Senior Communications Advisor

About

Together with the Senior Communications Manager you'll ensure this employer earns high quality, positive media coverage across all of their verticals and be seen as a media expert and approachable, trusted advisor in the business.

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You'll have the best time working here, and this is why:

#Flexible

Flexibility means different things to different people and they support you to find what works, including a home office set up and utilities allowance.

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#Wellness

Being your best self means caring for your physical and mental wellbeing, they offer lots of resources to help you along the way.

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#Leave

They support you with leave when you need it, including 5 days of wellness leave each year and 10 days of sick leave from day 1.

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#Social

Nothing beats getting together to have some fun and celebrating success. Join this employer in the office on payday for free lunches, regular Friday drinks and nibbles, annual company awards, celebrations and more.

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#Learning

Whether it's on the job, formal training, mentoring or something else, you'll grow from day 1.

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Here's what you can expect from this role:

* Find innovative ways of generating positive publicity

* Field media enquiries as the first point of contact, and source responses for reporters

* Deliver high-quality comms-related advice & collateral, including releases, Q&A preparation and comprehensive comms plans

* Collaborate and build strong relationships across the company to deliver timely, accurate and compelling communications collateral

* Identify issues and risk, coming up with solutions to mitigate where possible

* Build and maintain a strong network of media contacts

* Run point on campaigns and big pieces of work

* Work to deadlines for regular media releases and maximise media coverage for these

* Media train spokespeople

* Front media on behalf of the company

* Drive media analysis tools

* Be comfortable working with data and comfortable sniffing out a story within the numbers

* Some on-call and out-of-hours work

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What you will bring to the team:

Experience

* 5+ years experience in a similar corporate communications role

* Tertiary qualification related to marketing, public relations or communications

* Strong media relations experience within Aotearoa

* Agency experience would be a bonusCompetencies

* Solid understanding of the media landscape in Aotearoa and a strong network of contacts

* Initiative - able to identify opportunities, risks and issues and jump on them

* Excellent attention to detail

* Ability to deal with ambiguity and thrive in a fast paced environment where no day is the same

* Confident with analysing and interpreting data

* Excellent writing and copy skills

* Commercially minded

* Flexibility and adaptability

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They know some candidates can be reluctant to apply for roles if they feel they don't 'tick all the boxes'. If you're excited about this opportunity, make sure to contact your job search specialist!

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This employer is an INZ accredited employer. They truly value diversity and embrace a flexible workplace where people are encouraged to achieve their potential.