Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, or a related field. A postgraduate qualification is an added advantage.
Minimum 7 years of progressive experience in corporate communications, public relations or integrated communications.
Demonstrated experience managing communications and PR agencies as a client-side counterpart, including briefing, scope management, quality control and performance oversight.
Demonstrated experience managing digital and social media for a corporate brand, including platform analytics and reputation monitoring.
Hands-on event management experience, including high-profile corporate or government-facing events.
Experience working with both local and international PR agencies is required.
Outstanding written and verbal communication in English; ability to write across registers from regulatory submissions to social posts.
Sharp news sense and instinctive understanding of audience, channel and timing.
Strong project and event management discipline; able to manage multiple workstreams concurrently under deadline pressure.
Comfortable working with senior leadership and capable of producing executive-grade outputs with minimal rework.
Calm, composed and reliable under crisis or high-stakes conditions.
Strong client-side agency management skills; able to brief, direct, review and hold agencies accountable to scope and quality.
Discreet and trustworthy with sensitive information.
Strong digital and analytics fluency, including platform-native content thinking and performance measurement.
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