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Communications Consultant, Product Marketing

Xcel Energy

  • Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • 5 days ago

    Highlights

    Xcel Energy (NASDAQ: XEL) is a leading energy provider and Fortune 500 company, dedicated to serving millions of electricity and natural gas customers across eight states: Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico and Texas. Works closely with vendor-partners, including printers, direct mail houses, bindery shops, etc., to ensure production meets quality and timing requirements; receives invoices and initiates payment process, including ensuring correct budget codes are used.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationMinneapolis, Minnesota
    IndustryEnergy and Utilities
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Websitehttp://www.xcelenergy.com

    Description

    Xcel Energy (NASDAQ: XEL) is a leading energy provider and Fortune 500 company, dedicated to serving millions of electricity and natural gas customers across eight states: Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico and Texas. We make energy work better for our customers, helping them thrive every day. That means always raising the bar - delivering better service and providing more reliable, resilient, and sustainable energy. 

    Xcel Energy is a place where you’ll have opportunities to grow, expand your skills, and help lead the clean energy transition. We offer meaningful rewards, recognition, and support to help you build your career and make an impact - both on the job and beyond. Most importantly, it means you’ll be joining a company that knows employees are the driving force behind its success and is committed to helping you be your best.

     

    Xcel Energy supports a hybrid work model to enable collaboration and flexibility. Many roles are expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday); however, work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs.

     

    Position Summary

    Position is accountable for excellent communications project management, writing and client service. Contributes to corporate goals and targets through implementation of communications plans for internal and external audiences. Coordinates work with other Communications staff to ensure alignment with overall strategy for the company and/or business units, jurisdictions and issues.

    Essential Responsibilities


    • Plans, researches, writes, edits and coordinates development of print, electronic and web-based communications, including brochures, bill inserts, fact sheets, presentations and collateral material.
    • Coordinates work and schedules with graphic designers, ensuring final products meet client needs. Documents and improves processes to produce quality, on-time results within budget.
    • Serves on various cross-functional teams to provide communications perspectives and helps develop and implement plans and tactics to achieve team's mission. Provides communications counsel to clients.
    • Works closely with vendor-partners, including printers, direct mail houses, bindery shops, etc., to ensure production meets quality and timing requirements; receives invoices and initiates payment process, including ensuring correct budget codes are used. Understands and supports Xcel Energy's brand; understands and demonstrates behaviors in accordance with the corporate values.



    Minimum Requirements


    • Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, marketing, public relations, or related discipline. 
    • Five years experience in positions that require significant, direct interaction with clients, designers and production vendors. 
    • Work in an agency or corporate setting preferred.
    • Proven ability to write clearly, concisely, quickly and accurately, incorporating key messages and calls to action and using appropriate language and tone for the target audience.
    • Able to progress on a variety of projects during the course of the workday and accustomed to working at a fast pace.

    Preferred Requirements


    • Consultant in Customer Communications: experience and success in marketing communications for business-to-business and/or business-to-consumer products, including direct marketing, Internet marketing and collateral material development.
    • Strong preference towards corporate expereince.
    • Experience in Microsoft.
    • Strong Project Management skills.
    • Experience in the utility industry.

     

    Our culture is grounded in shared values and employee commitments that guide how we work, support one another, and grow together.


    Our Values

    Connected, Committed, Trustworthy, Safe


    Our Employee Commitments

    • Work that makes a difference
    • A team you can count of
    • Opportunities to grow
    • Rewards that help you thrive

     

    Xcel Energy provides job applicants reasonable accommodations for disabilities throughout the application process. If you are in need of an accommodation to complete the application process, now or at any time in the future, please complete the Applicant Accommodation Request Form. 


    Non-Bargaining

     

    The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $73,700.00 to $104,633.33 per year

     

    This position is eligible for the following benefits: Annual Incentive Program, Medical/Pharmacy Plan, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Dependent Care Reimbursement Account, Health Care Reimbursement Account, Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA), Transportation Reimbursement Account, Short-term disability (STD), Long-term disability (LTD), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Tuition reimbursement, Transit programs, Employee recognition program, Pension, 401(k) plan, Paid time off (PTO), Holidays, Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO), Parental Leave

     

    Benefit plans are subject to change and Xcel Energy has the right to end, suspend, or amend any of its plans, at any time, in whole or in part.

    In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information including but not limited to dates of school attendance and graduation.  You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

     

    Deadline to Apply: 10/04/26

     

    EEO is the Law (PDF)| Equal Opportunity Statement (PDF) |Employee Rights (PDF)


     

    All Xcel Energy employees and contractors share responsibility for protecting the company's information and systems by adhering to cybersecurity policies, standards, and best practices, recognizing that cybersecurity is everyone's responsibility.


     

    Accessibility Statement

    Xcel Energy endeavors to make https://www.xcelenergy.comand https://jobs.xcelenergy.comaccessible to any and all users. If you are in need of an accommodation to complete the application process, now or at any time in the future, please complete the Applicant Accommodation Request Form. For any other application related questions, including application follow-ups or technical issues, please use our Recruiting Assistance, Electra, for assistance. Electra can be found in the lower right-hand corner of our Xcel Energy Careerssite.

    Benefits

    Employee Events, Retirement / Pension Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Life Insurance, Paid Sick Days, Performance Bonus, Professional Development, 401K

    About Company

    As a leading combination electricity and natural gas energy company, Xcel Energy offers a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and services to 3.4 million electricity and 1.9 million natural gas customers across eight Western and Midwestern states. At Xcel Energy, we strive to be the preferred and trusted provider of the energy our customers need. If you’re ready to be a part of something big, we invite you to join our team. At Xcel Energy, we pride ourselves on providing a dynamic work environment for our employees, where they are challenged, respected, and rewarded. We have a wide variety of positions working together to make our company successful, and we’re constantly looking for new talent to join our team.

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    Named one of the Human Rights Campaign's Best Places to Work 2018 http://www.hrc.org/resources/best-places-to-work-2018

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