Responsibilities:

Overall network level responsibilities:

• Manage development of corporate communications strategy of emerging network level business and organisation matters (such as labor related topics, government aids, public affairs topics, network wide commercial news, slot waiver, etc).
• Proactively develops compelling story angles.
• Oversight of operating market communications in connection to network level topics and priorities to ensure key messages cascade down to the core markets.
• Ensures raising the group’s overall profile with the public and investment communities.
• Advocate corporate positions on issues important to the business.
• Manage the team of 3 Comunications Managers.

Market level responsibilities on respective markets:

• Create by market communication strategy and action plan, building on network level directions.
• Arrange press conferences and press releases to promote the group and its services on respective markets.
• Assist production of events’ pre & post production, coordinate activities of external agencies.
• Draft clear and compelling communications materials such as presentations and releases, handle approved press releases.
• Represent the company at trade fairs and media events, act as spokesperson on respective markets.
• Cultivate relationships with key business journalists in national and trade publications on respective markets.
• Ensures that the group maintains positive and beneficial relationships with media
• Pitch stories to media.
• Achieve highest visibility for print, broadcast, TV and online media outlets.
• Coordinate and channel media requests and enquiries in a timely manner

Agency management and reporting (respective markets):

• Identify key media outlets
• Track and measure core media KPIs (reach, sentiment, publications, etc)
• Maintain department archives
• Update contact database
• Develop and maintain country fact sheets
• Manages respective agencies and budget

Knowhow and trends:

• Keep current with marketing trends, innovations, communication techniques and any media regulations
• Update key messages and media FAQs where required
• Update boilerplate, data sheets

Requirements:

• Completed university or college degree
• Minimum 4 years’ work experience in communications, ideally in relation to a customer-focused, fast-paced, high profile industry; experience of the aviation industry beneficial but not essential
• Minimum 3 years of fully fledged corporate communications experience in similar roles, with special attention to corporate communication strategy development, ownership and execution
• Excellent interpersonal, networking and communication skills
• Experience of managing complex projects and aligning large organizations successfully
• Ability to work well under pressure and under short deadlines
• Result-oriented, persistent, has stamina, dependable and consistent
• People management experience
• Proactive, willing to take initiative and shoulder responsibility
• Shows innovation, creativity and good lateral thinking
• Fluency, both written and spoken in English
• Good presentation and communication skills
• Ability to represent the company to a wide range of audiences
• Willingness to travel across and outside Europe up to 50% of the time