Job Title: Communications Coordinator Location: Bridgewater, NJ Type of Employment: Temporary, 6 months In Office/Hybrid/Remote: Hybrid, 2 days a week in office Hourly - $25/hr
Job Summary:
A pharmaceutical organization in Bridgewater, NJ is seeking to hire a temporary Communications Coordinator to support a variety of internal and external communication initiatives. This position will assist with employee communications, corporate content, social media, communications projects, and reporting while working closely with teams throughout the organization.
The ideal candidate is a strong writer with excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines. This is a great opportunity for someone early in their communications career who is interested in gaining experience within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or another highly regulated industry. If this opportunity aligns with your background and career goals, please apply for consideration.
Responsibilities:
- Assist with writing, editing, and distributing internal communications, including employee announcements, newsletters, leadership messages, intranet updates, event materials, and company-wide communications
- Manage communication calendars and help coordinate deadlines, review processes, approvals, and distribution schedules
- Turn business-related or technical information into clear and engaging content for employees and other audiences
- Provide communications and logistical support for company meetings, employee events, and engagement activities
- Maintain communication templates, internal resources, contact lists, content libraries, and archived materials
- Work with departments across the organization to gather information and ensure messaging remains accurate and consistent
- Assist with external communications, including website content, social media posts, presentations, fact sheets, press materials, and approved company announcements
- Help manage the corporate social media calendar, including drafting content, coordinating approvals, scheduling posts, monitoring activity, and tracking results
- Monitor designated communication and media inboxes, document inquiries, and direct requests to the appropriate team members
- Research industry developments, relevant media coverage, communication trends, and stakeholder topics
- Maintain media contacts, company background information, approved messaging, images, and other communication resources
- Review materials for grammar, accuracy, formatting, brand consistency, and overall quality
- Coordinate communication projects through the various stages of development, review, approval, distribution, and reporting
- Maintain project trackers, editorial calendars, status updates, and follow-up items
- Coordinate necessary reviews with internal departments such as Legal, Compliance, Human Resources, Regulatory/Medical, and other key stakeholders
- Collect engagement and communications data and assist with preparing reports on reach, performance, and other relevant metrics
- Look for ways to improve communication processes, content organization, and audience engagement
- Assist with additional communications projects and initiatives as needed
Required Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, English, Business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
- Previous communications experience gained through employment, internships, academic programs, volunteer work, or similar activities
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to create clear, concise content for different audiences
- Excellent proofreading, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills
- Ability to balance multiple assignments, shifting priorities, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Strong judgment and a commitment to professionalism, confidentiality, and accuracy
- Comfortable collaborating with employees and stakeholders across different departments and levels of an organization
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams
- Comfortable learning new content management systems, communication platforms, approval tools, and reporting technologies
- Interest in corporate communications and the ability to make complex or technical topics easier for different audiences to understand
Pay Details: $25.00 per hour
Search managed by: Nadia Negm
Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.
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