Pr & Communications Manager

**Location**:

- Cape Town, South Africa

**Application Criteria**:

- Relevant tertiary qualification and/or demonstrable experience or portfolio: BCom or BA in Marketing, Communications, Journalism

**Experience**:

- 5-8 years relevant experience
- Previous experience at a multi-national and/or in the investment industry is advantageous

**Reports To**:

- Head of Brand & MarketingThe primary purpose of this role is to promote the RisCura brand and its offering via smart and resourceful communication and marketing. This role calls for someone who is innovative, highly organised, has initiative, and who wants to be part of a hard-working and collaborative team.

**Key focuses in this regard are**:

- Strategy: the ability to understand RisCura’s varied objectives, target markets and key messages; and to thoughtfully respond by ideating and producing appropriate campaigns and communications.
- Public Relations: responsible for the entire PR function including driving and implementing effective PR strategies across RisCura’s businesses and coordinating various PR agencies and activities.
- Project management: responsible for project managing and implementing campaigns and projects - working with the broader team and service providers, to co-ordinate activities and see the campaign/project to completion.
- A thoughtful individual who is able to think strategically and is not afraid to ask tough questions ie. uses critical thinking to solve complex problems and plan for the future.
- Proven PR & Project management skills, including leading, coordinating, collaborating and communication with all internal and external project stakeholders.
- Excellent writing, proofreading and editing skills (English). Must be comfortable with both editorial, creative and marketing/sales/brochure type copy.
- Ability to digest complex content to create succinct, clear messages that work across a range of content types via simplified logical structures and can think visually.
- You have knowledge of, and experience in a wide range of marketing techniques and concepts, with the ability to conceptualise and implement through-the-lines solutions.
- Experience juggling multiple projects and competing tasks simultaneously.
- Must be proficient with MS Office (Word, Powerpoint, Outlook etc.)

**Personal Qualities**:

- Proactive, resourceful and highly motivated.
- Excellent team player, collaborator and communicator.
- Deadline-driven.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Excellent attention to detail for both written and visual communications.
- Excellent at listening, questioning and responding to gained information - will seek to understand complex concepts in order to relay the information in a clearer or simplified manner.
- Smart, innovative and always looking for interesting ways to do something better.

**PR & External Comms**:

- Develop and implement integrated communications strategies and initiatives across earned and owned channels.
- Develop the omni-channel content calendar, and lead messaging and content creation in collaboration with the Brand team.
- Drive positive coverage across a broad range of media, including online, broadcast and print outlets. Lead an external agency to draft and edit written content, conduct quality media engagements, and handle crisis communications.
- Partner with internal customers to develop and communicate thought leadership pieces and narratives on key issues.
- Draft communications for owned and shared media.
- Handle media inquiries, crisis communications as well as social media channels.
- Marketing project/mini-campaign coordination - takes brief from internal clients, determines needs and strategy, conceptualises upfront, gathers info to produce supporting content, briefs freelancers and suppliers, ensures all deliverables are met and of the highest standard, manages project and rolls out the solution/campaign appropriately.
- Proofread and edit documents, presentations and other written communications produced by colleagues.
- Assist with adhoc formatting of presentations and documents in PowerPoint and Word.
- Works closely with the rest of the team (design, PR and traffic/production) and supports one another.

**Internal Communications**:

- Lead the development of an internal communications strategy that improves the consistency, clarity, and relevance of internal communications in order to make employees the most effective advocates of the company’s mission.
- Help embed a single narrative about the company’s purpose and what it means to “Invest with Care”.
- Work with the Brand Team on executing such.
- Works closely with PR agencies in SA, UK and other countries on an adhoc basis.
- Work closely with senior leaders, marketing teammates and other RisCura entities.
- Work with other agencies, creatives and other freelancers as required.
- Market-related salary

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