Job Description

Are you a Public Relations Manager with previous financial services and writing experience as a journalist? We have a terrific job opportunity for a dynamic, Senior Public Relations Manager at a leading financial services company's Cape Town HQ.

We're looking for a candidate with strong writing experience as this makes up a large part of the job. While this exciting senior role is very hands on, you won't need to manage a team.

If you are financially astute and passionate about writing for this sector, get in touch today, we'd love to see your portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining PR governance processes
• Quality communication content and applying plain language principles
• Writing and copy checking internal and external content and articles
• Identifying and capitalising on opportunities to reinforce company culture and values
• Positively profile Marketing within business and promotion of positive team dynamics
• PR support to internal marketing campaigns/social media contact
• Ad hoc short-term support to Marketing team
• Liaising with various stakeholders within the business (Management, advisers, operational support departments)
• PR agency management, producing and editing content, providing support to media and company Spokespeople
• Maximising communications content: Promote reuse of existing content
• Liaising with company staff internally to facilitate comment where needed/draft holding statements and responses
• Review PR strategy and tailor approach as needed
• Facilitating and setting up media training

Requirements

The successful candidate must have/be:

• Completed relevant Communications and PR Degree
• 5 -7 years relevant communication and journalism work experience (financial industry essential)
• Proficient in both spoken and written English and at least one other of the official South African languages
• Computer literacy (MS Office)
• Communication: Oral and written
• Consistency and attention-to-detail
• Ability to exercise sound judgement in line with overall marketing strategy
• Discernment/judgement
• Drive for results
• Resilience, working under pressure and prioritisation
• Ability to build internal and external relationships.

Please submit a relevant writing & PR portfolio along with your CV on application.

Should you not receive a response within one week, please consider your application unsuccessful.

VGP Recruitment