Total 11 Director/C-Level pr communications job vacancies in Legal / Public / Security category in The United States of America

Ongoing & Non-ongoing for an initial period of up to 12 months, Flexible working arrangements will be considered EL 2 Woden, ACT Location: Woden, ACT Application Closing Date: 22-Apr-2024 ClassificationEL 2 ($141,669 - $168,609)Employment TypeOngoing & Non-ongoing (for an initial period of up to 12 months)This role is being advertised as both ongoing and non-ongoing, with the employment type to be determined in negotiation with the preferred candidate and the NIAA delegate.Where a non-ongoing specified term is offered, this would be for an initial period of up to 12 months, with possibility of extension up to a maximum period of two years. A non-ongoing offer may result in conversion to an ongoing offer of employment, however this must occur within 18 months from the opening date of this advertisement.Flexible WorkFlexible working arrangements will be consideredThe Opportunity The Communications and Media branch supports the Agency in the development and implementation of strategic communications campaigns, media, public affairs,…

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WE are a dynamic, collaborative and extremely talented bunch of storytellers in 20 countries across the globe.

As Account Director you will:

• Conceptualize and implement strategic public relations initiatives for clients
• Have a strong vision, set clear objectives for the team and ensure they are aligned
• Continue to grow the business unit’s revenue by securing new business
• Identify opportunities for new income generation that have a positive impact on REDHILL as a whole
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with media and influential professionals
• Coordinate coverage opportunities and manage crisis communications
• Mentor the team and carry out performance reviews
• Work cross functionally with Operations, HR and Finance to ensure smooth functioning of your unit
• Ensure projects are complete on time and within budget
• Developing, implementing and analysing REDHILL’s strategic growth plans

As Account Director you should have:

• 10+ years’ experience in the field of public relations and communications
• Undergraduate degree or relevant work experience in communications, public relations, business or journalism
• Proven track record in leading new business pitches, and winning new business
• Strong people-management skills with the ability to lead a team
• Understanding and experience in leveraging social media channels
• Proven track record in managing and measuring communication effectiveness.
• Drive to work in a fast-paced, startup environment
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to catch errors
• Excellent writing skills—both technical and creative/promotional proficiency

WE are a dynamic, collaborative and extremely talented bunch of storytellers in 20 countries across the globe.

As Account Director you will:

• Conceptualize and implement strategic public relations initiatives for clients
• Have a strong vision, set clear objectives for the team and ensure they are aligned
• Continue to grow the business unit’s revenue by securing new business
• Identify opportunities for new income generation that have a positive impact on REDHILL as a whole
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with media and influential professionals
• Coordinate coverage opportunities and manage crisis communications
• Mentor the team and carry out performance reviews
• Work cross functionally with Operations, HR and Finance to ensure smooth functioning of your unit
• Ensure projects are complete on time and within budget
• Developing, implementing and analysing REDHILL’s strategic growth plans

As Account Director you should have:

• 10+ years’ experience in the field of public relations and communications
• Undergraduate degree or relevant work experience in communications, public relations, business or journalism
• Proven track record in leading new business pitches, and winning new business
• Strong people-management skills with the ability to lead a team
• Understanding and experience in leveraging social media channels
• Proven track record in managing and measuring communication effectiveness.
• Drive to work in a fast-paced, startup environment
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to catch errors
• Excellent writing skills—both technical and creative/promotional proficiency

• Define the vison for the Malaysia team and help grow the tech practice in the business unit.
• Continue to grow the business unit revenue by securing and negotiating new business and maintaining high client satisfaction.
• Manage and mentor the team including appraisals, performance reviews and trainings.
• Ensure all client work and projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Work closely with the rest of the senior leadership team to develop, implement and analyse the company’s strategic growth plans.
• Take steps to improve bottom line, identify savings and opportunities for new revenue generation.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - PUBLIC RELATIONS

You will be the overall project manager of accounts, responsible for managing consulting personnel, budgets and account profitability. You develop and grow new business and offer strategic contributions to the overall development of PRecious Communications.

