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Job Title Pr Account Manager

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We are on the lookout for an experienced Pr Account Manager, Native English to join our all-star team at APCO Worldwide in Abu Dhabi.
Growing your career as a Full Time Pr Account Manager, Native English is an awesome opportunity to develop productive skills.
If you are strong in planning, problem-solving and have the right initiative for the job, then apply for the position of Pr Account Manager, Native English at APCO Worldwide today!

Founded in 1984, APCO Worldwide is an award-winning, independently owned global communication and business strategy firm with offices in major cities throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. APCO combines a global perspective with local expertise to help clients around the world manage challenges, opportunities, perceptions and reputations. APCO clients include corporations and governments; industry associations and nonprofit organizations; and many of the top companies on the Fortune 500. The firm is a majority women-owned business. About APCO in the Middle East and North Africa Home to some of the fastest growing economies in the world, the Middle East and North Africa region has a pivotal role to play in driving global conversations from environmental policies to religion and pop culture. The UAE and Saudi Arabia are clear leaders in this equation, although the wave of innovation continues to transcend borders. APCO launched its regional operations in 2006 in Dubai. Growing from a team of less than 10 consultants, APCO today has over 200 people from 26 countries working in teams across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Manama and Kuwait and our projects take us to countries across the region and the Levant. APCO was awarded Best Agency in the Middle East by PRWeek in 2019 and Best Agency to Work for: EMEA Network by PRovoke Media in 2017 and 2019. With a portfolio of over 100 clients, APCOs MENA offices deliver public relations and digital communication support across health, food, consumer & retail, finance, technology, real estate & hospitality, non-profit and public affairs practices. The region also offers specialized services, created for the Middle East, such as our Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model and our Compass and License to Operate offerings. In addition, APCOs global AI Comms Lab, a first-of-its-kind innovation center which utilizes artificial intelligence to build and protect the reputations of major global brands, governments and organizations is driven from the Dubai office. From helping governments connect with the private sector and civil society, to supporting the Popes historic visit to the region and launching iconic brands and destinations, we understand the nuances of the MENA region and pride ourselves on making an impact.
The Writer role is to have a comprehensive knowledge of corporate and media-related communications, as well as digital and social media communications opportunities. He/She will act as a final quality control check for all communication materials including but not limited to press releases, media invites, opinion editorials, speeches, talking points and digital copy before they are disseminated to the media and/or published on client channels. Joining us at the start of a major project, the writer will be a responsive, responsible and authoritative self-starter who can write original, compelling content across all platforms and, vitally, contribute across the project management team with coherent strategic inputs.
Primary Responsibilities
Assist various client teams in writing news releases, media invites, Q&As, speeches, features, bios and other communication material such as corporate/business presentations in PPT or other such software
Review, edit and rewrite all written material (to include traditional, digital, and social media content) as required by team members
Understand the requirements of various teams and convey the clients key messages adequately and appropriately through effective use of language
Support teams by providing error-free media-worthy material
Consult and guide client-handling teams on matters related to media requests
Interact with team members and support them in building accurate communication measures
Efficiently manage deadline-oriented workflow of releases, invites and requests from various team members on a daily basis
Contribute to the development of new concepts, techniques or ideas at brainstorming sessions
Support the project manager in ensuring that resources are in place to cover delivery of all written deliverables
Requirements
Ideally, a Bachelors/Masters degree in English Literature/Journalism/Communications with a minimum of 4-6 years experience in communications, public relations or journalism, or equivalent work experience
Previous experience as a member of a corporate communications team preferred but not required
Excellent grammar, editing, writing and re-writing skills;
A wordsmith who can provide error-free editorial content that is media-ready
Ability to recognize the key messages of clients and offer effective ways to convey them to the relevant target audience
Capable of rapidly handling industry-specific research to add value to the editorial content and other communication materials for the teams
Completely thorough with local, regional and global current-affairs
Quick with computers especially skilled in MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
Proficiency in English and/or Arabic
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