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Communications Specialist roles in PR, corporate communications, and media relations are CPT-eligible when the work directly integrates with your degree program. Your DSO must authorize each position before you start, and the role must connect to your enrolled curriculum, not just your career goals.
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DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.
Location
Kansas City
DLR Group is an integrated design firm that aspires to be the most creative enterprise on the planet. Our brand promise is to elevate the human experience through design. If that challenge is appealing, you're at the right place. We are seeking a high energy internal communications professional with a passion for building brands to join an ambitious team that intends to transform the model of marketing communications in the A/E/C industry. If you are an emerging storyteller, design thinker, and communicator who can engage internal audiences at all levels of an organization through written and digital content, this is a career opportunity for you to join a growing and creative team.
Position Summary
The Internal Communications Specialist will be a member of the DLR Group Brand Communications Team, working in partnership with the Internal Communications Leader to ensure all DLR Group employee-owners feel informed and valued through effective communications. This individual will support internal enterprise clients including Executive Leaders, Human Resources, and enterprise teams to craft annual communications strategies and implement internal communications plans to a calendar of activity. Additionally, this role will support the planning and execution of firm meetings and events, including coordinating with stakeholders and firm leaders, developing content, and managing day-of logistics. In this role, the Internal Communications Specialist will be required to balance individual team needs and programs against enterprise initiatives.
What You Will Do
- Relentlessly champion firm written guidelines and brand style, ensuring communications maintain the integrity of the verbal and visual brand and voice.
- Provide strategic guidance to internal clients, including Executive Leaders, Human Resources, and enterprise teams to define audiences and ensure internal communications are accurate, timely, and engaging.
- Develop strong relationships with internal clients, ensuring timely follow-up and reliable follow-through of deliverables based on production schedules.
- Continually prioritize, multi-task, and effectively project manage a variety of concurrent assignments under tight deadlines.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in communications, marketing, journalism or related discipline.
- 2-5 years of communications experience in a corporate setting; preferably with a multi-office national or global company.
- Relevant experience in architecture/engineering/construction industry or B2B organization is desirable.
- Relevant experience supporting Executive Leaders, Human Resources, and/or enterprise teams with the execution of communication strategies.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Adobe Creative Suite and other various tools used for corporate intranets and communications.
- Proven track record of teamwork, innovation, and results.
- Excellent project management skills and the ability to execute multiple projects simultaneously to produce high-quality deliverables on tight deadlines.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills required.
- Strong client, project management, and time management skills.
- Ability to travel as projects require.
DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects. We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment. Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.
DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.
INTRODUCTION
DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.
Location
Kansas City
DLR Group is an integrated design firm that aspires to be the most creative enterprise on the planet. Our brand promise is to elevate the human experience through design. If that challenge is appealing, you're at the right place. We are seeking a high energy internal communications professional with a passion for building brands to join an ambitious team that intends to transform the model of marketing communications in the A/E/C industry. If you are an emerging storyteller, design thinker, and communicator who can engage internal audiences at all levels of an organization through written and digital content, this is a career opportunity for you to join a growing and creative team.
Position Summary
The Internal Communications Specialist will be a member of the DLR Group Brand Communications Team, working in partnership with the Internal Communications Leader to ensure all DLR Group employee-owners feel informed and valued through effective communications. This individual will support internal enterprise clients including Executive Leaders, Human Resources, and enterprise teams to craft annual communications strategies and implement internal communications plans to a calendar of activity. Additionally, this role will support the planning and execution of firm meetings and events, including coordinating with stakeholders and firm leaders, developing content, and managing day-of logistics. In this role, the Internal Communications Specialist will be required to balance individual team needs and programs against enterprise initiatives.
What You Will Do
- Relentlessly champion firm written guidelines and brand style, ensuring communications maintain the integrity of the verbal and visual brand and voice.
- Provide strategic guidance to internal clients, including Executive Leaders, Human Resources, and enterprise teams to define audiences and ensure internal communications are accurate, timely, and engaging.
- Develop strong relationships with internal clients, ensuring timely follow-up and reliable follow-through of deliverables based on production schedules.
- Continually prioritize, multi-task, and effectively project manage a variety of concurrent assignments under tight deadlines.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in communications, marketing, journalism or related discipline.
- 2-5 years of communications experience in a corporate setting; preferably with a multi-office national or global company.
- Relevant experience in architecture/engineering/construction industry or B2B organization is desirable.
- Relevant experience supporting Executive Leaders, Human Resources, and/or enterprise teams with the execution of communication strategies.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Adobe Creative Suite and other various tools used for corporate intranets and communications.
- Proven track record of teamwork, innovation, and results.
- Excellent project management skills and the ability to execute multiple projects simultaneously to produce high-quality deliverables on tight deadlines.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills required.
- Strong client, project management, and time management skills.
- Ability to travel as projects require.
DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects. We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment. Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.
DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.
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Get Access To All JobsCommunications Specialist CPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Communications Specialist role qualify for CPT?
Yes, if the work is an integral part of your enrolled curriculum. Roles involving media relations, content strategy, internal communications, or PR writing typically align with journalism, communications, or marketing degree programs. Your DSO makes the final determination based on how closely the specific job duties connect to your coursework, not just the job title.
Can I do CPT at a media agency or a corporate communications department?
Both settings qualify as long as your DSO approves the placement and your I-20 is updated before you start. Media agencies, in-house PR teams, nonprofit communications offices, and government public affairs departments can all support CPT. What matters is the documented curriculum connection, not the employer type or industry sector.
What happens to my OPT if I use full-time CPT for more than 12 months?
Using 12 or more months of full-time CPT eliminates your OPT eligibility entirely. Part-time CPT, defined as 20 hours or fewer per week, does not count against that threshold regardless of duration. If you're planning to use OPT after graduation, track your full-time CPT hours carefully and discuss the tradeoff with your DSO before accepting a full-time placement.
How do I find Communications Specialist employers who are comfortable hiring CPT students?
Start with Migrate Mate, which shows employers with verified work-authorization filing history so you can prioritize companies already experienced with immigration processes. You can also check the O*NET profile for the Communications Specialist occupation to understand the degree requirements employers typically list, which helps you frame the curriculum connection in conversations with hiring managers.
Does CPT authorization transfer if I change jobs during the same semester?
No. CPT authorization is employer-specific and tied to the exact placement your DSO approved. If you switch employers mid-semester, you need a new CPT authorization on a revised I-20 before starting with the new company. Working for an unapproved employer, even briefly, is an F-1 status violation and must be avoided regardless of how similar the roles are.