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Ref: HP332-485
Job description / Role
The purpose of this position is to lead PR and Media Relations, ensuring representation in the Media is at the optimum level; raising awareness and increasing du's reputation as an excellent Service Provider, while maintaining a positive image of the company.
Minimum experience:
- Minimum 7 to 12 years of experience in PR/consultancy in a PR consultancy or in-house PR supervisory role or media house.
- Good understanding of PR sector, evolving PR landscape - trends, tools and techniques
Requirements
Minimum education:
- Minimum Bachelors Degree in Mass Communications/Journalism
Knowledge and skills:
- Proficiency in English & Arabic language
- Excellent computer skills as well as written and oral communication skills required
- Ability to deliver a proper PR strategy & executing day to day PR activities in a professional manner
- Ability to handle crisis communications in a fast-paced environment required.
- Familiarity with the regional media community
- Excellent grasp of the written word
- Quick learning on the job
- Ability to spot trends
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Willingness to work long hours when required
- Quick thinker with a focus on quality of deliverables
- Ability to form and nurture long term professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Passionate about accuracy, correct grammar and clarity in all writing and editing
- Strong communicator - spoken, written and inter-personal
- Organizational commitment
- Open and flexible attitude, committed to delivering results
- Proactive approach to achieving win-win outcomes
About the Company
du is the new telecommunication services provider in the UAE. We are an integrated service provider offering voice, data, video and content services over fixed and mobile networks to residential and business customers.
du has three broad target segments:
Consumers: Focusing on individuals and households by offering mobile and fixed voice calling, Internet, data services and television. Businesses: Focusing on small to very large corporations and government agencies by offering integrated fixed and mobile business solutions including voice, data, content and applications as well as professional services.
Carriers: Focusing on providing carrier, international data networks and wholesale services to international operators, multinational corporations and telecom carriers.
The needs of our customers are our primary focus. Our aim is to provide new and innovative services that deliver a better customer experience.