Job Title: Public Relations Supervisor

Company: Kempinski Hotels

Job Type: Full-time

Location: Saudi Arabia

Job Category: Sales & Marketing

About Us: Kempinski Hotels is a leading hospitality company with a rich history and a commitment to excellence.

We are seeking a highly skilled Public Relations Supervisor to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting the Director of Public Relations in positioning, promoting, and enhancing awareness of Kempinski Hotels as a market leader in the region.

• Administrative Support: Provide administrative support to the public relations office, including handling daily correspondence, financial documents, and other tasks as assigned.
• Communication: Handle phone calls, coordinate appointments, and maintain a filing system.
• Vendor Management: Handle all agencies/vendors invoices and act as a contact point for billing matters.
• Internal Communications: Maintain all internal communications channels updated.
• Press Relations: Maintain a press list, distribute targeted press releases, and review media needs/initiation of newsworthy stories.
• Project Coordination: Assist and coordinate public relations projects, including sponsorship, award events, press conferences, and press events.
• Manual Maintenance: Maintain updates of the public relations and crisis management manuals.
• Language Services: Monitor the usage and find ways to maximize the usage of Mind Your Language (online editing service) to ensure delivering accurate messages both internally and externally.
• News Monitoring: Monitor news coverage and collate press clippings from assigned territories to ensure that publicity and significant, relevant news is shared appropriately internally.
• Social Media: Monitor fans' comments on social media and alert the Director of Public Relations to posts that require a response.
• Reporting: Collate and compile the monthly public relations reports and submit in a timely manner.
• Image Library: Liaise with Picture Park for image uploading on the image library.
• News Round-up: Compile bi-monthly news round-up and best quotes.

• Education: Bachelor Degree in Hospitality or in Public Relations or Apprenticeship in Hospitality
• Experience: 1-2 years experience in a similar position or 1-2 years experience in a media agency
• Language: Local language – excellent oral and written skills (as applicable), English – excellent oral and written skills, Additional language – beneficial
• Competencies: Knowledge of public relations basics and technical terms, Knowledge of graphic and print technical terms, Copywriting skills
• Technical Skills: Excellent skills in Microsoft office
• Individual Characteristics: People Oriented, Passionate for European luxury, Entrepreneurial, Straightforward, Team-oriented, Sensitivity for design & style, Creative, Multi-tasking, Flexible