Communications Specialist at Old Mutual South Africa

Job Description

A vacancy has arisen for a Communication Specialist within OMIG Marketing. The individual will be responsible for implementing the communications strategy across OMIG, with a special focus on written investments communication.

Key Result Areas

• Implement the OMIG communications strategy across various channels: clients, intermediaries, and media
• Responsible for the quality of investment communications content with a special focus on written communication
• End to end production of OMIG’s flagship publications, across all channels
• Drive thought leadership across OMIG’s communications platforms
• Helping to develop client communication strategies for OMIG funds
• Ensuring that OMIG has quality material, to communicate effectively with clients, intermediaries and the media
• Ensuring that a consistent OMIG language style is conveyed through all communications
• Continually enhancing and upgrading our communications material
• Ensuring brand adherence to the overall OMIG brand
• Partnering with client teams to find innovative ways of communicating with OMIG clients

Requirements: Skills, Qualifications and Experience required

• A relevant tertiary qualification
• A strong understanding of the investment management industry
• An individual with at least 8 years of related experience
• Ability to understand and simplify technical investment content for the relevant audience
• Exceptional communication, editing and writing skills
• Proven experience with investments communication
• Ability to interact comfortably at all levels of the business
• The ability to build relationships at a senior level internally within OMIG
• The ability to be proactive, self-managed and able to prioritise a wide number of tasks to develop overall objectives
• A team player with a collaborative, enthusiastic and supportive approach
• The ability to work to tight deadlines

Competencies

• Strong strategic thinker
• Exceptional and proven communication, editing and writing skills
• A flexible and open mind when dealing with people
• Engaging style
• Attention to detail is a necessity
• Process oriented
• Strong people skills, to be able to interact at all levels and facilitate the delivery of decisions
• Good initiative
• Strong action-orientated person
• Planning and organising

Skills

Education

Closing Date

19 November 2022