Associate Director, Communications

Associate Director, Communications
Covington, Georgia
Scheduled work from home days
Monday through Thursday on site in Covington, GA, Fridays are remote

Ideal Candidate

• Minimum 10 years professional communications experience required, with experience working on transformation initiatives - communicating change and bringing people along a change journey.
• In addition to having strategic and hands on internal communications experience, a candidate must have external communications including media relations experience, and experience with social media, web and other digital communication technologies and tools is required.
• This is not a marketing communications role; candidates who only have marketing communications experience will not be a fit for the role
• Some large company experience is needed for the role due to Client being a global matrix organization
• In addition to this person being a trusted communications advisor to the Head of our Urology & Critical Care business unit, this role provides the opportunity to tell the story regarding our Purewick product to consumers (how the Purewick product and other Urology & Critical Care products are helping patients) instead of focusing only on B2B
• Experience in health care industry is highly preferred.

The Associate Director, UCC Communications will serve as the communications leader for the Urology & Critical Care (UCC) business unit. This role is responsible for developing and executing internal and external communication strategies that support business growth, strengthen employee engagement, and protect/enhance company reputation.
This is a high-impact position supporting leadership communication, change management initiatives, community engagement, crisis communications, and social media strategy. The Associate Director will act as a strategic consultant to the UCC President and leadership team, ensuring communications align to business priorities, purpose, culture, and enterprise messaging.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead community relations and engagement initiatives with local leadership and community partners; amplify storytelling around Client Hometowns initiatives.
• Align communications with UCC Marketing teams and Corporate Communications to support customer-focused PR opportunities in trade and consumer media.
• Serve as UCC lead for issues management and crisis communication in coordination with Corporate Communications.
• Develop, manage, and implement UCC organic social media aligned with corporate social media strategy (brand awareness, associate/customer engagement).
• Act as strategic thought partner to business president and leadership to drive internal communications and transformation/change management initiatives.
• Enable and coach UCC President and leadership board with messaging support including speaking engagements, presentations, and key internal/external communications.
• Research, write, edit, and publish content for intranet, town halls, video scripts, emails, leadership presentations, etc.
• Support communication strategy for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and cultural integration efforts.
• Support communications for Inclusion & Diversity initiatives in partnership with UCC HR.
• Analyze and report communication effectiveness using metrics; drive continuous improvements.
Required Qualifications (Must-Haves)
• Bachelor's degree required (Communication, Journalism, Marketing, Public Relations, Business, or related field preferred).
• Minimum 10+ years professional communications experience (required).
• Strong experience supporting transformation / change initiatives (change communications, adoption).
• Experience in external communications / public relations (required).
• Experience with social media, web and digital communication tools (required).
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills with strong editing capability.
• Strong stakeholder management in a matrixed environment; ability to connect dots across teams.
• Proficiency in tools such as:
o Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher)
o Adobe
o PR Newswire
o Media Monitoring Services
o LinkedIn
• Willingness to travel up to 30% .
• Comfortable working in Hybrid model (Mon-Thu onsite in Covington, GA + Fri remote).
Preferred Qualifications (Nice-To-Haves)
• Healthcare / medical industry experience (highly preferred).
• AP Style writing expertise (highly preferred).
• Strong crisis communications/issues management leadership experience.
• Experience supporting M&A communications (integration/divestiture).
Core Skills
• Executive communications & leadership messaging
• Internal communications strategy & employee engagement
• Change management communications
• Crisis communications & issues management
• PR strategy (trade + consumer media)
• Social media strategy (organic)
• Community relations & storytelling
• Strong writing, editing & AP style
• Communications metrics and reporting


Recruiter Submission Template -


Full Name:
Degree Major with University and Completion Year:
Total Years of Professional Communications Experience (must be 10+):
Total Years of Internal Communications Experience:
Total Years of External Communications / PR Experience:
Total Years of Change / Transformation Communications Experience:
Industry Experience: (Healthcare / Medical / Pharma / Other):
Have you led communications strategy for a business unit / division? (Yes/No - elaborate):
Do you have experience partnering with executive leaders (President / VP level)? (Yes/No - elaborate):
What types of change communications have you handled? (M&A / restructuring / new operating model / culture change / digital transformation):
Please describe one recent change initiative you led communications for (Role + outcome):
Do you have external communications/public relations experience? (Yes/No - elaborate):
Do you have experience managing organic social media strategy? (Yes/No - specify platforms):
Have you built content strategies aligned to corporate guidelines? (Yes/No - elaborate):
Tools worked on:
• LinkedIn (Yes/No):
• Adobe (Yes/No):
• PR Newswire (Yes/No):
• Intranet communications (Yes/No):
Do you have strong writing/editing skills? (Yes/No):
Do you have AP Style writing expertise? (Yes/No - elaborate):
Types of content created: (town halls / intranet / scripts / emails / exec messaging / presentations):
Please describe your most recent communications project (Audience, Objective, Channels Used, Outcome):
Motivation/Reason for Interest in This Role:
Contact Number:
Email ID:
LinkedIn Profile URL:
Full Address (Street, City, State, ZIP Code):
Notice Period (in weeks):
Current Work Authorization Status (e.g., US Citizen, Green Card, H1B, etc.):
Expected Salary:
Are you willing to relocate at your own expense and work Onsite - Covington, Georgia: