Communications Manager at Thomas International South Africa

Job Description

• Develop a corporate communication (internal and external) strategy
• Responsible for drafting internal communication content, defining news worthy stories, and driving internal campaigns
• Lead external communications by developing and placing relevant business content on thought leadership and corporate announcements
• Ensure consistency of corporate messages in marketing related collateral
• Leads and provides strategic direction on multiple projects simultaneously. Interfaces with all levels of management.
• Takes leadership in developing and implementing internal/employee and external communications plans for wide range of clients to support business and strategic goals

Thomson Reuters provides professionals with the intelligence, technology and human expertise they need to find trusted answers. We enable professionals in the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, and media markets to make the decisions that matter most, all powered by the world's most trusted news organization.

Qualifications

• Superior oral and written communications and journalistic skills with ability to build relationships as a trusted advisor with leaders/managers.
• Ability to understand, define, and write newsworthy stories
• Preferable to have had a journalistic experience or a PR agency experience
• Has a solid media network in East and West Africa
• Understands the media landscape in Sub Saharan Africa
• Ability to handle sensitive/confidential information.
• Ability to build network of sources and thrive in a highly matrixed organization.
• Computer proficiency in basic applications.
• Conversant in and able to use advanced media and various communication platforms (i.e. Newsweaver, social media, etc)
• Ability to work in a team environment across business areas.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, focused, objective, effective and concentrated under pressure.
• Innovative – ability to propose effective, original solutions.
• Strong attention to detail – ensures accuracy of communications.
• Skilled at planning, project management, time management, communicating, decision-making, presentations and human and organizational relations.
• Must have extensive knowledge and skills gained through wide-ranging experiences within the Communications field that require diverse practices or procedures.
• Is recognized as a Communications expert within own area/geography and has developed depth or breadth of complex functional knowledge in own area.
• Has a good understanding of industry issues and business trends.
• Makes decisions guided by policies in nonstandard situations.
• Anticipates customer needs; assesses requirements and identifies new solutions.
• Generally free to determine work priorities based on general direction from managers

At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one – collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 50,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Bring your ambition to make a difference. We’ll bring a world of opportunities.