Thought Leadership & Newsroom, Lead Communications Specialist

Job description Company and benefits Job ID THOUG019923 Employment Type Regular Work Style remote Location United States Travel Up to 25% Role Thought Leadership \& Newsroom, Lead Communications Specialist **Why UKG:** At UKG, the work you do matters. The code you ship, the decisions you make, and the care you show a customer all add up to real impact. Today, tens of millions of workers start and end their days with our workforce operating platform. Helping people get paid, grow in their careers, and shape the future of their industries. That’s what we do. We never stop learning. We never stop challenging the norm. We push for better, and we celebrate the wins along the way. Here, you’ll get flexibility that’s real, benefits you can count on, and a team that succeeds together. Because at UKG, your work matters—and so do you. **About the Role:** The Thought Leadership \& Newsroom, Lead Communications Specialist is responsible for developing and executing high\-impact thought leadership and editorial programs that strengthen UKG's authority around the industry conversations we seek to lead. Reporting to the Director of Thought Leadership \& Newsroom, this role serves as a key editorial contributor within UKG's Communications organization—turning strategy into compelling, timely, evidence\-backed stories for C\-suite and enterprise audiences. The role combines strong editorial judgment, B2B storytelling, research, and news instincts. It identifies relevant external conversations, mines UKG's proprietary data, research, customer outcomes, and subject\-matter expertise for original insights, and develops content that connects UKG's perspective to the business and workforce issues shaping the market. Working across Communications and with partners in Marketing, Research, Product, Customer Experience, and other teams, this role will help UKG move from building awareness around individual moments to building sustained authority around ideas. **Duties and Responsibilities:** **Thought Leadership \& Editorial Development** * Support execution of UKG's enterprise thought leadership strategy, developing original, evidence\-backed stories around the industry conversations we seek to lead. * Translate complex workforce, technology, AI, economic, and business issues into clear, differentiated narratives for C\-suite and enterprise audiences. * Write, edit, design, and produce content across formats, including articles, reports, data stories, executive perspectives, social content, graphics, video, and multimedia storytelling. * Develop editorial briefs and story concepts that connect individual content and moments to UKG's broader thought leadership agenda. * Bring strong editorial and visual judgment to every story, maintaining a high bar for originality, accuracy, relevance, and creative execution. **Newsroom \& Market Intelligence** * Monitor business, workforce, technology, AI, economic, and industry developments to identify tim