Communications Executive, 6 month FTC at Euromonitor International

What you’ll be doing:

• Execute media strategies for campaigns, events, products and announcements with a focus on key markets in the Middle East, Africa and India (MEAI);
• Enhance the organisation’s presence in the MEAI with a multi-faceted approach to PR, combining digital and traditional practices;
• Explore proactive and reactive press coverage opportunities for the company;
• Align with global press office team by collaborating on reactive press enquiries by working with journalists worldwide depending on location of spokespersons, press, availability of staff, etc.;
• Work closely with sales and research colleagues to drive timely publicity and organic media activities;
• Deal with media requests from trade, national and global press in a timely fashion;
• Conceive and draft written collateral, including press releases and media briefings;
• Work with global communications team to report on performance;
• Align with research, product, events, content and editorial calendars to develop a pipeline of stories and execute communications on commercially relevant topics;
• Ad hoc tasks as requested by marketing-communications leadership across global and regional activities.

What you’ll need:

• Minimum of 2 years experience in a communications, PR, media relations role (in-house or agency) or journalism;
• Familiarity with media databases and PR tools;
• Efficiency in copywriting, editing and proofreading;
• Comfortable with media monitoring and reporting on results to senior staff;
• Awareness of PR best practices.
• Fluent English;
• Strong writing and proofreading skills, with a knack for storytelling; 
• Ability to build strong relationships with key people and media; 
• Self-motivated with initiative and enjoys working within a commercial environment; 
• Strong sense of accountability and attention to detail; 
• Ability to work well as a team and independently.