Communications Director at Bridge International

What You Will Do

• Utilize cross functional approach to align corporate and marketing messaging and engagement.
• Influence organization’s brand positioning and engagement through cross functional coordination and cooperation.
• Allocate importance to organization’s business wide content from time to time and derive maximum exposure from finite internal and external media space/platforms.
• Be the go–to person for the media and develop strong relationships with key Technology, Education, Development and Business media.
• Lead conceptualization and production of digital, media and other relevant content.
• Assist with strategic direction, and oversight for internal and external communications planning, digital and media management, media advocacy, specific issue and crisis management
• Develop strong cross functional relationships and influence in all external facing Departments/Groups to ensure consistency of communication and information.
• Co-own internal /external communication and engagement with critical stakeholders across the organization.
• Proactively identify critical opportunities to direct/own organization’s narrative thereby averting public relations crises and building goodwill for the organization.
• Suggest alteration of strategy and tactical actions when relevant.
• Maximize efficiency of Corporate Communications budgets and media influence.
• Adapt Organization’s shared services Corporate Communications Strategy to work effectively within local context.
• Develop and implement territory specific Corporate Communications Strategy in conjunction with Organization’s Shared Services Corporate Communications Strategy.
• Provide local context and input to the Shared Services team’s development of the overall organization’s Corporate Communication Strategy.
• Analyze and measure results of communications initiatives.