Job Description

| Job title | PR Account Manager |
| Department | Marketing | Reports to | Client |
| Location | Bahrain | Contract/Full-time | Freelance role/ 10-20 hours a week | | Job purpose |
| eWavelength works with their clients to drive awareness of the client's brand through PR and other communication techniques. Developing a Brand, Communications and PR strategy to support the brand ethos. The eWavelength team and PR Account managers, work alongside the clients' marketing, digital and social media teams to deliver a holistic plan and increase brand awareness for the company on a global scale. | | OPERATIONAL |
| 1. | PR Projects at eWavelength involve the following: Weekly tasks - key focus of role - 10-20 hrs a month

• Develop PR plan

• write press releases

• Edit and review with Stakeholders

• Strong Client management skills is vital

• Develop strong stakeholder relationships across the business.

• Coordination of Google ads and website updates as part of overall communications required to support PR.

• Prepare monthly reports for PR - showing value produced and clippings

• Responsible for Communications to International Press for events

• Must have a large network of contacts across GCC to sell stories to

• PR Contacts with and the rest of the world also highly beneficial

Website updates

• Manage website updates as well as PR

• Likely to be required to write text for website and social media as well and work with IT team to get events information published on website

Monthly support tasks

• Support with on strategy development, content creation, and PR strategy.

• Understand how to deal with crisis management for events

• Demonstrate excellent communication and copywriting skills.

• Once every 6 months Survey the competitors and their strategies and promotions.

• Create content for press releases

• If requested support with website blogs, e-newsletters, and all communication touch points.

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| 2. | Ad hoc Support

• Support events aligned with PR content.

• Be present at evening events and assist onsite

• Manage press inquiries and interview requests

• Crisis management - present solutions in times of PR crisis.

• Track media coverage and social media mentions and communicate results to team.

• Responsible for media relations programs throughout the Globe and GCC

• Management of communications strategy and stories for events

• Communications to International Press for events

• Define advertising budget to build awareness for advertorials/conferences where needed.

• Recommend ideas for the leadership team as part of brand building

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| 3. | Monthly PR Management

• Monthly PR Management

• Promote Stories to International Press

• Reporting

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| 4. | Daily Monitoring Report

• Provide a daily report of media updates and coverage for the media campaigns that will be initiated.

• Weekly status meeting

• Monthly reports

| | Person Specification |
| Minimum Experience |

• Experience of running Communications and PR strategy plans across fast-paced brands.

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| Educational Qualifications |

• BA degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications or a related discipline.

• Minimum of 3-5 years of work experience in communications and public relations leading successful campaigns.

• Established relationships with both GCC and national business and industry media outlets.

• Exceptional writing, communication and editing skills.

• Must communicate case studies of PR

• Experience with PR and Social Media publishing tools

• Experience with social media including blogs, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

• Experience in corporate communications, and project management a plus.

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| Technical Knowledge |

• Added benefit but not a requirement: Experience with Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and knowledge of search Engine Optimization (SEO) is an advantage

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| Skills and Abilities |

• Strong PR background

• Digital and social media knowledge.

• Strong communication skills.

• Excellent communicator and strong copywriting skills across various digital and social channels.

• Excellent project management skills.

• Strong relationship management skills with Internal and External stakeholders.

• Strong industry relationships.

• High attention to detail.

• Liaising with media agencies, working collaboratively to deliver Communication and PR strategy plans.

• Ability to work under tight deadlines.

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| Other Requirements |

• Demonstrated experience creating, implementing and monitoring Communication and PR campaigns.

• Weekly reporting on brand PR mentions across various channels.

• Ability to work with multicultural teams in a professional manner.

• PowerPoint and Excel.

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| Language |

• English - spoken and written important

• Arabic - spoken and written an advantage

| Job Type: Temporary