Manager, Strategic Communications & Initiatives

Overview

Salem Media is seeking a highly organized, strategic, and collaborative professional to join its Strategic Marketing Team (SMT). This position can be hybrid or fully remote.

The Manager, Strategic Communications & Initiatives will help connect people, information, content, and initiatives across Salem's growing media ecosystem. This role serves as a key liaison between divisions, helping ensure important opportunities, communications, and strategic priorities are visible, coordinated, and executed effectively.

Working closely with the Vice President of Marketing & Communications and senior leadership, this individual will support internal communications, strategic initiatives, executive messaging, content integration efforts, and cross-functional collaboration across the company.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of communications, operations, project management, and relationship-building.

Responsibilities

Strategic Communications

- Develop and execute internal communication strategies that improve alignment and visibility across Salem.

- Track delivery of important narratives across multiple personalities and platforms.

- Draft and distribute executive communications, leadership updates, organizational announcements, and company-wide messaging.

- Support communication surrounding major corporate initiatives, leadership transitions, acquisitions, partnerships, and strategic projects.

- Maintain communication calendars, distribution lists, and internal communication workflows.

- Ensure key information reaches the right stakeholders at the right time.

Strategic Initiatives

- Support planning and execution of cross-functional initiatives led by the Strategic Marketing Team.

- Coordinate communication and collaboration across multiple business units.

- Track project timelines, action items, deliverables, and stakeholder responsibilities.

- Assist in developing initiative roadmaps, presentations, briefing materials, and progress updates.

- Help identify obstacles and ensure initiatives maintain momentum.

Content Ecosystem Development

- Serve as a connector across Salem's broadcast, podcast, digital, video, publishing, and event platforms.

- Identify opportunities for content amplification, cross-promotion, and audience growth.

- Support the development of workflows and SOPs that strengthen collaboration across divisions.

- Help facilitate Salem's vision of operating as one integrated media company rather than a collection of individual business units.

- Coordinate communication around major content launches, company initiatives, and strategic priorities.

Executive Support

- Assist with executive presentations, talking points, leadership communications, and strategic planning materials.

- Support recurring leadership meetings by gathering updates, preparing agendas, documenting action items, and ensuring follow-through.

- Partner with department leaders to improve visibility into ongoing initiatives and opportunities.

What Success Looks Like

Successful candidates will:

- Improve communication and visibility across Salem.

- Strengthen collaboration between business units.

- Help ensure strategic initiatives are executed effectively.

- Increase awareness of opportunities across the organization.

- Support the growth of Salem's integrated content ecosystem.

- Help leadership teams stay aligned, informed, and accountable.

- Reduce organizational silos and improve cross-functional coordination.

Qualifications

- 5+ years of experience in communications, project management, operations, marketing, public relations, agency account management, corporate communications, or a related field.

- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

- Strong project management and organizational abilities.

- Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously.

- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and build relationships across teams.

- Strong attention to detail and follow-through.

- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

- Self-starter with strong problem-solving skills and sound judgment.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience supporting executive leadership or strategic initiatives.

- Experience in media, broadcasting, digital media, publishing, or content organizations.

- Familiarity with project management systems and workflow tools.

- Understanding of Christian, conservative, or values-based media audiences.

- Experience working in highly collaborative, matrixed organizations.

Application Requirement: Please submit writing samples (press releases, internal initiatives/briefs, etc) demonstrating your professional writing ability. Applications submitted without a writing sample may not be considered. Writing samples may be combined into one document and uploaded in the Cover Letter section of the application.

Benefits

- Competitive pay structure based on experience

- Health, dental, vision and life insurance

- 401k retirement plan

- Paid holidays and vacation time

EEO Statement

Come see how Salem is DIFFERENT and why we’ve been certified as a “Great Place To Work” and as a “Best and Brightest” equal opportunity employer.

## Compensation
$80,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year depending on experience