Enterprise Comm Strategist III, Community...

As an Enterprise Communications Strategist, you will lead and execute strategic communications initiatives that strengthen market presence and support community engagement efforts across identified priority markets. You'll partner closely with market business leaders, financial advisors, and cross-functional stakeholders to elevate brand visibility, support business growth objectives, and amplify the firm's impact across financial education and early wealth-building.

In this role, you will operate as an individual contributor in a highly matrixed environment, collaborating across teams to align communications strategies with business objectives. You'll translate market priorities into impactful narratives, ensuring the firm's presence is felt where it matters most-within communities, media, and key stakeholder groups.

Here are a few of the Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement communications strategies for identified priority markets to enhance brand visibility and engagement, while serving as communications advisor and key point of contact for all market-based communications.

• Drive proactive media relations efforts to support storytelling in local markets

• Design and execute communications strategies for community relations initiatives, including financial education and early wealth building programs

• Partner across External Communications and Public Relations (Media Relations, Reputation Management, Executive Visibility) and External Affairs teams (Community Relations, Philanthropy, EA Market Management) to align messaging

• Manage communications for enterprise campaigns that include community engagement components

• Oversee project timelines, budgets, and execution for local and national initiatives

• 7+ years of experience in corporate communications, public relations, or community affairs

• Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree or relevant certifications preferred

• Experience developing and executing communications strategies aligned to business objectives with exceptional writing and editing skills

• Media relations experience, including building and managing media contacts

• Experience working in complex, highly matrixed organizations

• Project management experience, including managing timelines, budgets, and deliverables

• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams), supporting high-quality content development, data analysis, and cross-team collaboration

• Experience using media monitoring or distribution tools (e.g., Cision), Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act. Edward Jones is prohibited from hiring individuals with certain specified criminal history as set forth in Section 3(a)(39) and 15(b)(4) and Rule 17a-3(a)(12) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and conducts background reviews consistent with FINRA Rule 3110(e). A copy of a notice regarding the provisions of the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance is available at: dcba.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FCOE-Official-Notice-Eng-Final-8.30.2024.pdf .

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we're proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns. Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging. People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career. View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report (https://careers.edwardjones.com/blog/edward-jones-releases-annual-purpose-inclusion-and-citizenship-report/?codes=DIRECT&utm\_source=DIRECT) . *Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating., Join a high-impact communications team within External Affairs that is shaping how Edward Jones shows up in communities across the country. This team plays a pivotal role in strengthening the firm's presence in priority markets, advancing financial education, and building meaningful relationships with community leaders, influencers, and stakeholders. If you're passionate about connecting brand, purpose, and community impact at scale, this is an opportunity to make a visible and lasting difference.