Role & Responsibilities:

Account Management

• Oversee and sign-off on all materials and reports for client submission
• Provide senior level oversight for client events and functions
• Serve as account lead, manage client contact and correspondence
• Provide accurate deliverables and budget estimates using the PRecious Communications Estimator for projects & retainers
• Manage and track client deliverables and budgets to prevent over-servicing and ensure account profitability
• Responsible for assembling the “best team” for client project or retainer
• Oversee media monitoring, compilation of media clippings and media pitching
• Manage and resolve any emerging issues around client or budget
• Build and cultivate relationships with the media and influencers
• Brief clients’ spokesperson ahead of interviews

Client Management & Strategy Counsel

• Provide client counsel, proactively build client trust and relationships
• Develop long-term strategic plans / recommendations for clients, ensuring alignment and integration with clients’ marketing and digital strategy and execution
• Develop senior-level client programmes including thought leadership campaigns, key messages and positioning
• Develop relationships with senior-level client contacts
• Position the agency as a strategic partner to the client
• Prepare recommendations to forestall or capitalise on emerging PR or industry issues
• Develop and present issues & crisis comm plans and strategies to clients
• Prepare comms programme or project evaluation reports at appropriate intervals
• Conduct periodic strategic comms programme reviews for clients and recommend adjustments if required
• Conduct media training of clients

Content Management

• Oversee and manage the quality of content development (writing skills, strategy), providing supervision
• Contribute to higher-level content (thought leadership, bylines, case studies, client or media endorsements, white papers, media roundtables, yearly planning, quarterly PR plans)
• Provide final sign-off for content

Team Work & Management

• Live and advocate PRecious Principles
• Mentor Consultant-level members
• Look after professional and emotional welfare of team members and improve team dynamics
• Conduct and improve performance appraisals process
• Recruitment of new talent
• Conduct training and sharing sessions

Business Development & Management

• Identify organic business opportunities from existing clients locally and across countries
• Develop and cultivate leads for new business
• Lead in business development pitches, assemble pitch team, strategize for proposals and presentations
• Coach team members in business development skills
• Oversee new business (financial revenue) pipeline
• Support the MD in charting out business strategies identifying new growth areas and realizing set business goals

Please send your CV in Word format with availability and expected salary.

As a Director, you will be the overall project managers of accounts, responsible for managing consulting personnel, budgets and account profitability. They develop and grow new business in the various industry sectors and offer strategic contributions to the overall development of PRecious Communications.

Key Responsibilities

A a Director, your key job responsibilities are mainly Business Development and Client / Account Management. These are but may not be limited to the following list below.

Business Development

As a Director, being growth-driven and having BD experience is essential as you would need to ensure a good mix of inbound and outbound new business development pipeline (example of 60% inbound leads and 40% outbound leads).

Other BD tasks include:

• Develop and cultivate leads for new business
• Grow existing client business organically
• Lead in business development pitches, assemble pitch team, strategize for proposals and presentations
• Coach team members in business development skills
• Oversee new business (financial revenue) pipeline
• Support the MD in charting out business strategies identifying new growth areas and realizing set business goals
• Lead and improve operational and financial performance of team

Client and Account Management

Strategy and Counsel:

• Position the agency as a strategic partner to clients and prospects
• Provide senior level oversight for client counsel, proactively build client trust and relationships
• Serve as account lead, manage client contact and correspondence
• Develop long-term strategic plans / recommendations for clients, ensuring alignment and integration with clients’ marketing and digital strategy and execution
• Develop senior-level client programmes (campaigns, key messages and positioning)
• Prepare recommendations to forestall or capitalise on emerging PR or industry issues
• Provide accurate deliverables and budget estimates using the PRecious Communications Estimator for projects & retainers
• Responsible for assembling the “best team” for client project or retainer
• Oversee the full work flow of PR-led team from production to output
• Conduct periodic strategic comms programme reviews for clients and recommend adjustments

