Senior Manager: Communication and Media

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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