Manager - Corporate Communications - Media Relations Segment

Media Relations-Corporate Communications Manager

The Role :

- The Media Relations Corporate Communications person helps promote, protect, and defend the company's brand.

- The candidate is a highly motivated media relations professional with impeccable writing skills and a detail-oriented, proactive team player who possesses exemplary judgment and an ability to turn abstract and complicated issues and information into simple and powerful narratives.

Key Responsibilities :

- Develop, write and edit a wide variety of materials, including, articles, news releases, reports, copy about iconic thought leadership, key messages and social script.

- Work closely with team members, client engagement teams and other relevant parties, including clients, as appropriate to shape ideas and narratives that align with company's strategic messages and themes.

- Interview subject matter experts and others from across services, corporate functions, and global programs to inform messaging and editorial.

- Translate technical language to clear and accessible copy.

- Identify connection points across various company's initiatives to develop overarching storylines.

- Support and inform strategies for corporate reputation, citizenship and positioning, as well as inclusion, diversity and equality.

- Collaborate with global media and industry analyst directors, industry marketing directors, client executives and other relevant parties to help develop content and lead timely responses to media and analyst requests.

- Uphold highest editorials standards and ensure application of company's style guide.

Skills Required :

- Exceptional writing, editing and oral communications skills , ability to produce compelling content to achieve desired results.

- Experience with media relations around brand, marketing, advertising.

- Maintain a consistent level of high quality across all written work.

- Knowledge of core marketing communications and editorial essentials, including strategic message development, executive communications and AP style writing.

- Track record of conceiving, writing, and coordinating external messaging, including talking points, news releases, video and audio content, social media and content creation for external events with multiple speakers.

- Strong strategic, analytical thinking skills, with demonstrated excellence in creating and articulating positions.

- Strong organizational skills, with ability to successfully manage multiple assignments simultaneously while collaborating with a team of marketing and communications professionals, including contractors and third-party vendors.

- Proven track record of ghostwriting for voice and priorities.

- Able to meet tight deadlines and adapt to changing timelines.

- Able to work effectively - and at speed - across functional and geographic groups.

- Able to work independently with minimal supervision.

- Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting, either military or civilian.

Qualifications & Experience :

- Minimum of 12 years of communications and/or writing experience.

- Experience in a large global enterprise strongly preferred.

- Experience in communicating complex information, as well as developing compelling external messages.