Pr & Communications Specialist:financial Services

1 day ago

Cape Town, South Africa Viv Gordon Placements Full time

**Responsibilities**:
Public Relations
- In collaboration with the Group’s public relations (PR) agency identify topics for press releases in support of the PR strategy and wider business objectives.
- Manage PR for the Group
- Build and maintain relationships with key spokespersons
- Schedule interviews and ensure spokespersons receive the necessary training, support, and briefs timeously
- Edit content for release
- Manage the approval process of media releases
- Update the media sections on the necessary website(s)
- Keep the business informed about media activity, by sending out alerts before interviews
- Manage the PR schedule.

Communication
- Provide clients and prospective clients with topical and relevant content in a conversational, easy-to-understand tone on the appropriate platform and in the best medium - with a consistent reminder about why they invested or should invest with the company.
- Work closely with the Group’s copywriting agency
- Copy edit and proofread all content
- Manage the design of content
- Manage content updates on all Group websites
- Conceptualise, manage and coordinate video productions across all strategies
- Project manage bi-annual CEO message to the company and clients
- Create content to support marketing initiatives, such as website articles post events
- Manage specialised reports - such as the environmental, social and corporate governance report.

General (Content, Brand, Internal & Events)
- Content planning
- Effectively drive and maintain brands across the Group.
- Create and manage brand collateral - such as brochures, information books, history video, manifesto, one-page overview
- Management of brand touch points across offices
- Assist with rebrands and new brand rollouts
- Manage the branding of new offices
- Assist with new websites and new webpages on existing websites
- Facilitate internal product and system launches for business units
- Facilitate internal communication for business units
- Keep the business informed of marketing activities - such as launch campaigns, performance, and marketing collateral changes
- Work closely with the Human Capital team to create internal features, and collateral required for conferences and other internal initiatives
- Facilitate internal company announcements
- Assist with events - especially where PR is a requirement
- Facilitate auction items for charity events.

**Requirements**:

- Honours degree in English Literature, Journalism, Media Studies or Marketing, or equivalent in marketing experience
- 5 years’ experience in a marketing environment, preferably within financial services (other corporate/B2B experience will be considered)
- PR agency background - preferred
- Writing experience with a portfolio of work
- Good handle on the media landscape
- Extensive knowledge and experience in Microsoft Office programmes, digital tools and platforms, and design related software
- Self-motivated
- A team player, who can also work independently
- Dependable
- Passionate
- Driven
- Creative
- Seeks new challenges
- Thirst for knowledge
- A person of integrity
- Excellent communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Good people skills.

City: Cape Town

Country: South Africa

Level of Expertise: Junior-Mid

Remuneration: Negotiable

Reference Number: #Tam607

**Tamara Wolpert**:
GM & Consultant

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