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.