TekWissen ® is hiring: Media Relations Specialist in New York

Associate Director | Global Talent Acquisition Leader | DEI & Innovation Advocate

Position: Media Relations Specialist

Location: New York NY 10019

Duration: 6-9 Months

Job Type: Temporary Assignment

Work Type: Onsite

Shift: 8.00AM-5.00PM

Overview

Responsibilities

• Promotes client via print, broadcast, radio and podcasts, and builds relationships with reporters in these areas


• Arranges and coordinates interviews for key spokespeople with TV and streaming news channels in North America and other locations as needed, a strength in the client\'s location


• Provides assistance / help to press relations or communications managers in Brazil, Hispanic Latam, and Canada as well as international offices


• Writes and distributes press releases and media communiques for Bank appointments, deals and other news


• Organizes meetings with business line executives and their counterparties at key financial media


• Tracks editorial calendars to ensure the inclusion in relevant articles for target publications


• Assists in managing awards process in the client location


• Assists in media training for the executives, business managers, researchers, economists and analysts


• Complies with all internal and external rules and regulations as they pertain to the client


• Monitors and distributes on a daily basis all financial news regarding the firm and its subsidiaries


• Builds and maintains a media list of key contacts in their business lines


• Maintains contracts and renewals for Providers


• Covers for the Director and colleague when needed


• Helps to manage projects with colleagues, especially reports and databases


• Works on ad hoc projects as needed


• Business line responsibility TBD

Minimum Required Qualifications

• 6 (+) years’ experience in media relations, preferably in the buy-side or sell-side


• Excellent network and relationships with the media


• Strong interpersonal skills, including ability to negotiate and influence others both internally and externally, as well as arrange meetings with Spokespeople and press


• Demonstrates an ability to be innovative and a strategic thinker

Able to

• Able to anticipate the impact of various situations and transactions and proactively handle


• Work efficiently in a fast paced and challenging environment


• Network transversally across the organization as required and maintain high standards of professionalism in all dealings with team members and external clients


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills


• Ability to work well independently and within a team


• Technical: Microsoft Word; Power Point; Excel; social media; news retrieval systems

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Other

Industries

• Banking

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