Resume template · Updated October 2026
Communications manager resume template
Short answer
Henrietta suits a communications manager: a sober, conventional layout fits corporate communications, with experience first and your degree right after. The fictional sample leads external and executive communications for a regional health system, earns media coverage, handles issues and runs owned channels. Show coverage, audience growth, crisis work, team size and campaigns.
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Why Henrietta suits a communications manager resume
Henrietta prints a summary, then Work Experience, then Education and a skills grid, in black and grey. Communications leaders hire on judgment and results, and this measured, professional page shows both without design that distracts from your writing.
Second choice: Leslie. Leslie adds a centred header with blue accent lines, a fit for nonprofit or agency communications roles.
What goes in each section, in Henrietta's order
Henrietta prints its sections in a fixed order, the same in the PDF and the Word file. Here is that order for this sample, and what to put in each section.
- Professional Summary. Sector, scope (external, internal, executive), team size, years of experience and one result.
- Work Experience. Bullets on media coverage, campaigns, executive messaging, crisis and issues work, channels, team and budget.
- Education. Degree with the year; communications, journalism or public relations fit.
- Skills. Media relations, executive communications, crisis communications, content and measurement tools.
The sample resume as text
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Gregory Hale
Communications Manager, Health Care
Pittsburgh, PA | gregory.hale@example.com | (412) 555-0147 | linkedin.com/in/sample-gregory-hale
Communications manager with ten years in health care and corporate communications. Lead external and executive communications for a regional health system with a team of four.
Experience
Communications Manager, Three Rivers Health System, Pittsburgh, PA (02/2020 to Present)
- Lead external and executive communications for a health system with eight hospitals, managing a team of four.
- Secure about 150 earned media stories a year, including regular coverage in regional TV and newspapers.
- Led media response during a regional measles outbreak, with daily updates and spokesperson training.
- Grew the community newsletter from about 20,000 to 55,000 subscribers in three years.
- Write speeches and messages for the chief executive and train leaders for media interviews.
Senior Communications Specialist, Allegheny Energy Partners, Pittsburgh, PA (06/2015 to 01/2020)
- Wrote press releases and handled media requests.
- Managed the company blog and social channels.
- Supported outage communications during storms.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism, Penn State University (05/2014)
Skills
Media relations, Crisis communications, Executive messaging, Media training, Content strategy, Cision, Meltwater, Mailchimp, Team leadership, Calm judgment
How to make the sample yours
Show coverage
Earned media placements and the outlets or tiers they reached. Say which stories you pitched.
Describe crisis work
Issues you managed and how fast you responded. Calm judgment is what leaders hire for.
Show channel growth
Newsletter, social or website audience growth and engagement.
Describe executive work
Speeches, messages and media training for senior leaders.
Show team and budget
People you manage, agencies you direct and the budget you own.
Keywords to keep where they are true
Terms this kind of resume is usually searched for. Use the posting's exact wording, and only for work you have done.
- communications manager
- corporate communications
- media relations
- executive communications
- crisis communications
- press releases
- message development
- content strategy
- internal communications
- media training
- Cision
- stakeholder communications
Mistakes to avoid
- Confidential issues or legal matters.
- Claiming coverage you did not secure.
- No numbers on coverage or audience.
- A long list of every press release.
How the sample PDF reads in text extractors
We exported this sample with Resumity's PDF exporter in Chrome on 2026-10-29 and read the file back with three open-source text extractors. This shows whether software that turns a PDF into text can recover it; it is not a test of any commercial applicant tracking system. How we test templates.
| Extractor | Name, email, phone | Headings | Bullets intact |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdf.js 4.10.38 | All found | 4 of 4 | 8 of 8 |
| pdftotext (Xpdf) 4.00 | All found | 4 of 4 | 8 of 8 |
| pypdf 6.13.0 | All found | 4 of 4 | 8 of 8 |
Frequently asked questions
What should a communications manager resume focus on?
Coverage, campaigns, crisis work, executive communications, channel growth and team. Leaders want to see judgment and measurable reach.
Does this template work for corporate communications managers?
Yes. Corporate roles add investor, employee and executive audiences. Describe each audience you serve and the main results for each.
How do I show crisis experience without details?
Describe the type of issue, your role, how fast you responded and the outcome in general terms. Never share confidential or legal details. A line on the plan or training you put in place afterwards shows you learn from each event.
How do I move from specialist to manager?
Show campaigns you led, people or agencies you directed and executive work you handled. Managing others and owning a budget are the main steps up.
Should I measure coverage by advertising value?
Avoid advertising value equivalency. Use story counts, outlet tiers, share of voice and message pickup, which most teams now prefer. If your team still reports it, add a measure of quality alongside it.
How long should the resume be?
One to two pages. Proofread it carefully, because your resume is a writing sample.
Will applicant tracking systems read this Henrietta PDF?
The sample PDF read back with its contact details, all 4 section headings and all 8 bullets intact in three open-source text extractors (pdf.js, pdftotext and pypdf). Commercial systems such as Workday, Greenhouse or Taleo were not tested, and each employer configures its own.
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