Senior English Writer

Founded in ‎1984, APCO Worldwide is an award-winning, independently owned
global communication and business strategy firm with offices in major cities
throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. APCO
combines a global perspective with local expertise to help clients around the
world manage challenges, opportunities, perceptions and reputations. APCO
clients include corporations and governments; industry associations and
nonprofit organizations; and six of the top ‎10 companies on the Fortune ‎500.
The firm is a majority women-owned business.
The role
As a writer you will have a comprehensive knowledge of corporate and media-
related communications, as well as digital and social media communications
opportunities. You will act as a final quality control check for all
communication materials including - but not limited to - press releases, media
invites, opinion editorials, speeches, talking points and digital copy before
they are disseminated to the media and/or published on client channels.
Joining us at the start of a major project, the writer will be a responsive,
responsible and authoritative self-starter who can write original, compelling
content across all platforms and, vitally, contribute across the project
management team with coherent strategic inputs.
Primary Responsibilities
* Assist various client teams in writing news releases, media invites, Q&As, speeches, features, bios and other communication material such as corporate/business presentations in PPT or other such software
* Review, edit and rewrite all written material (to include traditional, digital, and social media content) as required by team members
* Ability to understand the requirements of various teams and convey the client's key messages adequately and appropriately through effective use of language
* Support teams by providing error-free media-worthy material
* Consult and guide client-handling teams on matters related to media requests
* Interact with team members and support them in building accurate communication measures
* Efficiently manage deadline-oriented workflow of releases, invites and requests from various team members on a daily basis
* Contribute to the development of new concepts, techniques or ideas at brainstorming sessions
* Support the project manager in ensuring that resources are in place to cover delivery of all written deliverables
Requirements
* Ideally, a Bachelor's/Master's degree in English, Literature/Journalism/Communications
* ‎6-‎8 years' of experience in communications, public relations or journalism, or equivalent work experience
* Previous experience as a member of a corporate communications team preferred but not required
* Excellent grammar, editing, writing and re-writing skills;
* A wordsmith who can provide error-free editorial content that is media-ready
* Ability to recognize the key messages of clients and offer effective ways to convey them to the relevant target audience
* Capable of rapidly handling industry-specific research to add value to the editorial content and other communication materials for the teams
* Completely thorough with local, regional and global current-affairs
* Quick with computers especially skilled in MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
* Proficiency in English, Mother Tongue fluency
Work Conditions
* The physical abilities needed to perform the duties of this position, in addition to the office climate:
* Office environment is general office setting
* Some travel may be required
* Must reside in Riyadh or be willing to relocate
* Willing to work additional or irregular hours as needed and allowed by local regulation
About APCO in the Middle East and North Africa
Home to some of the fastest growing economies in the world, the Middle East
and North Africa region has a pivotal role to play in driving global
conversations - from environmental policies to religion and pop culture. The
UAE and Saudi Arabia are clear leaders in this equation, although the wave of
innovation continues to transcend borders.
APCO launched its regional operations in ‎2006 in Dubai. Growing from a team of
less than ‎10 consultants, APCO today has over ‎200 people from ‎26 countries
working in teams across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Manama and Kuwait and our
projects take us to countries across the region and the Levant. APCO was
awarded Best Agency in the Middle East by PRWeek in ‎2019 and Best Agency to
Work for: EMEA Network by PRovoke Media in ‎2017 and ‎2019.
With a portfolio of over ‎100 clients, APCO's MENA offices deliver public
relations and digital communication support across health, food, consumer &
retail, finance, technology, real estate & hospitality, non-profit and public
affairs practices. The region also offers specialized services, created for
the Middle East, such as our Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model and our
Compass and License to Operate offerings.
In addition, APCO's global AI Comms Lab, a first-of-its-kind innovation center
which utilizes artificial intelligence to build and protect the reputations of
major global brands, governments and organizations is driven from the Dubai
office.
From helping governments connect with the private sector and civil society, to
supporting the Pope's historic visit to the region and launching iconic brands
and destinations, we understand the nuances of the MENA region and pride
ourselves on making an impact.