Manager, Communications - Graphics and Visuals

Job Description

Manager, Communications - Graphics and Visuals

The Opportunity

• Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
• Be part of an organization driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
• Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company’s IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

Role Overview

Are you passionate about creating compelling content that resonates with diverse audiences. Join our company as a Creative Content Specialist and be at the forefront of our digital internal and external communication efforts. We’re looking for a dynamic individual who can transform ideas into polished, professional content that aligns with our branding guidelines and quality benchmarks. If you have a genuine passion for content creation and a knack for storytelling, we want to hear from you!

Primary relationships

The position works with the IT Communications team and reports directly to Global IT Communications.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with our Global IT Communications team and IT stakeholders to create engaging digital and print content, including PowerPoint presentations, posters, infographics, videos and digital signage.
• Produce videos from planning and scriptwriting through filming, directing, post-production and release, as video content is a significant part of our internal and external communication strategy.
• Transform preliminary sketches and briefs into polished, professional content for release across all our digital communication channels.
• Stay knowledgeable about new digital and multi-media communication methods and tools to leverage them in content creation.
• Analyze data and feedback to continuously improve and evolve communications and content.
• Experiment with emerging technologies and ideas to develop and deliver creative content that enhances IT’s reputation as a leader in digital innovation
• Adhere to our company branding guidelines and quality benchmarks across all deliverables.
• Guarantee consistency, accuracy, and error-free content in deliverables.
• Coordinate closely with our leaders, Global IT Communications team, and other colleagues to ensure alignment on messaging and delivery.
• Support distribution of select newsletter and digital communications, including set up in Poppulo or data tracking.

Qualifications

Hard skills

• Proficiency in delivering communications through various media channels, including video, print and audio.
• Proficiency in graphic design and video creation using Adobe creative suite including Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Premier Pro and After Effects.
• Skilled in advanced functionalities of PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of SharePoint and experience with creating web pages.
• Skilled in photography to support the organization's image, identity and brand.
• Knowledge of design standards, techniques and methods with exceptional attention to detail in design elements and corporate branding.
• Knowledge of Google Analytics, SharePoint metrics and other analytic tools to track and measure success.
• Excellent proficiency in English for business communication.
• Demonstrated use of a storytelling approach for connecting with intended audience.
• At least 2-3 years of demonstrated experience in a comparable position.

Soft skills

• Strong leadership skills, including strategic planning, entrepreneurship, innovation and business acumen.
• Excellent visual communication skills including the ability to communicate complex ideas and data through images and video.
• Exceptional creativity and innovative design skills.
• Strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, with the ability to influence and motivate others.
• Excellent emotional intelligence, decision-making skills, and a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Networking and partnership skills should be a key strength.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and capable of working independently and in a team.

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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