Sally Eckert Email & Phone Number

I program content and manage Microsoft's weekly newsletter, delivering targeted content to almost 200K employees in different regions, time zones, and languages.

Bellevue, Washington, United States

• Savers is a for-profit thrift store with 21,000+ team members and 300+ stores in the U.S., Canada and Australia. In this newly created role, I partnered with leaders to create and deliver on-brand experiences to inform.
• Refreshing the company purpose & values
• Redefining the employer brand
• Modernizing the company intranet homepage
• Updating the milestone anniversary awards to celebrate the company’s purpose of reuse to be a meaningful collectible for employees

Bellevue, WA

• Developed and managed multiple, complex, strategic communication campaigns to engage employees, build culture and achieve business results. Wrote and delivered content, including websites, intranet articles, email.
• Created an ongoing drumbeat of recognition communications in Q4 starting with the launch of the new recognition site that received 30K visits the first week and continued with the new nomination deadline for 2017 top.
• Promoted Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) efforts that increased D&I membership to 20% while increasing attendance and engagement in activities across the country, including 50+ pride parades, Week Against Violence.

Bellevue, WA

• Developed content strategy and communication plans to create, launch and promote key HR initiatives in T-Mobile’s Un-carrier style to facilitate enterprise change, and improve engagement and retention.
• Worked on cross-functional project teams to create LiveMagenta.com, for employees’ and family members’ physical, emotional and financial health; and T-Mobile Total Rewards Portal where employees can see in one place.
• Developed an annual communications campaign to support Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) efforts to help employees feel part of something bigger, at work and in their communities, while helping increase D&I membership to 15%.
• Awarded T-Mobile's PEAK Achievement award as one of 200 top performers for 2016 (out of 50K employees). Winners received a group trip for two to Maui.

Bellevue, WA

• Communicated key HR initiatives in T-Mobile’s Un-carrier style to employees to facilitate enterprise change, and improve recruitment and retention.
• Created content to distill complex concepts, including videos, brochures, FAQs, and website, for the launch of three new financial benefits: Employee Stock Grant and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and the 401(k).
• Communicated key Diversity & Inclusion activities to increase membership to 10% of employees, including: Pride Parades in 25 states, Special Olympics in 8 states, Inclusion Day, and more.

Seattle, WA

• Designed and implemented strategic communications plans to reach 150,000+ employees in 60+ countries in up to 23 languages through intranet, blogs, social media, print, presentations, video and events.
• Instrumental in Starbucks selection to FORTUNE magazine’s highly competitive “100 Best Companies to Work For” award for three consecutive years, 2011-2013 by leading all aspects of the submission project.
• Developed annual communications calendar and strategic plans to promote new and existing programs increasing awareness and enrollment.
• Used storytelling to show how Starbucks stock, education and healthcare programs made a difference in employees’ lives, resulting in significantly increased awareness and employee benefits enrollment.
• Worked on tight deadline to edit subject matter expert blogs for Starbucks customer website and crowdsourcing idea website ensuring brand alignment and message consistency.

Seattle, WA

Improved brand look and feel, cut costs and achieved Starbucks best ranking of #7 for the FORTUNE “100 Best Companies to Work For” list while managing the submission for the 2006 – 2008 lists.Led, managed and wrote content for the unplanned and unbudgeted redesign of Starbucks benefits page, moving from links and downloads to a content-rich and.

Seattle, WA

Maintained team budget and tracking, project management and project tracking. Wrote and edited for company-wide publications and benefits website. Coordinated the FORTUNE “100 Best Companies to Work For” submission for the 2005 list.