English Content Strategist

The English Content Strategist's role is an integral part of strategic
communications. As well as being an excellent writer of long- and short-form
content, the candidate will have excellent client management skills and have a
holistic understanding of communications, PR, digital and social media.
Content capabilities must include, but are not limited to - drafting opinion
editorials, crafting narrative and developing cut-through messaging, drafting
keynote speeches, high-level talking points, press releases, as well as having
an eye for attention grabbing copywriting. Joining us at the start of a major
project, the English Content Strategist will be a responsive, responsible, and
motivated self-starter who can formulate communications in collaboration with
various project steams, as well as design, develop and deliver compelling
content strategies for a range of platforms, and have the management skills to
implement them.
Primary Duties and 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
* Write press releases and statements
* Write official speeches for conferences and meetings
* Write Op-eds for the minister and other officials
* Prepare media plans and specialized campaigns
* Assess Media Opportunity including Interviews & Commentary
* Review the content of social media platforms
* Review the content of the Ministry's publications - "Rare"
* 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
* 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
Ad Hocs Assignment/reports:
As per the Direct Manager's requests
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Competencies
* Client relationship skills
* Research skills
Excellent grammar, editing, writing and re-writing skills;
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Requirements
* Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Literature/Journalism/Communications
* A minimum of ‎5 years of relevant experience in a consulting firm, corporation, diplomatic post or media role
* Fluent in English (Mother tongue fluency)
* Proficiency is providing error-free releases/invites that can be accepted by the media
* Ability to recognize the key messages of clients and offer effective ways to forcefully convey those messages
* Capable of rapidly handling industry-specific research to add value to the releases and other communication material for the teams
* Completely thorough with local, regional and global current-affairs
Quick with computers especially skilled in MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Outlook
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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, either at Employer's office or client's office
* Some travel will be required
* Willing to work additional or irregular hours, including nights and weekends, as needed