Director, International Affairs - Global Communications Agency
- Leverage your understanding of complex international issues to provide counsel to clients and colleagues.
- Create strategies, messaging and narratives to position clients favourably with target audiences, using the full range of communications capabilities and channels.
- Direct media relations campaigns that advance or protect clients’ interests, including by conceptualising media strategies, overseeing outreach and advising senior spokespeople on effective media engagement.
- Establish and oversee stakeholder outreach programmes, event platforms and partnerships.
- Guide the creation of creative, high-quality content, including excellent written materials.
- Lead or partner on issues management, risk assessment and crisis communications related to international affairs, where appropriate.
- Serve as the primary client point of contact, including developing effective relationships, developing solutions to challenges, and identifying opportunities to expand client work.
- Lead multi-market engagements, working with senior FleishmanHillard colleagues in other offices and their teams to implement large-scale campaigns.
- Supervise teams and individuals across levels and practices, including line management, teaching and mentoring of mid-level and junior colleagues.
- Direct campaign tracking and measurement, with specialist research and intelligence team members.
- Jointly identify and implement opportunities to position FleishmanHillard favourably with potential clients through marketing and business development.
- Guide thought leadership activity to help build FleishmanHillard’s profile.
- Lead or support new business pursuits, including formal RFP responses and informal opportunities.
- Build and maintain a network of contacts from governments, corporates and other organisations to cultivate business opportunities.
- You will have demonstrated communications experience on behalf of governments, multinational businesses and other organisations, using a range of channels and approaches to address geopolitics, trade and investment, country reputation, international development issues and more.
- Knowledge of the global, European and UK geopolitical and economic landscape, and how it impacts communications opportunities or risks for clients.
- Awareness of and experience with engagement around major milestones and summits such as COP, Davos, G20/G7, and the UN General Assembly.
- Passion for contributing to work that matters and makes a difference for our clients.
- Confidence and credibility when engaging with and presenting to clients about complex topics.
- Commitment to leading and inspiring teams to deliver their best work through high standards for quality, continuous learning, and supportive feedback.
- A warm and friendly team with a fantastic portfolio of global and UK clients
- A truly global network, the opportunity to be part of multi-market campaigns, regularly working with colleagues across the globe.
- A strengths-based L&D framework with an in-house coach and development opportunities for career defining work.
- We’ve fully embraced hybrid and flexible working. We have a great office and human contact remains an important element of our culture
- Work-life balance, we all work hard but having a life outside work matters to all of us, and we support each other to achieve it.
- Culture Club – from office manicures, nutritionists, inhouse massage and acupressure sessions, to Yoga on the roof terrace, quizzes, boot camps, exhibits and summer and Christmas get-togethers.
- Opportunities to join our Employee Resource Groups (global and local), the Shadow Board or DE&I Steering committee.
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