Title: Communications Contractor – Executive Communications & Writing | Part-Time
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Job Type: Contract (3 Months)
Hours: 25 hours per week
Compensation: $112.78 - $150.37/hr
Industry: Retail
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About the Role
Our client, a leading national retailer known for its strong consumer brand, innovative business strategies, and guest-focused approach, is seeking a Communications Contractor to provide executive communications support on a temporary basis. This role will partner closely with senior leaders to develop impactful communications, prepare executives for key engagements, and help drive consistent messaging across a fast-paced corporate environment. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced communications professional who excels at executive storytelling, strategic messaging, and managing multiple senior stakeholders.
Job Description
As a Communications Contractor, you will serve as a trusted communications partner to senior leadership, creating executive-ready content and providing support for a variety of internal and external engagements. You will work across multiple business functions, helping leaders communicate effectively while ensuring messaging aligns with organizational priorities.
Responsibilities
- Draft executive communications, including:
- Talking points
- Speeches
- Scripts
- Leadership emails
- Presentation content
- Other executive communication materials
- Develop leader briefing documents and preparation materials for meetings, presentations, media opportunities, and other engagements
- Provide communications support and staffing for executive meetings, events, panel discussions, and leadership appearances
- Partner with cross-functional teams to gather information, synthesize complex topics, and develop clear, compelling messaging
- Manage communications needs for multiple leaders simultaneously while maintaining high-quality deliverables and responsiveness
- Ensure communications are aligned with business objectives, organizational priorities, and leadership expectations
- Provide strategic communications counsel and recommendations to support executive visibility and engagement efforts
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, English, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- Experience in corporate communications, executive communications, public relations, or a related communications function
- Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills
- Experience drafting executive communications, including talking points, emails, speeches, scripts, and presentation materials
- Ability to adapt messaging, tone, and voice for different senior leaders and audiences
- Experience developing leader preparation and briefing materials for high-visibility engagements
- Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Demonstrated ability to support multiple executives in a fast-paced environment
- Strong attention to detail, professionalism, and sound judgment
- Excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting senior executives or C-suite leaders
- Background working within a large corporate, retail, consumer products, or enterprise organization
- Experience staffing leaders during meetings, events, media engagements, or panel discussions
- Ability to quickly understand complex business topics and translate them into clear, audience-focused communications
- Experience providing strategic communications counsel to executive stakeholders
- Proven success working independently and delivering executive-ready materials with minimal oversight
Benefits
Dahl Consulting is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees that will allow you to choose the best coverage to meet your family’s needs. For details, please review the DAHL Benefits Summary: https://www.dahlconsulting.com/benefits-w2fta/.
How to Apply
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Equal Opportunity Statement
As an equal opportunity employer, Dahl Consulting welcomes candidates of all backgrounds and experiences to apply. If this position sounds like the right opportunity for you, we encourage you to take the next step and connect with us. We look forward to meeting you!
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