Information overload

Plus 39 new IC roles; Nestlé, Bloomberg, National Theatre, Lyft, HP, SoundCloud, EY, Fidelity, Optum; three remote; two in change comms.

October 01, 2026

This week, 39 new IC roles, including three with remote options and two in change or transformation comms.

After the listings: Information overload, Sharon O’Dea’s packed workshop, and a question about what employees would choose to keep.

Plus five upcoming events, four courses, The Personal MBA, and an invitation to Gallagher’s State of the Sector survey.

In partnership with Gallagher

🇺🇸 USA

Apogee Architectural Metals
Senior Communication Specialist
Minneapolis, MN

Assurant
Internal Communications Manager
Remote

Auto Club Enterprises
Internal Communications Lead Partner
Costa Mesa, CA

BAE Systems
Director, Employee & Executive Communications
Falls Church, VA

Bloomberg
Internal Communications Specialist
New York, NY

Church & Dwight
Associate Director, Internal Communications
Ewing, NJ

Cushing Terrell
Senior Internal Communications Manager
Boise, ID; Billings, MT

EY
Communications Supervising Associate - Growth Markets
Multiple locations

Fidelity
Director, Communications Consultant
Westlake, TX

Graco
Internal Communications Specialist
Minneapolis, MN

Hollister Incorporated
Senior Corporate Communications Specialist
Libertyville, IL

HP
Communications Specialist
Corvallis, OR

Ingalls Shipbuilding (HII)
Internal Employee Communications Rep 3
Pascagoula, MS

K&L Gates
Senior Specialist, Executive and Internal Communications
Multiple locations

Lyft
Internal Communications Manager
San Francisco, CA

Mitsubishi Power Americas
Senior Manager, Internal Communications
Lake Mary, FL

Mountain America Credit Union
Communications Strategist
Sandy, UT

Nestlé USA
Senior Employee Communications Specialist
Arlington, VA

Northrop Grumman
Principal Employee Communications Representative
McLean, VA

Oak Hill
Internal Communications Manager
Hartford, CT

Omni Hotels & Resorts
Internal Communications Manager
Dallas, TX

SoundCloud
Director - Internal Communications
New York, NY

Suntory Global Spirits
Director, Internal Communications
Chicago, IL; New York, NY

TE Connectivity
Digital Communications Specialist
Middletown, PA; Wayne, PA

Virginia Physicians For Women
Internal Communications and Learning Specialist
North Chesterfield, VA

Gallagher’s State of the Sector 2026/27 survey is now open, exploring how communication helps people understand priorities, build trust, and take action.

 

If your role includes internal or employee communication, you can take part. Allow around 20 minutes; participants receive first access to the report in March 2027.

Strictly Internal is supporting the survey as a research partner. We’d be delighted if you’d add your perspective to State of the Sector.

🇨🇦 CANADA

🇬🇧 UK

↪️ TRANSFORMATION / CHANGE COMMS

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Information overload

Sharon O’Dea expected around 40 people at her information overload workshop. More than 100 came. They spent 40 minutes working out what to cut.

 

Her session was part of Unily’s annual Unite conference, held September 29–30 in London and online. Attendees have been sharing their notes under #OverheardAtUnite. In Sharon’s account, overload is a design outcome: something communicators can change through decisions about what they send.

 

Attendee Edeje Onwude recounts how Sharon borrowed from Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote, using means, opportunity, and motive to examine employee attention. Can the person receive the communication? When could they give it their attention? What would make it matter to them?

 

Laura Marinica at Kantar left the session planning to try the models with colleagues. Kantar technology leader Delia Harvey offered Enterprise Tech as a testing ground in the comments on her post.

 

We’d be curious to hear what employees themselves would choose to keep.

 

Among UK employees surveyed for the IC Index 2026, those who could choose which topics they received were more likely to find their employer’s communications relevant: 76%, compared with 51% among those who couldn’t.

 

If you’ve tried giving employees more choice over the updates they receive, we’d like to hear how it went. What did people choose to keep, and did anything important get missed?

📅 EVENTS

Communicate: Boston
October 6, Boston, MA | Interact
Jessica Jensen shares how Love’s Travel Stops built support for a unified approach to employee communication, with State Street and American Tower practitioners joining a free day of case studies and peer discussion.

 

Internal Communications Conference
October 13–15, Redmond, WA | Ragan
Three days on Microsoft’s campus, with Katy George on AI transformation and practical sessions on manager toolkits and measuring IC’s value. Paid conference.

 

Critical Thinking for Internal Communicators
October 20, 12–1 PM BST | IoIC
An hour with Domna Lazidou to test the assumptions behind your decisions, spot common biases, and scrutinize the arguments that shape your work; free online training for IoIC members only.

 

Reinventing the Town Hall
October 26, 1–3:30 PM ET | Ragan
Work through an overloaded town-hall agenda, prepare leaders for tough employee questions, and assess what landed, with practitioners from Amazon, ServiceNow, and MFS; online workshop, $699.

 

Global Launch: 2026 Frontline Employee Experience Report
October 28, 10–11 AM ET | Staffbase
New Forrester research commissioned by Staffbase examines why frontline employees still struggle to find answers across their channels, with Frank Wolf and Lara George exploring how to reduce that friction.

Organizing? Feature your event

🎓 LEARNING

Communicating Change | Institute of Internal Communication
An interactive online course covering change communication planning, stakeholder engagement and evaluation, with practice on a real-life scenario. October 6–7; £385 for members, £480 for non-members.

 

Internal Communication Diploma | PR Academy / CIPR
For experienced practitioners wanting a formal qualification in IC strategy, organisational culture, engagement and change. Online, start any time; approximately six months. The listed UK fee £2,154.

 

Measurement and Evaluation Certificate | PR Academy / AMEC
Build a stronger foundation in communication measurement, from choosing metrics to analysing and presenting findings. Online, self-paced, with live workshops. Enrolment and fees through AMEC.

 

Financial Accounting | Harvard Business School Online
For communicators who want to understand the numbers behind business decisions. Covers financial statements and assessing a company's financial health. On-demand, 40–45 hours, $1,949.

📚 BOOKSHELF

The Personal MBA | Josh Kaufman
A broad introduction to how businesses work, covering value creation, marketing, sales, finance and systems. A useful companion for communicators who want more business context.

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