Corporate Affairs Project Manager

Corporate Affairs Project Manager

This position is based in Atlanta, GA in our Galleria office and is an on-site role.

Applicants in CA, CO, DC, HI, IL, MD, MA, MN, NJ, NY, RI, VT, and WA are not eligible for this posting.

The Corporate Affairs Project Manager is responsible for the day-to-day management responsibilities of coordinating, planning, problem-solving and executing internal and external initiatives for the Corporate Affairs team. This role requires independent judgment, strong interpersonal skills, and strategic thinking to ensure smooth operations and impactful delivery of key programs.

The Details

What You Need:

• Ability to build and maintain trust-based, collaborative relationships and influence others
• Self-starter with natural tendency to take initiative and work independently
• Ability to manage multiple priorities across different workstreams and anticipate needs
• Thrives working on high profile projects and comfortable interacting with a wide range of business professionals and stakeholders across all levels
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrates efficiency and persistence, managing own time/projects and ensuring engagement deadlines and objectives are met

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience tracking legislative and regulatory issues
• Familiarity with social media content scheduling, basic design tools, or metrics reporting tools
• Experience coordinating association meetings, events or engagement initiatives

What You’ll Do:

• Provide support and project management in all phases for Corporate Affairs initiatives from due diligence, design, integration, communication, and implementation
• Build and maintain relationships with internal departments, agency partners, and nonprofit stakeholders to help manage and support Corporate Affairs objectives
• Monitor legislative and regulatory matters and identify issues impacting the business and coordinate internal subject matter expert analysis
• Draft legislative and regulatory updates for executive leadership and business leaders, analyzing and identifying policy trends at the federal and state levels of government
• Develop political action committee solicitation campaigns, impact reports and presentations for donors and the steering committee
• Develop communication assets, including government relations presentations and collateral for policymakers and staff, advocacy and community impact campaigns, executive messages, public relations kits and strategies, press releases and social media posts
• Oversee and define measures of success and ensure tools, best practices, and lessons learned are documented and communicated
• Occasional travel may be required

Additional Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required. Degree in Political Science, Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, Journalism, or related field preferred.
• 1 to 3 years of relevant experience in government relations, communications, public relations, trade association management or a similar corporate or consulting environment

Aaron’s Total Rewards

Our team members are our greatest asset. As an expression of our appreciation, Aaron’s is proud to offer outstanding career training, competitive performance incentives, excellent advancement opportunities, and a distinctive benefits package which includes**:

• Paid time off, including vacation days, sick days, and holidays
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with contribution matching

*Note that the pay range provided above is the lowest to highest rate we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future.  An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs. Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

**Benefits vary based on FT and PT employment status.