P3P3 — Mid-Level Professional
Senior
The P3 Senior Marketing Communications Specialist leads complex communications initiatives and often mentors junior staff.
What this level means
Fully competent professional; works independently on standard projects
- Scope
- Features or a sub-system end-to-end
- Autonomy
- Works independently on standard work; reviewed on the non-standard
- Complexity
- Diverse problems; adapts existing approaches
- Impact
- Project / team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Owns implementation decisions for own scope
- Leadership
- Mentors juniors informally
- Typical experience
- 3–5 yrs
What you'd do
- Lead the creation and execution of comprehensive communication plans
- Coordinate across marketing, PR, and product teams
- Author high-level content
- Manage relationships with agencies or media partners
- Train, guide, and review work of P1–P2 level staff
- Conduct in-depth analysis of campaign results
- Lead communication plans
- Manage media relationships
- Mentor junior staff
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Strategic planning
- Copywriting
- Media relations
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Project management
- Communication plan development
- Media partnership management
- High-level content creation
- Cross-functional team coordination
- Campaign analysis
- Strategic planning
- High-level copywriting/editing
- Media relations
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Complex project management
- Data-driven decision-making
What good looks like
- 4–6 years of communications experience
- Bachelor’s degree
- Master’s degree (e.g. MBA or MA in Communications)
Common titles
Marketing Communications IIIMarketing Communications 3Mid-Level Marketing Communications
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
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