Job Vacancies at BURN

About the Role

BURN is looking for a Junior Communications Officer who will be responsible for executing effective communication strategies that promote and protect the reputation of the organization.

They will work closely with the Head of Communications to create messaging that enhances the company's brand, supports the Communication initiatives, and ensures that all external communication is aligned with the organization's goals and values.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Execute corporate communication strategies that promote and protect the organization's reputation.
• Content development for external communication, including press releases, speeches, and other materials that enhance the organization's brand and promote its values.
• Create and maintain relationships with media outlets and journalists to ensure that the organization's message is accurately and positively portrayed in the media.
• Respond to media inquiries and perform media outreach to achieve brand placement in publications.
• Collaborate with internal teams to identify and craft messages that are aligned with the company's vision, mission, and values.
• Monitor and analyse industry trends and best practices to ensure that the organization's corporate communication strategies remain innovative and effective.
• Develop and manage employee feedback mechanisms and surveys to gather insights and measure the effectiveness of external communication strategies.
• Support the team in managing corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives and programs that align with the organization's values and enhance its reputation.
• Ensure all communications are consistent, accurate, and aligned with the company's tone of voice and messaging guidelines.

Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, Public Relations, Marketing, Advertising, Social Studies or a related field.
• 1-2 years of experience in communications, public relations, or related roles preferably in PR agency.
• Must possess exceptional writing skills and be able to compose engaging and accurate content that resonates with external audiences.
• Should be able to speak confidently in meetings and public forums.
• Great personality with the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams and departments.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Knowledge of best practices in corporate communication, crisis management, and media relations.
• Able to work well independently and with a team.
• Understand the best practices of main social media channels including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.
• Must be resourceful and take initiative even when given minimal direction.

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About the role

BURN is hiring a Director of Customer Obsession to be our internal customer champion, driving customer-centricity at each level of the company. This role will both work collaboratively with and constructively challenge key stakeholders across departments, to ensure the voice and needs of the customer is represented in our strategy and operations across multiple markets.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Customer pulse: Map out what matters most to BURN Customers and their pain points. Implement robust customer feedback mechanisms, such as surveys, interviews, focus groups, etc. to gather insights and drive data-driven decision-making.
• Customer obsession assessment: Map the level of customer obsession/centricity/focus across BURN i.e. customer touchpoints, existing gaps per department etc.
• Performance tracking: Define customer obsession KPIs (customer-focused and business-focused) and matrices to be tracked with a scheduled cadence.
• Strategy: Develop and implement a customer obsession framework for BURN, cascading it to each department, and securing buy-in across the company.
• Implementation: Communicate the importance of the customer obsession initiative, tangible deliverables and measures of success, rewards, and consequences. Manage cross-functional projects needed to implement the customer-obsession strategy. 
• Customer champion: Represent and advocate for the voice of the customer in BURN, ensuring the customer experience is prioritized across strategy and operations at each step.
• Internal customer training: Develop and deliver training programs to educate employees at all levels about the importance of customer obsession and empower them to deliver exceptional customer experiences.
• Stakeholder management: Identify and coordinate relevant stakeholders to ensure the achievement of customer obsession goals – this includes forming a steering committee, setting a regular meeting cadence etc. to ensure the progression and achievement of goals.
• Champion innovative thinking: Develop and implement innovative approaches to providing customers with a top-tier experience at every touchpoint.
• Industry Trends: Stay abreast of industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in customer experience management, and leverage insights to continuously elevate our approach to customer obsession.

Skills and Experience:

• 8+ years of senior managerial experience, preferably in customer experience design or operations. Multi-national experience is preferred.
• Proven ability to design customer experience initiatives and integrate them into existing business operations.
• Exceptional project management skills, able to collaborate with cross-functional teams, across multiple markets to achieve common goals.
• Experience in a fast-growing B2C operation is preferred. Pay-go experience would be a plus.
• Strong data and analytics skills – able to design customer feedback collection initiatives and processes, distil insights and present this to stakeholders for decision-making and buy-in.