Corporate Communications Manager
Impact: Organisational reputation and employee engagement through expert corporate communications
Develop and execute internal and external communications strategies that build organisational reputation, engage employees, and support business objectives. Manage media relations, executive communications, employee communications, and thought leadership programmes for corporations and large organisations.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- 60% Team / 40% Solo
- Client facing
- Frequent
- Impact visibility
- Moderate
- Travel
- 10 to 20% for media briefings and industry events
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 40 to 55 hours/week
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $145,000
- Entry-level
- $75,000 - $100,000
- Senior
- $250,000+
- Growth by 2033
- 8% (as fast as average)
- Demand
- Stable
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- High - 65 to 80% growth from entry to senior
- Typical student debt
- Low
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- 65
Soft skills
- 35
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 2 to 4 years
- Years to senior
- 5 to 8 years
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Communications Coordinator > Communications Manager > Corporate Communications Manager > VP of Communications > Chief Communications Officer
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 20% moderate risk as AI automates some communications content creation
- AI disruption risk
- Moderate
- Demand trend
- Stable
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 7/10
- Meaning
- 7/10
- Work-life balance
- 6.5/10
- Prestige
- 7/10
- Social perception
- High