Communications Manager

Manager, Communications

Bishop Lifting is the leading distribution and service platform in the lifting and rigging industry, growing rapidly through acquisition across a national branch network. As the company scales, clear and consistent internal communication is mission-critical to keeping every branch and team aligned, informed, and engaged.

The Manager, Communications owns all internal communications across the Bishop network. This person partners with leaders company-wide to collect, prioritize, create, distribute, and measure the messages that keep our growing workforce connected to strategy, operations, and culture. It is a hands-on, high-output role for a builder — a strong writer and producer who is equally comfortable setting strategy and shipping the work. Initially an individual-contributor position, it offers the opportunity to shape and grow the internal communications function as the platform expands.

Key Responsibilities

• Own Internal Communications — Serve as the central owner for all internal messaging across Bishop Lifting. Work with business leaders to collect, prioritize, create, distribute, and track communications throughout the network, maintaining a unified sender identity and a forward-looking editorial calendar.
• Communicate Across Every Channel — Leverage a wide range of channels to reach a geographically distributed workforce — including but not limited to memos, emails, newsletters, an internal social app, text messages, digital video boards, field huddles, video, intranet, and the task-management app.
• Create Compelling Content — Write clear, on-brand internal business copy and produce and edit video that informs, aligns, and motivates employees across corporate and field environments.
• Drive Engagement — Define the metrics that matter, measure reach and engagement of internal messaging, and recommend and implement ways to continuously increase it.
• Scale with AI — Leverage AI toolset(s) to scale and automate communication efforts — accelerating content creation, distribution, and measurement without sacrificing quality or brand voice.
• Build the Function — Establish the infrastructure, intake processes, and standards that allow internal communications to scale alongside the network — laying the groundwork to grow the team over time.

Required Qualifications

• 5–7 years of experience in internal, corporate, or employee communications.
• Proven internal business copywriting skill — a portfolio of clear, persuasive, audience-appropriate writing.
• Hands-on video production and editing capability.
• Demonstrated ability to multitask and deliver in a fast-paced, high-change environment.
• Fluency with AI tools and a track record of using them to scale and automate communications work.
• Based in the DFW or Houston area — preferred but not required.
• Able to travel 10–25% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing, English, or a related field — preferred, not required. Equivalent experience is valued over a credential.
• Experience communicating to a distributed, multi-site, or field-based workforce.
• Background in industrial distribution, services, or a private-equity-backed, acquisition-driven (roll-up) company.
• Experience standing up newsletters, intranets, digital signage, or internal social platforms from the ground up.
• Familiarity with Microsoft 365, Smartsheet, Power Automate, and modern email-design tools.

What Success Looks Like

• Leaders trust a single, reliable channel to reach the network — and use it.
• Employees across every branch know what's happening, why it matters, and what's expected of them.
• Engagement with internal communications is measured, understood, and trending up.
• Communications keep pace with the network as it grows — powered by repeatable process and smart use of AI.