Media and Public Relations Manager

Media and Public Relations Manager

Requirements

• B.A. or B.S. degree in Communications, Journalism, English, or related field.
• Eight or more years’ experience in corporate communications, with emphasis on external communications.
• Crisis communication and issues management, with a global purview.
• Proven ability to create and implement integrated external communication programs that support a corporate brand and strategic business objectives.
• Outstanding writing, editing and oral communication skills.
• Proven ability to create leverageable network of relationships with influential journalists and media influencers.
• Track record of leading a global team and exercising multi-geography influence across both direct and indirect reporting lines.
• Proven track record of teamwork, innovation, and results.
• Consummate organizational savvy, with the ability to interact and influence at all levels of an organization.
• Excellent relationship-building skills and the ability to manage across a matrix organization.
• High ethical standards and an action orientation.
• Expertise in counseling senior management and earning respect of peers.
• Strong relationship development across complex organizations.
• Strategic thinking, judgment and sound decision-making are key, with the ability to think clearly and act calmly under pressure.
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously and move them to completion, working with a cross-section of colleagues and third-party resources.

Responsibilities

• Deliver integrated PR programs that ensure Xylem’s disproportionate share of media coverage and stakeholder engagement, relative to competitors.
• Align subject matter, audience and placement with Xylem’s growth strategy and brand.
• Engage media and serve as one of Xylem’s spokespeople, globally.
• Set standards, protocols and policy as needed to drive the professionalization of Media Relations.
• Strengthen external communications discipline throughout the company.
• Co-lead Xylem’s executive positioning program, including placing Xylem senior leadership in high-impact industry and business media venues.
• Deliver high-quality executive briefings and coaching ahead of media and live engagements.
• Write high-profile executive speeches and prepared remarks.
• Provide proactive counsel and agile response in managing emergent issues and crises.
• Develop deep working relationships with communications and marketing professionals across Xylem to increase consistency of external communication activities.
• Counsel senior management on external communications and reputational issues that may reflect on Xylem and/or on which Xylem may have a positive influence.
• Partner with internal communications colleagues to ensure integrated messages and delivery: consistent and coordinated appropriately for both internal and external audiences.
• Develop appropriate metrics to measure the impact of external communications, report on these metrics regularly and build contingency plans when necessary.
• Collaborate with agency partners to optimize ways of working and budget leverage.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.