Senior Specialist, Communications - Omani National

Job description / Role

Develop strategic Orpic Brand that reflects long term positive to achieve specific goals and to be implemented throughout all Orpic channels internally and externally The individual will mainly focus on managing media relations and internal and external content developments in both English and Arabic.

Deliverables:
- Develop Branding strategy and framework for a successful Brand in order to achieve specific goals and implement on all Orpic channels internally and externally.
- Maintain Brand positioning and conduct continuous marketing research and surveys
- Managing all internal and external collateral developments (advertisements, brochures, campaign materials).
- Development and implementation of creative external communication plans which promotes brand awareness
- Review graphic designers work flow (studio)
- Ensuring and recommending that company's Brand is consistently applied within the company's approved regulations
- Ensuring all material is developed in line with Brand guidelines and communication strategy
- Assisting in the preparation of organizational documents (presentations, employee reports, corporate profiles and submissions, etc.
- Plan and implement related corporate events.
- Assist in managing sponsorship and ensures policy is up to date
- Development of external communications (advertisements, brochures and notices) to support the execution of the Corporate Brand strategy
- Assisting in the development and implementation of creative external communication plans which promotes Brand awareness
- Effective management of Brand across the company
- Ensuring and recommending that company's Brand is consistently applied within the company's approved regulations
- Ensuring all material is developed in line with Brand guidelines and communication strategy
- Assisting in the preparation of organisational documents (presentations, employee reports, corporate profiles and submissions, etc.)
- Editing and proof of quality in articles/advertorials to be published externally.

Requirements

- Minimum Qualifications for this position is a Bachelor degree in Management/Communication or similar.
- Minimum relevant experience is 4 years in a similar role
- Experience in brand management campaigns with active membership/stakeholders
- Knowledge in different media channels for difference audiences
- Experience in Events management

SKILLS:
- Proficiency in MS Office
- Preparing Press Releases, Media briefing material and feature articles
- Using technical language in, compelling articles and speeches in an easily understood way
- Public speaking and presentation skills
- Knowledge of brand management and its application to various communications
- Experience in liaising with the media and government departments

COMPETENCIES:
- Thorough use of facts
- Analytical thinking
- Media tools
- Technical language
- Presentation
- Brand management
- Social media
- Business acumen
- Forward thinking
- Result Orientation

About the Company

Orpic is one of Oman’s largest and most rapidly growing businesses in the Middle East oil industry. Orpic’s refineries in Suhar and Muscat, as well as the aromatics and polypropylene production plants in Suhar, provide fuel, chemicals, plastics and other petroleum products, to Oman and the world.

Owned by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and Oman Oil Company SAOC, Orpic’s impressive integration of refinery and plant operations coupled with its ambitious growth plans, has cemented its position as one of the industry’s most forward-thinking companies. The company currently recruits around 2,600 employees who work towards the common goal of an integrated Omani refining and petrochemicals business expected to increase to 3,000 by 2020.

Orpic is committed to operating safely and reliably, while paying due care to the environment and the communities within which it operates. The company strongly believes in serving Oman with pride.