Manager - Communications Consultancy

**Company Description**
MSL are Publicis Groupe’s best-in-class public relations agency. Drawing on the Groupe’s ‘Power of One’ promise, we are breaking the boundaries of PR to bring our clients creativity with impact. We count some of the region’s leading brands as clients and partners, with tailored public relations and influencer solutions in diverse segments including consumer, corporate, technology, and sustainability. Working across regional markets, the MSL team are delivering country-level excellence with local market insight and on-the-ground activation in tune with social, economic, and demographic change. Influence. Impact.

The Account Manager will be a multi-tasker able to work collaboratively across the teams to put together solid presentations, media pitches, content writing, and basic social media strategies. They will be able to communicate confidently, think on their feet, manage relationships, and have an analytical bent of mind to reporting and showcasing performance.

**Technical & Product**
- Have a full understanding of workings of the media and foster relationship with stakeholders including, media, KOL’s and influencers
- Tactical understanding of all primary social media platforms
- Write Content and where applicable working with extended teams in briefing and reviewing content development, including but not limited to press releases, thought-leadership, blogs, features, briefing documents etc.
- Monitor and reporting on media, KOL and influencer coverage and other social and business trends that might have a bearing on the client’s business.
- Able to develop presentations, unpinned with a creative mindset

**Business Acumen & Operational Efficiency**
- Ensure quality output to exceed client expectation in planning, content, and outreach.
- Be proactive, reliable, responsible, and accurate with an attention to details.
- Self-motivated with a positive and professional approach to managing client’s business and interacting with direct reports.

**Innovative & Analytical Mindset**
- Creative and innovative in approach to client management, media relations and dealing with KOL’s and Influencers.
- Have an analytical bent of mind in reporting performance and client coverage.

**People & Leadership**
- Takes initiative to challenge an established point of view with respect and openness.
- Able to use storytelling to connect with internal and external stakeholders in a compelling manner to influence and inspire.
- Able to handle complex issues and make decisions even when missing information.
- Capable of proactively developing meaningful relationships with key decision makers.
- Accepts responsibility for client problems, manages conflict and actively works to solve issues internally and externally.
- Able to build succession plans and grow and mentor future talent.
- Able to provide constructive feedback to others in a timely manner.

**Self**
- Able to adjust performance based on experiences and feedback and showcases agility and flexibility.
- Displays openness to the ideas of others and leverages them when beneficial for the business.
- Demonstrates the growth mindset and proactively adapts behavior and performance for sustained success.
- Able to set high impact objectives and goes above and beyond to exceed performance.
- Able to demonstrate agility and flexibility to respond and reprioritize based on different situations.
- Able to constructively challenge the status quo and take risks to challenge internal and external perspectives.

**Additional Information**
- Experienced (5-6years) professional having worked on the agency and/ or on the client side having worked with Corporate / Lifestyle brands.
- Detailed oriented workstyle, with good time management and organizational skills.
- Talent based in Saudi would be preferred
- PR Agency experience highly preferred