Director of Corporate Marketing and Communications

To Apply For This PositionWe ask all candidates to submit their resume through our website at www.selinc.com/careers If your qualifications and experience match any of our current openings, please submit your resume for that position so that you may be considered immediately. The Opportunity:Are you seeking a career opportunity that recognizes and maximizes your unique talents? Do you want to work in a thriving, exciting and challenging environment? If you are interested in being an integral part of an innovative, industry-leading team, please join with us in developing and promoting technological innovation, reliable, and cost-saving solutions for our customers

Join Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) as a Director of Corporate Marketing and Communication.

As Director of Corporate Marketing and Communication for SEL, you will be the champion for our respected product lines and services. You must be motivated, enthusiastic, and have a strong commitment to quality and customer satisfaction. This position requires a unique blend of technical and business savvy as well as demonstrated results in global marketing and corporate communications.

The Director of Corporate Marketing and Communication position offers a broad range of responsibilities?both strategic and tactical. You will direct market research and analysis and understanding of customer requirements to influence new product development. You will work closely with R&D and our Sales organization to define product positioning, pricing, and go-to-market strategies. You will drive SEL efforts to educate a variety of customers to achieve worldwide awareness and recognition of the benefits and value of our company, products, and services. You will own the responsibility of driving SEL?s image and recognizable presence globally and in industry diverse markets. You?ll direct strategy for marketing and sales collateral, flyers, presentations, trade show and conference presence, advertisements, and web content. You will direct corporate communications, both internal and external including: public relations efforts, establishing measurable results for public, governmental and community relations efforts. You will work closely with our executive team, listening and distilling the energy of that group, and of the organization into succint marketing messages. You will set strong example of performance that encourages excellence in staff and set high expectations and challenging goals as well as holding staff accountable for results.

The Director of Corporate Marketing and Communication position is in our Pullman headquarters, located in Eastern Washington. Here you?ll enjoy an unmatched quality of life; the benefits of smaller town life; country space and fresh air; freedom from traffic; easy access to recreational activities in nearby mountains, rivers, and forests; great schools and two major research universities.

Director of Corporate Marketing and CommunicationResponsibilities: Lead global marketing and communications functions in developing corporate branding and messaging strategies that result in SEL thought leadership worldwide at all levels. Lead Marketing Communications, Product Marketing, Business Analysis, and Public Relations departments. Lead and coordinate processes to acquire and apply customer knowledge and assist sales and customer service department in development of long-term relationships with customers, in order to respond and innovate reliably, competitively, and profitably. Direct research of markets, industries, and competitors worldwide. Direct and coordinate all company communications strategies and activities worldwide, including employee communications (working with Human Resources), the weekly employee communications program as well as, media, public, and governmental relations. Work with president and senior management to ensure messaging reflects core values and advances company business strategy. Direct the development and production of effective speeches and presentations for SEL executives as well as press releases, press conferences, and video presentations. Motivate and develop Marketing and Communications team members, establishing clear, measured objectives in line with SEL vision; develop and maintain positive working relationships with all SEL divisions. Identify, measure, and improve corporate marketing and communications processes.Qualifications: Formal training with at least ten years of relevant, progressively responsible experience in leading global corporate marketing and communications in an electronics or high-technology industry. Proven experience in leading the development, collection, and application of marketing and marketing analysis data. Proven experience in building successful advertising programs or providing strong guidance of ad agency efforts, measuring impact and results. Strong copywriting skills. Proven experience in leading product and conceptual marketing, marketing communications, and public relations staff and measuring the success of those efforts; clarity in direction and prioritizing efforts in all of those areas. Excellent, concise, and recognized communications skills, including speech writing and presentation development for executive management. Bachelor's degree in a discipline that relates to required duties. Proven ability to learn quickly, apply strong intuitive skills, and be open to new ideas. Self-motivated, very positive person. Willing to travel 25%. Proven ability to succeed in establishing and maintaining effective relationships at all levels of an organization and with media representatives.Preferred Qualifications: MBA or marketing degree with bachelor's degree in electrical engineering may be an advantage if in combination with career marketing experience. Extensive media network.An Award Winning CompanySchweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) has a reputation for quality, reliability, integrity, and service, which has enabled us to expand both within the electric utility market and into industrial, international, and OEM markets.

In an independent survey conducted by Newton-Evans Research Company, SEL ranks first in seven categories of performance including technology, features, security against hackers, web/internet information ability, technical service and support, price, and relay setting PC software. SEL provides an excellent work environment and is the recipient of several awards, including one of the ?100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in Washington State? (Puget Sound Business Journal, 1999 ? 2003), ?Most Innovative Supplier? (Energex, 2002), "Entrepreneur of the Year" (Ernst & Young, 2000), and the Washington State Quality Achievement Award (WSQA). Apply Your Talent. Make a Difference. Enjoy the Rewards.Are you ready to be part of a highly motivated and well-equipped team? Are you a quick learner who likes new challenges? If so, then you are ready to join us at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories.

Dr. Edmund O. Schweitzer III delivered the first commercial digital protective relay in 1984. Under his technical, managerial, and fiscal leadership, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories has expanded to over 1000 employees. Ed understands and supports the need for investing in employees. In return, he expects that we hire only the best, most highly motivated team members, and that we deliver simple, reliable, and cost-effective products and solutions.

Our products and solutions must be simple and reliable because they protect the largest, most complicated machine on earth: the electric power grid. Blackouts in the U.S. and Canada remind us that reliable electric power is crucial to our society. SEL provides systems, services, and products for the protection, monitoring, control, automation, and metering of utility and industrial electric systems worldwide.

Our company and our products exist to make electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical. That purpose has made SEL very successful, and the company is managed with sound fiscal judgment and that purpose in mind. Profits are reinvested to fuel the company?s growth.

In addition to offering a variety of challenges in a supportive, stable environment, SEL shares its success with employees by giving them stock in the company. All employees earn stock at the same rate. And because only employees can own SEL stock, the stock price is not subject to market volatility. Even when the stock market value has plunged, SEL stock consistently increased in value.

If you are ready for the challenge and benefits of being part of the SEL team, and you meet the requirements listed above, please apply online at www.selinc.com/careers

Benefits: SEL has an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, and vision for employees and their entire family; long-term disability and life insurance; education assistance programs; a very generous employee stock ownership plan; 401K; flexible benefit account; and an outstanding work environment.

SEL is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and a Drug Free Workplace.