Strategic Initiatives and Advisory:

• Conduct regular Client discovery session with Clients to address needs of Clients.
• Conduct client briefings as necessary (example: interviews/media-stakeholders sessions)
• Position oneself as industry thought-leader for the agency (e.g. through contributing articles & commentary, engaging industry C-Suite clients
• Develop and present issues & crisis comm plans and strategies to clients
• Conduct media trainings
• Lead strategic initiatives programmes in HQ/regional offices (as the practice develops)

Workflow and Scope Management:

• Manage and track client deliverables and budgets to prevent over-servicing and ensure account profitability
• Responsible for assembling the “best team” for client project or retainer
• Manage and resolve any emerging issues around client or budget
• Build and cultivate relationships with the senior benches of media and influencers

Content Development:

• Oversee and manage the quality of content development (writing skills, strategy), providing supervision
• Oversee and sign-off on all materials and reports for client submission
• Oversee media monitoring, compilation of media clippings and media pitching
• Contribute to higher-level content (thought leadership, bylines, case studies, client or media endorsements, white papers, media roundtables, yearly planning, quarterly PR plans)
• Provide final sign-off for content

People Management / Management of Working Team:

• Live and advocate PRecious Principles
• Offer and help others beyond own scope of work
• Mentor Consultant-level members
• Look after professional and emotional welfare of team members and improve team dynamics
• Conduct and improve performance appraisals process
• Recruitment of new talent
• Proactively improve and further leadership skills, setting and pursuing development goals
• Conduct training and sharing sessions

Requirements

To achieve success in this role, you should meet the following criteria:

• An innovative and creative leader with a minimum of at least 10 years' working experience in a communications environment, of which, 4 years in a leadership/supervisory position.
• Agency experience is essential to the success of this role
• Proven track record of creating and executing PR and brand communications strategies across B2B corporate / start-ups.
• You should have regional APAC experience and an existing network
• Well-connected to local and regional media
• A strong knowledge of social and digital campaigns and a working knowledge of creating integrated campaigns
• You have demonstrated previous success with business development efforts and have successfully drove revenue growth for the firm
• Have great people management skills and the ability to manage a team well

As a Associate Director or Director in Klareco, you will be part of the senior team. You will play an important role in the management and development of the business in addition to providing senior level consultancy. In client work, you will play a leading role in large and complex accounts and you will be active in crisis readiness and response advisory.

You will be integral to the development and management of your clients’ overall communications strategy. You will give strong strategic consultation and generate excelling results for our communication campaigns. You will establish long term and proactive relationships with your clients’, who will trust your responsiveness, the quality of your counsel and your communications expertise.

Leadership qualities you possess will mean that you are able to drive and motivate the account team. Your role will involve managing colleagues in the account teams, mentoring their development and being a source of constructive feedback, ideas and experience.

You will play a crucial role in the team’s future growth through your contribution to our new business process, helping to identify prospective opportunities, representing the agency in new business meeting, and managing the development and delivery of pitches. You will be a valued member of the wider team, contributing strategy and solutions to differentiating our offering in Asia, as well as liaising with other international offices.

Duties and Responsibilities

Business Leadership

· An ambassador for the business

· Plays an important role in leading teams to achieve company goals

· Mentors and facilitates team members to foster excellence in client work and enhance staff development

· Plays a role in attracting and retaining high caliber talent

· Leads internal and marketing initiatives

· Takes a keen interest in the business a whole and fosters team spirit

· Offers inputs outside their own accounts and encourages team cooperation

· Works with colleagues across the Group to enhance Group cooperation

· A strong commercial sense and a driver of efficiency and profitability

· Contributes to the operational aspects of running the business by managing the profitability of a portfolio of accounts

Strategic Counsel/Planning

· A trusted advisor to clients

· Key architect of strategic direction of accounts

· A steady hand in providing strategic counsel and planning

· Able to handle complex issues for clients

Client Relationships

· Well established client relationships at a senior level and starting to build C-level relationships

