Associate Communications Specialist

Title: Associate Communications Specialist

Location: Eagle, ID

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary

The Associate Communications Specialist will support communications across Lamb Weston, including playing a prominent role in writing for our intranet, all-team member e-newsletter, social media posts, events support and more. Candidates should possess strong writing and collaboration skills and have a basic understanding of communication planning, audience segmentation, and message development.

Job Description

• Developing and delivering communication materials using a variety of tactics (written and visual communication, printed materials, video, presentation materials, etc.) for a range of internal audiences around the world, including creating key messages and managing approvals from appropriate business partners.
• Organizing and actively managing multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines and balancing time-sensitive priorities.
• Creating analytics reports to understand communication effectiveness.
• Understanding and effectively incorporating Lamb Weston’s brand and values into materials to help employees feel connected to the company and the way we work.
• Creating social media content and providing community management for corporate pages.
• Effectively managing business relationships, establishing and maintaining the communication team’s value with key partners.  
• Planning and executing events.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communication, public relations, or a related field preferred; with at least two years of corporate or communications agency work experience.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and active listening skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships and work collaboratively with others across all job levels.
• A move-with-urgency mindset and the ability to actively manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Cultural awareness and ability to work effectively with global partners.
• Ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications, and web-based communication tools.
• Working knowledge of analytics and reporting tools for social media and web-based communication tools.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated versatility and integrity, along with use of discretion when dealing with sensitive or confidential topics.

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive.  Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

• Paid Time Off

• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance

• Family-Friendly Employee events

• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Job Requisition ID: Req-258248

Time Type: Full time

Anticipated Close Date: 09/27/2025

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate’s work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $57,430.00 - $86,140.00

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law