Communications Specialist

Communications Specialist

Job Name                                      Media Relations – Corporate Communications   

Level                                               Specialist – CL9

Workforce                                    Enterprise

Skill Track (Organization)       Media Relations

Sub Organization                       The Agency

Location                                                  India

Role of the Agency Team

The Agency team supports all of Accenture media relations – across geographies, industries, functions and strategy and insights. Specialists on the team tell the Accenture story through multiple lenses and formats to help the company strengthen and advance its impact and growth in the marketplace. By helping develop content and pitching news stories, the specialist helps advance Marketing + Communications’ goals and serves as stewards of the highest editorial standards.

Position Description

The Media Relations Corporate Communications person helps promote, protect, and defend the Accenture brand in Asia-Pacific, including Japan.

The candidate is a highly motivated media relations professional with impeccable writing skills and a detail-oriented, proactive team player who possesses exemplary judgment and an ability to turn abstract and complicated issues and information into simple and powerful narratives. 

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Asia-Pacific team members, client engagement teams and other relevant parties, including clients, as appropriate to shape ideas and narratives that align with Accenture’s strategic messages and themes.
• Develop, write and edit a wide variety of materials, including talking points for interviews, articles and news releases for the region.
• Collaborate with global media leads, industry marketing, client executives and other relevant parties to help develop content and lead timely responses to media requests.
• Manage and develop professional working relationships with key journalists and client peers.
• Interview subject matter experts and others from across services, corporate functions, and global programs to inform messaging and editorial.
• Translate technical language to clear and accessible copy.
• Monitor the competitive landscape for media mentions and share of voice, applying this knowledge to improve Accenture’s overall position in the industry.
• Support and inform strategies for corporate reputation, citizenship and positioning, as well as inclusion, diversity and equality.
• Uphold highest editorials standards and ensure application of Accenture style guide.

Preferred Experience

• Four to six years of communications and/or writing experience.
• Experience in a large global enterprise strongly preferred.
• Experience in communicating complex information, as well as developing compelling external messages.

Preferred Skills

• Exceptional writing, editing and oral communications skills – ability to produce compelling content to achieve desired results.
• Experience with media relations around brand, marketing, or journalism.
• Japanese language skills
• Maintain a consistent level of high quality across all written work.
• Knowledge of core marketing communications and editorial essentials, including strategic message development, executive communications and AP style writing.
• Track record of conceiving, writing, and coordinating external messaging, including talking points, news releases, video and audio content, social media and content creation for external events with multiple speakers.
• Strong strategic, analytical thinking skills, with demonstrated excellence in creating and articulating positions.
• Strong organizational skills, with ability to successfully manage multiple assignments simultaneously while collaborating with a team of marketing and communications professionals, including contractors and third-party vendors.
• Proven track record of ghostwriting for voice and priorities.
• Able to meet tight deadlines and adapt to changing timelines.
• Able to work effectively – and at speed – across functional and geographic groups.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting, either military or civilian.

Considerations

•         Flexibility to accommodate pre-scheduled global meetings, across all geographies.