Director, Communications & Public Relations

Casey’s is looking for a Director of Communications & Public Relations to lead how we tell our story, engage our team members, strengthen our reputation, and make an impact in the communities we serve. This highly visible leadership role serves as a strategic communications advisor to senior leadership, while leading Casey’s approach to public relations, media relations, internal communications, community giving, crisis communications, and major company events. You’ll lead a talented team and collaborate across the organization to turn business strategy into meaningful stories and experiences that connect with team members, guests, communities, media, and other key audiences.

What You’ll Do:

• Shape Casey’s Story & Reputation: Own Casey’s public relations, media and reputation strategy, serving as a key spokesperson and identifying compelling opportunities to tell Casey’s story while guiding communications through high-profile and sensitive situations.
• Advise & Influence: Serve as a trusted communications advisor to senior leadership, including the CEO, translating business priorities into compelling narratives and high-impact executive communications that connect with key audiences.
• Engage Our Team Members: Lead Casey’s internal communications and engagement strategy, building an effective communications ecosystem that connects team members to our strategy, leaders and culture while continuously improving through insights and results.
• Make an Impact in Our Communities: Lead Casey’s charitable giving strategy and partnerships, ensuring investments, campaigns and sponsorships create meaningful impact in the communities we serve while aligning with company priorities.
• Bring Big Moments to Life: Lead Casey’s annual company conference and other strategic events, overseeing strategy, content, budget, experiences and cross-functional partnerships that bring the Casey’s story to life.
• Lead People, Partners & Performance: Lead and develop a high-performing communications team while overseeing external agency partners and establishing goals and reporting that demonstrate the impact of communication initiatives.

Compensation:

Starting pay range:‏‏‎ ‎$131,200 - 187,400.‏‏‎ Actual pay may vary based on Casey’s assessment of the candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), related experience, education, and qualifications. Other factors impacting pay include local prevailing wages and internal equity. This position is eligible for an annual cash bonus based on company performance and an annual equity grant in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). Our full salary range for this role does extend beyond the hiring range listed, allowing team members the opportunity to continue to grow within the company.

What you can expect when you join the Casey's Team:

• A transformative culture putting service first and taking pride in caring for our guests, our communities, and each other.
• Opportunities to use cutting edge technologies and enterprise-wide collaboration to enable our strategy and drive world class service.
• We're here for families! Great benefits including choices in medical plans, dental, vision, life insurance, charitable giving programs, parental leave and an onsite Child Development Center.
• Competitive pay, 401k company match up to 6%, vacation & sick time, paid holidays, volunteer time, and an onsite cafeteria.
• Dress for your day dress code, jeans are welcomed!
• The opportunity to work for a big company that has not lost our small company feel. Our senior leadership team is engaged, involved and accessible!

What are you waiting for? Come be a part of a company that is growing, transforming and is here for good!

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations, Business Communications, Journalism, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 10+ years of experience in public relations, strategic communications, or a related discipline.
• Deep expertise in media strategy, reputation management, public relations, narrative development, and event experiences.
• Experience advising and influencing senior executives on complex, high-visibility communications.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams and develop talent while building a collaborative, high-performance culture.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong judgment and the ability to quickly understand complex topics, ask the right questions, identify what matters most, and translate it into a compelling narrative.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships and influence stakeholders across different levels and functions of a complex organization.
• A forward-thinking, solutions-oriented approach with the ability to move between strategy and execution.
• Experience in consumer PR and marketing is a plus.