Associate Director, Communications

Duties

• Translate client business needs into PR action with compelling messaging and strategies that excite and invigorate clients.
• Guide the creation, editing, and standards of client press materials, messaging and strategic plans.
• Provide strategic counsel to ambitious, challenging and technical clients.
• Oversee the planning and successful execution of highly impactful PR campaigns.
• Provide counsel and strategy for branding, reputation management; embrace and understand the principles of global media relations.
• Direct crisis communications response for clients.
• Develop and maintain relationships with influential media to secure and grow coverage.
• Conduct meetings with clients and new business.
• Lead productive internal training and external client strategy workshops, including messaging and narrative development sessions and media training.

Skills & Requirements

• 7-9 years of recent PR agency experience conducting media relations.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of fintech and/or financial services sectors preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and to identify opportunities for clients.
• Excellent knowledge of the media landscape.
• Ability to communicate clearly and transfer complex information in a concise and clear form.
• Ability to prioritise and plan effectively.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Accomplished workshop facilitator.
• Crisis communications experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams successfully.
• Excellent interpersonal/soft skills.
• Motivated to excel in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to maintain a high level of social, organisational and professional standards in job-related activities.