Contract / Full-time

Freelance role / 10-20 hours a week

Job purpose

eWavelength works with their clients to drive awareness of the client’s brand through PR and other communication techniques.

Developing a Brand, Communications and PR strategy to support the brand ethos. The eWavelength team and PR Account managers, work alongside the clients’ marketing, digital and social media teams to deliver a holistic plan and increase brand awareness for the company on a global scale.

OPERATIONAL

PR Projects at eWavelength involve the following :

Weekly tasks - key focus of role - 10-20 hrs a month

write press releases

Edit and review with Stakeholders

Strong Client management skills is vital

Develop strong stakeholder relationships across the business.

Coordination of Google ads and website updates as part of overall communications required to support PR.

Prepare monthly reports for PR - showing value produced and clippings

Responsible for Communications to International Press for events

Must have a large network of contacts across GCC to sell stories to

PR Contacts with and the rest of the world also highly beneficial

Website updates

Manage website updates as well as PR

Likely to be required to write text for website and social media as well and work with IT team to get events information published on website

Monthly support tasks

Support with on strategy development, content creation, and PR strategy.

Understand how to deal with crisis management for events

Demonstrate excellent communication and copywriting skills.

Once every 6 months Survey the competitors and their strategies and promotions.

Create content for press releases

If requested support with website blogs, e-newsletters, and all communication touch points.

Ad hoc Support

Support events aligned with PR content.

Be present at evening events and assist onsite

Manage press inquiries and interview requests

Crisis management - present solutions in times of PR crisis.

Track media coverage and social media mentions and communicate results to team.

Responsible for media relations programs throughout the Globe and GCC

Management of communications strategy and stories for events

Communications to International Press for events

Define advertising budget to build awareness for advertorials / conferences where needed.

Recommend ideas for the leadership team as part of brand building

Monthly PR Management

Monthly PR Management

Promote Stories to International Press

Reporting

Daily Monitoring Report

Provide a daily report of media updates and coverage for the media campaigns that will be initiated.

Weekly status meeting

Minimum Experience

Experience of running Communications and PR strategy plans across fast-paced brands.

Educational Qualifications

BA degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications or a related discipline.

Minimum of 3-5 years of work experience in communications and public relations leading successful campaigns.

Established relationships with both GCC and national business and industry media outlets.

Exceptional writing, communication and editing skills.

Must communicate case studies of PR

Experience with PR and Social Media publishing tools

Experience with social media including blogs, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Experience in corporate communications, and project management a plus.

Technical Knowledge

Added benefit but not a requirement : Experience with Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and knowledge of search Engine Optimization (SEO) is an advantage

Strong PR background

Digital and social media knowledge.

Strong communication skills.

Excellent communicator and strong copywriting skills across various digital and social channels.

Excellent project management skills.

Strong relationship management skills with Internal and External stakeholders.

Strong industry relationships.

High attention to detail.

Liaising with media agencies, working collaboratively to deliver Communication and PR strategy plans.

Ability to work under tight deadlines.

Other Requirements

Demonstrated experience creating, implementing and monitoring Communication and PR campaigns.

Weekly reporting on brand PR mentions across various channels.

Ability to work with multicultural teams in a professional manner.

PowerPoint and Excel.

Language

English spoken and written important

Arabic - spoken and written an advantage