Vacancy: Corporate Communications Manager (Banking Sector)
Key Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities:
- Translate company business
objectives into creative and executable corporate communications
strategies and programs.
- Demonstrate strong judgment in
understanding key trends and news elements to develop a successful PR
Program with proactive and responsive media relations activities.
- Researches and analyzes current
industry best practices and tools to recommend enhancements to
communications plans.
- Demonstrate geed strategic thinking
and planning abilities.
- Build, maintain and expand our
relationship with industry analysts.
- Increases brand awareness through
effective communication across all channels.
- Manages projects and
internal/external relationships to effectively serve the Bank’s
communications needs.
- Successfully pitches news stories
and place press releases with key media.
- Act as a PR Champion with thorough
knowledge of developing, implementing and delivering the appropriate
communication vehicles to achieve desired PR results
- Interact with senior company
management, external resources such as agencies to provide strategic
counsel to key executive spokespeople on relevant PR activities and
programs.
- Execution of brand strategy and
management of the bank initiated products
Qualifications: Experience, Knowledge and
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in public
relations, communication or related discipline. A Master’s degree is an added
advantage.
- Minimum 2 years public relations
experience, within a banking institution and managing a communications
team in a corporate/organizational setting.
- Excellent, proven oral and written
skills
- Strong interpersonal skills - must
be able to interact effectively with associates at all levels and be
viewed as having a high degree of credibility both within and outside of
the organization.
- Proven track record of success in
developing creative public relations campaigns both internally and externally
within a given organization.
- Extensive experience in
communication plan development and execution.
- Ability to produce high quality work
under strict and constant deadlines with an eye for detail and accuracy
- Proven team player, able to work
collaboratively at all levels and build partnerships with cross-functional
teams
- Excellent organizational, planning,
influence, communication, presentation, and follow-up skills.
Qualifying candidates should send their
application letter together with detailed Curriculum Vitae to
recruitment@odumont.com before COB 25th June 2013.
