Communications Consultant

Job Description:

The Role

This communication consultant role sits within the Tax-Exempt Market, under Fidelity Workplace Investing. We support retirement plans for tax-exempt employers and their participants. Our clients are organizations—healthcare, higher ed, government and faith-based—who want to help people live better lives, and our mission is to help their employees become retirement-ready. We serve those who serve others. That culture carries through in how we work with our clients, their employees, and how we work together as a service team.

The Expertise You Have

• Experience in employee benefits communications and/or financial services preferred
• Client consultation experience
• FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses preferred (or required within 90 days)
• 5+ years communications, marketing or other relevant experience

The Purpose of Your Role

The purpose of the role is to drive participant engagement with Fidelity’s wide array of educational resources, marketing campaigns, tools, and workshops that can help participants make informed financial decisions. The Communications Consultant help our clients determine and map out a communication and education strategy that meets their organizational goals and participant needs.

Job Responsibilities

• Participate in or lead client meetings to review communication requirements, deliverables, negotiate deadlines, and review budget implications
• Strategize on the best approach to communicate critical information to participants in the most effective channel while prioritizing digital approaches
• Manage the creation and deployment of communications related to defined contribution/non-qualified plans and associated Fidelity products and services
• Respond to client inquiries quickly with answers that go beyond the stated need and delight the client
• Ensure strong client satisfaction through the seamless execution of effective communications strategies based upon client needs and goals, and delivering high quality communication services
• Uncover plan-level opportunities by reviewing data from various internal sources and turning those data points into a cohesive story with clear actionable steps
• Play the liaison between our marketing team and the client to ensure our marketing campaigns are understood and agreed to prior to distribution
• Communicate operational updates to participants such as fund or fee changes
• Measure and report successes/opportunities based on the results of our communications
• Ensure regulatory mailings are set up and distributed in adherence with FINRA and DOL requirements
• Estimate cost of projects and bill for our services (when applicable)
• Up to 25% travel

The Skills You Bring

• Curiosity and the desire to learn
• Team player who is willing to help the broader organization
• Ability to influence client direction and decisions
• Highly organized
• Ability to work independently or collaboratively based on the circumstances
• Creative problem solving
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to juggle multiple, competing priorities
• Active and effective listening skills
• Data driven mindset
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment that may require resourcefulness to get answers
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

At Fidelity, our goal is for most people to work flexibly in a way that balances both personal and business needs with time onsite and offsite through what we’re calling “Dynamic Working”. Most associates will have a hybrid schedule with a requirement to work onsite at a Fidelity work location for at least one week, all business days, every four weeks. These requirements are subject to change.

**THE HIRING MANAGER WILL HIRE AT A SENIOR MANAGER OR DIRECTOR LEVEL DEPENDING ON A CANDIDATE'S EXPERIENCE.**

Note: Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position

Certifications:

Series 07 - FINRA, Series 63 - FINRA

Category:

Communication

Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.