· Utilises client relationships to lead business retention and business generation

· Confident in dealing even with difficult client relationship issues

· Able to deputise for more senior team members where necessary

Client Servicing

· The driving force on client servicing teams and the main “go-to” contact person on client accounts, including complex and regional work

· A role model for delivering exceptional client service

· Leads client meetings and delivers confident and robust counsel

· Ensures quality of delivery in client work

· Responsive approach to client communication

· Manages client and account team timelines and ensures deadlines are met

· Manages client conflict, expectations and demands

Account and Team Management

· Effective management and motivation of account teams

· The confidence and ability to lead accounts and a source of constructive feedback, ideas and experience

· Supervises, mentors and facilitates junior team members in client work

· Day-to-day responsibility for managing work streams on client accounts

· Strong commercial awareness of the profitability of accounts

· Proven ability to take direction and turn it into successful implementation

Media and Stakeholder Relations

· Strong understanding of relevant stakeholder/media/analyst contacts

· Leverages on a broad network of stakeholder/media/analyst contacts, including at a senior level, to achieve exceptional results

· A track record of confidently handling even challenging stakeholders/difficult reporters confidently

Content

· Provides vision and supervision in the creation of high-quality content

· Provides a clear lead in the planning and creation of high-quality content for clients

· Displays creativity and flair in content development

· Supervises junior team members and develops their excellence in content creation

· Strong attention to detail in written work

New Business

· Leads new business development initiatives

· Plays a leading role in business development and lead generation by effectively leveraging on a broad network of stakeholder contacts

· Gives vision and direction in the development and completion of proposals

· Plays an active role in contract negotiations

· Keen interest and active involvement in identifying and converting new business opportunities

· Main coordinator and facilitator (or “pen-holder”) in the development and completion of proposals

· Plays an active, and sometimes leading role in new business pitches and presentations

Skills, Experience and Behaviors

· Typically, 8 + years of experience in communications or a related industry or area

· A champion for Klareco who lives out the Klareco values in work and the workplace

· A strong leader who takes responsibility and leads by example

· A motivator who can inspire and manage team members to achieve results for clients

· A positive outlook, problem solver and solution-finder

· Able to adapt quickly and embrace change

· Entrepreneurial in spirit, self-motivated and creative

· Bold in counsel and brave in decision making

· Takes responsibility and ownership for delivering results

· Embraces diversity of background, ideas and experience

· A guardian of quality and a strong commitment to ensuring excellence

· The skills and confidence to develop and maintain professional relationships

· Able to think and plan strategically

· A growing aptitude for understanding and tackling complex issues

· Creative and innovative in approach

· Effective at influencing and persuading to achieve results

· A strong team player who recognises the importance of collective responsibility in a team

· Able to multi-task and effectively prioritise individual and team workloads

· Candidates with lesser experience will be considered as Associate Director/Senior Consultant

• Define the vison for the Malaysia team and help grow the tech practice in the business unit.
• Continue to grow the business unit revenue by securing and negotiating new business and maintaining high client satisfaction.
• Manage and mentor the team including appraisals, performance reviews and trainings.
• Ensure all client work and projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Work closely with the rest of the senior leadership team to develop, implement and analyse the company’s strategic growth plans.
• Take steps to improve bottom line, identify savings and opportunities for new revenue generation.

WEare a dynamic, collaborative and extremely talented bunch of storytellers in 20 countries across the globe.

As Account Director you will:

· Conceptualize and implement strategic public relations initiatives for clients

· Have a strong vision, set clear objectives for the team and ensure they are aligned

· Continue to grow the business unit’s revenue by securing new business

· Identify opportunities for new income generation that have a positive impact on REDHILL as a whole

· Cultivate and maintain relationships with media and influential professionals

· Coordinate coverage opportunities and manage crisis communications

· Mentor the team and carry out performance reviews

· Work cross functionally with Operations, HR and Finance to ensure smooth functioning of your unit

· Ensure projects are complete on time and within budget

· Developing, implementing and analysing REDHILL’s strategic growth plans

As Account Director you should have:

· 10+ years’ experience in the field of public relations and communications

· Undergraduate degree or relevant work experience in communications, public relations, business or journalism

· Proven track record in leading new business pitches, and winning new business

· Strong people-management skills with the ability to lead a team

· Understanding and experience in leveraging social media channels

· Proven track record in managing and measuring communication effectiveness.

