Senior Manager: Communication and Media

3 days ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Boardroom Appointments Full time R1 200 000 - R2 400 000 per year


Minimum Requirements:

  • Matric (Grade 12)
  • Minimum experience in mid-senior media relations role: 5 yrs
    Journalism experience preferrable
  • Good understanding of business and financial matters, essential.
  • Preferred qualifications: Degree in related field

Responsibilities:

  • Managing incidents and issues as they arise in the interest of protecting and building the Companies reputation
  • Developing and implementing a Group-wide issues response and crisis communications mechanisms
  • Managing media queries promptly, appropriately, and efficiently
  • Developing executive-level content and thought leadership from concept to writing
  • Developing appropriate media strategies, tactical plans and content in relation to corporate announcements
  • Maximising the dissemination of media coverage
  • Crafting effective press releases, media advisories, and media kits, often under pressure and with limited time
  • Serving as strategic advisor to Group stakeholders as well as media partners across the Group on strategic issues
  • Guiding media partners across the Group in support of compliance with relevant policies and standards
  • Developing or guiding social media and website content where appropriate
  • Arranging media-related visual elements (e.g. photography, videography, broadcasting)
  • Producing media and/ or integrated reports daily, monthly, quarterly, annually and ad hoc, including advice and recommendations
  • Monitoring and reporting live issues and providing strategic advice
  • Proactively identifying media opportunities
  • Maintaining media lists
  • Maintaining the Group spokespersons list and advising spokespersons to improve effectiveness
  • Arranging / supporting / facilitating media training.
    Ensuring alignment with Group strategic themes and narrative across all content
  • Profiling of our capabilities, expertise, and functional prowess and leadership
  • Strategy key media relations services in support of building a universal, cohesive and bold reputation, narrative and story
  • Support corporate communications in proactively shaping a universal cohesive external narrative and story boldly, and visibly
  • Managing and/or working with agency partners on selected projects

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