Principal Communications Specialist (Energy)

Location: The Woodlands, Texas, United States

Company

hirify.global delivers integrated storage and asset-management solutions through its Storage Solutions and Asset Solutions business units, serving energy and industrial facilities across their lifecycle.

What you will do

• Develop and execute integrated internal and external communications strategies for the Storage Solutions business.
• Advise business leaders and stakeholders on messaging, reputation management, employee engagement, and communications best practices.
• Create audience-focused content and storytelling for owned channels, highlighting projects, clients, talent, and technical innovation.
• Lead complex communications projects, campaigns, leadership communications, town halls, newsletters, and employee announcements.
• Build media relations, thought leadership, executive profiling, community relations, and employer-branding initiatives.
• Measure communications performance, coordinate multimedia and graphic design projects, and improve communication channels, governance, and training materials.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Communications, Marketing, STEM, or a related field.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in corporate communications, public relations, marketing communications, employee communications, or a related discipline.
• Extensive experience leading enterprise-wide internal and external communications strategies.
• Experience advising senior leaders and executives, including preparing executive messaging, speeches, presentations, and leadership communications.
• Expertise with digital communications channels, social media, content management systems, communications analytics, media relations, and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong writing, presentation, editing, storytelling, project leadership, analytical, influencing, and problem-solving skills.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Experience in engineering, construction, energy, oil and gas, manufacturing, or industrial sectors.
• Experience in global or matrixed organizations and with executive communications or change management.
• Professional communications certification such as IABC, PRSA, or CIPR.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaboration with U.S.- and U.K.-based communications colleagues and geographically dispersed stakeholders.
• Work aligned with a healthy and safe work environment and the company’s values.
• Opportunity to support community engagement, corporate social responsibility, and organizational change initiatives.
• Individual Contributor position reporting to the Senior Manager, Marketing & Communications.