· Drive to work in a fast-paced, startup environment

· Strong attention to detail with the ability to catch errors

· Excellent writing skills—both technical and creative/promotional proficiency

Your responsibilities should you choose to accept:

· Identify opportunities for new income generation that have a positive impact on REDHILL as a whole.

· Manage a portfolio of local and regional accounts in the corporate, healthcare and education spaces, ensuring the projects are well managed and client expectations are met and surpassed.

· Strategically plan comms rollouts for existing clients and leverage a variety of communications tactics to reach target audiences. (Planning and executing communications strategies for owned and earned content).

· Coordinate coverage opportunities and manage crisis communications.

· Ensure projects are complete on time and within budget.

· Build up a roster of new clients in the Corporate, Healthcare and Education spaces.

· Develop new business proposals, including strategy definition and creative ideation.

· Be involved in pitching presentations engaging directly with prospective clients.

· Mentor the team and carry out performance reviews.

· Enjoy the networking opportunities generated by the agency and its industry connections, as well as seeking out proactive new business opportunities.

· Cultivate strong relationships with, and build a network of key media, spokespeople and

· influencers (in Singapore and across the APAC region).

· Act as point of contact for clients on day-to-day activation e.g. reviewing, securing approvals and monitoring work progress.

· Keep an eye on the latest industry news and developing and sustaining a deep understanding of the client's ecosystem and trends impacting its sector.

· Manage and mentor junior team members, flag team skillset gaps and hiring requirements with the pipeline of new business in mind.

· Maintain timelines and ensure delivery of key milestones including presentations, approvals, and production.

· Planning, editing, and writing content for a variety of external and internal communications channels.

· Immersing yourself in all thingsmedia – from the latest movers and shakers to monitoring the daily news agenda.

As Senior Account Director you should have:

· 12+ years’ experience in the field of public relations and integrated communications

· Undergraduate degree or relevant work experience in communications, public relations, business or journalism

· Proven track record in leading new business pitches and winning new business.

· Strong people-management skills with the ability to lead a team.

· Strong organisation and time management skills, with the ability to juggle several projects and tasks simultaneously while consistently delivering high quality work

· Solid written and verbal communication skills

· Excellent attention to detail, with a process driven approach

· Able to effectively manage a team

· Proven track record of new business development

· Proven track record of effective management of several accounts

As Account Director you will:

· Conceptualize and implement strategic public relations initiatives for clients

· Have a strong vision, set clear objectives for the team and ensure they are aligned

· Continue to grow the business unit’s revenue by securing new business

· Identify opportunities for new income generation that have a positive impact on REDHILL as a whole

· Cultivate and maintain relationships with media and influential professionals

· Coordinate coverage opportunities and manage crisis communications

· Mentor the team and carry out performance reviews

· Work cross functionally with Operations, HR and Finance to ensure smooth functioning of your unit

· Ensure projects are complete on time and within budget

· Developing, implementing and analysing REDHILL’s strategic growth plans

As Account Director you should have:

· 10+ years’ experience in the field of public relations and communications

· Undergraduate degree or relevant work experience in communications, public relations, business or journalism

· Proven track record in leading new business pitches, and winning new business

· Strong people-management skills with the ability to lead a team

· Understanding and experience in leveraging social media channels

· Proven track record in managing and measuring communication effectiveness.

· Drive to work in a fast-paced, startup environment

· Strong attention to detail with the ability to catch errors

· Excellent writing skills—both technical and creative/promotional proficiency