Sustainability Communications and Engagement Lead

Company Description

At H&M, our purpose is to liberate fashion for the many. We want to shape a new world in Fashion. A world with one ultimate goal: to unleash your self-expression. As an H&M colleague, you’re encouraged to be yourself & more. You’ll take on new responsibilities from day one, learn skills for life, and find new ways to make your big dreams come true.

Our company is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging, and we actively seek colleagues who share our commitment.

About The Role

As a Sustainability Communications and Engagement Lead in the Communications function, your main focus is to bring to life the storytelling around H&M’s Sustainability strategy in Region Americas. Working collaboratively with the PR/Communications team, the Sustainability Lead will support H&M in demonstrating the importance of our commitment to circularity through a range of internal and external communications touchpoints including brand activations, partnerships, and internal trainings, adapting global sustainability strategies to local market context.

This hybrid role reports into our Regional Sustainability and Public Affairs Manager and is based out of the New York City Support Office.

Job Description

A Day in the Life

Working at H&M means no two days are ever the same, but a typical day will include the following responsibilities*

• Together with the Sustainability Manager, develop and implement a communications strategy and external stakeholder engagement plan for H&Ms sustainability efforts in the US, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, and Ecuador.
• Build proactive plan to strengthen H&M’s position as an industry leader in circularity and raise visibility and awareness among key internal and external stakeholders including press, trade associations, mission-driven organizations, influencers, and colleagues.
• In partnership with corporate communications, adapt narratives on global sustainability programs to the local market context and approach sustainability efforts as a commercial tool to drive progress across the business
• Work cross-functionally to educate and inspire teams, providing input on how to add value and connect sustainability efforts to our brand direction
• Implement external stakeholder engagement plan to promote H&M’s sustainability efforts, including identifying relevant industry initiatives and mission-driven partnerships, attending trade association meetings and local conferences; act as external spokesperson for relevant news, panels, collections, etc
• Collaborate with Learning & Development department to create and adapt relevant onboarding and ongoing training/upskilling materials around sustainability
• Manage Region Americas philanthropic strategy, overseeing the company’s donations and related partnerships
• Identify innovative market activities to drive environmental and social sustainability efforts
• Draft and edit cross-functional materials used to promote H&M’s sustainability efforts to external stakeholders and inform internal teams regarding impactful sustainability topics through newsletters, messaging documents, and briefing presentations
• Partner with Global Sustainability Engagement and Public Affairs teams to support global programs and initiatives
• Partner with PR and Marketing teams on brand activations and sustainability related events, and Brand Performance Tracking
• Partner closely with the Inclusion and Diversity team and serve as an advisor on H&M Americas social impact work
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally 10% of the time
  
  
  

Qualifications

Who You Are:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, sustainability, or related field
• Bilingual; fluent in English and Spanish
• 5-8 years of experience in developing and managing a similar initiative
• Passion for sustainability and social impact work
• Solid knowledge of communications discipline, media platforms, influencers, etc.
• Ability to exercise sound judgement and discretion
• Strong communication and presentation skills
  
  
  

Strong interpersonal and influencing skills

Additional Information

Why You’ll Love Working at H&M

• We value diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, and disability
• We pride ourselves on being a values-driven organization, guided by our 7 unique values that have been part of our success story for over 75 years
• You’ll have access to our Colleague Resource Groups (CRGs) to find community and networking opportunities among colleagues
• We are an inclusive company where you’re encouraged to be yourself at work
• You will have access to a large global talent community, where career growth and aspirations have no limits
• We believe in supporting your overall wellbeing and offer comprehensive benefits inclusive of health insurance, wellness and family support programs, company match 401k, paid leave programs, and paid time off, including a community day to serve your local community
• You’ll be able to express your personal style with our employee discount at H&M, & Other Stories, and COS
  
  
  

Compensation: salary range is $98,957-$111,326 annually**

• This job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job and is not all-inclusive. There may be additional duties, and responsibilities assigned for this job at the company’s discretion.
• H&M, in good faith, has assessed this posted range of compensation as the accurate range for this role and location at the time of this posting. H&M may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidate qualifications. This range may be modified in the future.
  
  
  

Job Status: Salary, Exempt

EEOC Code: PRO

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.