Description:
The variety and scope of the role provides an opportunity for your work to be seen by millions of people, across numerous platforms and international events where we bring together those with the most power to drive change.
Your main objective will be to proactively strengthen Climate Group’s profile through our presence in relevant media, ensuring our impact is widely seen and recognised by relevant audiences. You’ll have an ‘always on’ mindset, always looking for opportunities to showcase our vast expertise and impact. You will strengthen Climate Group’s profile and the profiles of our CEO and other spokespeople as key climate influencers. You will be central in the coordination of our media work in our campaigns, as well as overseeing and finetuning our media monitoring and reporting.
The role reports to the Director of Programme and Corporate Comms, in the international Communications team.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Leading and professionalising our media work and strategy, strengthening our relationships with national and international journalists, our media presence, and our impact.
- Strengthening the profile of Climate Group, its CEO, its Board and the wider EMT in media and other strategic profiling opportunities, ensuring we are front and centre of relevant climate debates.
- Persistently looking for media and comms opportunities to drive our profile and policy impact, in close coordination with global comms colleagues.
- Writing speeches, op-eds, social media posts, blogs, podcast content and other thought leadership pieces.
- Monitoring our external impact and reputation and supporting with managing issues.
- Driving original stories and campaigns in an innovative way that works across multiple comms channels, in coordination with colleagues and/or external partners.
- Supporting our external comms work around our flagship events and campaigns, ensuring we are an authoritative and inspiring voice on the challenges and solutions in the climate discussion.
- Working closely with other teams to maximise the impact and engagement of international events such as Climate Week NYC, the US Climate Action Summit and our Asia Action Summit.
About you
Essential:
- A good network in among media and journalists.
- Proven success in developing and delivering impactful, integrated media strategies.
- A creative and innovative approach, constantly seeking new ways to get media coverage and improve the impact, efficiency and effectiveness of our profiling work and campaigns
- A dynamic, flexible and diplomatic professional with the ability to drive through ideas in complex networks.
- An international and ‘always on’ mindset with a good understanding of comms campaigns.
- Experience in media or a press office with a strong network among (international) journalists.
- Able to balance strategic thinking and development with implementing ideas.
Desirable:
- Experience in working with businesses as well as NGOs.
- Experience of working in a global environment.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to multi-task in order to meet deadlines.
- Commitment to the mission of Climate Group and our work.