leaders in a professional services or corporate environment. Strong organizational and project management skills. Preferred Experience: Professional services, financial services, insurance, or B2B experience. Experience supporting C-suite or senior executive communications. Understanding of brand governance and executive reputation management. Personal Attributes: Polished, discreet, and trusted partner to executives. Proactive and anticipatory—able to see opportunities before they arise. Confident communicator with sound judgment. Detail-oriented while able to operate at pace. Collaborative and low-ego team player. Why This Role Matters This role plays a critical part in elevating Lockton’s leadership presence in the market—supporting credibility, visibility, and trust as we continue to grow and compete at the highest levels. Equal Opportunity Statement Equal Opportunity Statement Lockton Companies is proud to provide everyone anequal opportunity to grow and advance. We are committed to an inclusive culture and environment where our people, clients and communities are treated with respect and dignity. At Lockton, supporting diversity, equity and inclusion is ingrained in our values, and we believe that we are at our best when we fully embrace everyone. We strive to cultivate a caring culture that learnsfrom, celebrates and thrives because of ourbreadth of differences. As such, we recognize that recruiting, developing and retaining people with diverse backgrounds and experiences is vital and enabling our people to thrive personally and professionally is critical to our long-term success. About Lockton Lockton is the largest privately held independent insurance brokerage in the world. Since 1966, our independence has allowed us to serve our clients, take care of our people and give back to our communities. 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