Sr. Communications Manager - META
dyson -
Cairo, EgyptPosted 4 years ago138People have clicked1 open position
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Job Description
- Devise and implement the communications strategy for Middle East, Turkey & Africa with a focus on telling stories around our problem solving core technology, our products, our people and places and the Dyson philosophy
- Ultimately we want to promote the good news, and manage the bad to inspire other influential people to spread the word on our behalf
- Oversee a programme of proactive media activity maximizing each and every narrative to build Dyson’s reputation as a global technology company and support the sale of our technology
- Manage the monitoring, analysis and response to press coverage and social media interactions across the region on a timely reactive basis
- Manage a programme of proactive engagement with journalists across a spectrum of media across the region to ensure consistently high level coverage - with a focus on quality, rather than quantity
- Work with the META leadership team to identify emerging issues and opportunities facing the organization and design strategies to manage their impact including crisis management
- Line management responsibility for the META media relations team
- Manage the PR budget to ensure we have the tools and resource to have unrivalled communications
Job Requirements
Experience
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Strong experience in communications roles – either in-house, agency side or as a journalist.
- Evidence of experience in managing a media relations strategy to advance an organization’s mission and goals.
Skills
- Perfect English and Arabic and a range of other language skills always a bonus.
- Demonstrable ability to engage across borders, building lasting relationships.
- Ability to build and effect change - at both a people and process level.
- Demonstrated skill and comfort in proactively building relationships with top tier reporters and editors, and in successfully positioning subject matter with the media to achieve high-impact placements.
- Superior management skills; ability to influence and engage people up, down, and across the organization.
