Director, Corporate Communications & Culture

Ocean Spray is hiring for a(n) Director, Corporate Communications & Culture! We’re a team of farmers, thinkers, creators, and doers. Whatever your title, whatever your role — it always comes back to this: we’re a farmer-owned co-op where everyone rolls up their sleeves to get the job done. Three maverick farmers started it all — and we’ve been making our own way ever since. 

The Director of Corporate Communications & Culture is responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive communications and culture strategy that advances the cooperative's purpose, protects its reputation, strengthens employee engagement, and supports business objectives. This leader serves as the primary communications advisor to the CEO and Senior Leadership Team, overseeing internal and external communications, executive communications, media relations, crisis communications, culture initiatives, and corporate giving activities. The Director partners closely with leaders across Grower Relations, Government Relations, Social Impact, Human Resources, and Commercial functions to ensure consistent messaging, stakeholder engagement, and alignment with Ocean Spray's values and strategic priorities.

The role is responsible for protecting and enhancing the company's reputation while fostering a culture of transparency, inclusion, purpose, and engagement across a global workforce and cooperative network.

A Day in the Life...

• Develop and execute an integrated global communications strategy that advances business priorities, organizational transformation, cooperative objectives, and reputation management while ensuring consistent enterprise messaging and storytelling aligned with Ocean Spray's purpose, values, and strategic priorities.
• Serve as a trusted communications advisor to the CEO and Senior Leadership Team, leading executive communications, thought leadership, speeches, presentations, talking points, stakeholder messaging, and preparation for key internal and external engagements.
• Lead global employee communications and culture initiatives that inform, engage, and connect colleagues while supporting change management, policy communications, and leadership engagement efforts that strengthen organizational culture.
• Direct proactive and reactive media relations strategies, cultivate key media relationships, serve as corporate communications counsel, and prepare organizational spokespeople for media, public, and stakeholder engagements.
• Develop, implement, and maintain crisis communications and issues management strategies, leading communication planning and response for reputational, operational, regulatory, product, employee, and business continuity matters while protecting stakeholder trust.
• Partner with Grower Relations, Government Relations, Social Impact, and other cross-functional leaders to ensure alignment and consistency across grower-owner, stakeholder, community, and external communications initiatives.
• Oversee the development, production, and distribution of the Annual Report and other corporate and cooperative publications, while leading communication strategy and execution for employee, leadership, grower-owner, and stakeholder meetings and events.
• Lead the company's corporate giving strategy, charitable giving campaigns, and community engagement initiatives, fostering partnerships that advance social impact and strengthen relationships with key external stakeholders.
• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing communications and culture team by establishing priorities, driving accountability, fostering continuous improvement, and ensuring achievement of departmental and enterprise objectives.
• Manage the Communications and Culture budget, resources, and operational plans to effectively support strategic priorities and deliver measurable business impact.

What We Are Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive communications, public relations, corporate affairs, employee communications, or culture leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience advising senior executives and developing executive communications.
• Proven success leading media relations, crisis communications, and reputation management initiatives.
• Experience managing internal communications and employee engagement strategies across complex organizations.
• Strong writing, storytelling, presentation, and stakeholder influence skills.
• Experience leading and developing communications teams.

Education:

Bachelor's or University Degree (Required)

Work Experience:

At least 10 Years of Experience

Annual Salary:

$160,800 - $211,600

The base salary range information above serves as a guideline of the position’s typical hiring range.  We value and appreciate what makes you unique and will consider a variety of factors when determining an offer.  These factors include, but are not limited to, your skills and experience, external and internal benchmarks, as well as overall company considerations.  Certain positions may be eligible for short-term and long-term incentive rewards. We also offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits program that supports all aspects of your health and well-being.

Benefits:

• Complete insurance package on Day-1 that includes a plethora of health and wellness programs

• • Health, Dental, and Vision insurance

  • Health savings account

  • Flexible spending account

  • Life and accident insurance

  • Employee assistance program

  • Telehealth services

  • 1:1 health coaching

  • Supportive benefits for all the stages of your life

• 401(k) with up to 6% Company matching; additional potential discretionary match at year-end

• Short-Term Incentive/Performance bonuses

• Flexible scheduling options

• Vacation pay, up to three weeks of time (pro-rated for your first year of employment)

• Holiday pay for 12 holidays

• Career development and growth opportunities

• Tuition/Education assistance programs

• Access to LinkedIn Learning

• Scholarship programs for children of employees

• Parental leave

• Bright Horizons Family Solutions – Back-up care, tutoring, etc.

• Adoption assistance

• Bereavement leave

• Up to $300 fitness reimbursement

• Up to $300 massage reimbursement

• Employee appreciation events

• Employee discounts

• Charitable giving

Who We Are:

You might have our iconic cranberry juice in your fridge or have gotten into heated holiday debate about what’s better - canned or fresh cranberry sauce. But did you know that the hardworking people growing the superfruit in our products are 700 family farmers that own our cooperative? They entrust us with what is most precious to them to create new and innovative products that will delight consumers and grow this beloved brand today and into the future.

Team members, farmers, consumers and communities alike--we value what makes us unique and strive to connect our farms to families for a better life by living our values:

• Grower Mindset – We embrace our grower-owners innovative spirit and heritage through confidence, learning and focus on the future.
• Sustainable Results – Guided by purpose, we are focused on delivering results for our grower-owners.
• Integrity Above All – We are ethical, doing the right thing for our grower-owners, customers, consumers and each other
• Inclusive Teamwork – We build diverse and inclusive teams that strengthen our cooperative.

For MA Applicants – It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. Any employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.