Communications Lead, SEA(Singapore)

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Company Name

Dyson

Job Title

Finance Systems Intern

Location/ Country

Singapore.

Salary (Relative Currency)

-

Job Description

Core Responsibilities
👍 You will lead Communications activities end-to-end, from strategic planning to execution of campaigns with a focus on driving earned press and influencer coverage to 1) support commercial priorities and 2) drive storytelling/thought leadership narratives.

Leadership
👍 A strong contributor to the Global Communications team demonstrating leadership in the ‘how’ and ‘what’ we communicate, playing a proactive role in evolving our approach and developing our people.
👍 Be an engaged leader in the cluster leadership team. Show involvement across all departments to maximise integration of communications in the wider business in all markets.
👍 Demonstrate high business acumen and understanding of Dyson. Provide strategic communications advice to the Managing Directors and the Leadership teams of SEA.
👍 Manage budgets to ensure efficiencies across the cluster and get the tools and resources to carry out local and cluster announcements.
👍 Drive a comprehensive program to advance Dyson’s mission and goals across product and internal communications for the cluster – launching products often involving project management of events, sustaining launch momentum, press office, thought leadership and SEA Commercial team engagement.
👍 Contribute to the wider Communications community by regularly expanding your remit to regional projects.
👍 Lead a team spread across multiple markets (including agencies and distributor partners), driving collaborative growth plans and project managing events in collaboration with the global events team.
👍 Superior management skills; ability to influence and engage people up, down, and across the organization in order to bring about change.
👍 Plan and implement the Communications strategy for Dyson in SEA with a focus on maximising exposure and impact on the consumer benefits of Dyson products underpinned with our problem-solving approach, our products, people and places and the Dyson philosophy.
👍 Maximize each narrative to build Dyson’s reputation and desirability as a global technology company with products that deliver advanced performance and long-term value.
👍 Grow share of voice and understanding of the Dyson difference while driving impact in tangible ways to contribute to business growth.

Communication Skills
👍 Devise and implement excellent external and internal Communications strategies focused on telling stories around our core technology, our machines, our corporate stories, our people and places and the Dyson philosophy.
👍 Show in-depth knowledge and experience of the SEA media, social media and influencer landscape: Own a network of key top tier contacts and understand the ins and outs of media relation.
👍 Drive the continuation and development of new formats and platforms in interaction with internal and external stakeholders.
👍 Be it online, on social media channels, as well as in traditional media and events.
👍 Oversee in-depth real-time monitoring, analysis reporting, and response to press coverage and social media interactions on a timely basis and across a wide spectrum of media; providing updates to the business on a regular basis.
👍 Identify emerging issues and opportunities facing the organization and design strategies to manage their impact including crisis management.
👍 Own the voice of Dyson in the SEA cluster and ensure a consistently high level of execution across all channels.

Job Requirement

👍 A Bachelor’s degree or higher.
👍 Fluent in English. Another language is a plus.
👍 Operate independently with strong accountability for results, balancing strategic planning with tactical implementation.
👍 Minimum 10 + years’ experience in a management role focused on communications – either in-house, agency side as part of a fast-paced, agile and change driven industry.
👍 Analytical skills and ability to distil information with a focus on quality and detail, rather than quantity.
👍 Ability to build and effect change – at both a people and process level.
👍 Demonstrated skill and comfort in building relationships with top tier reporters and editors, and in successfully positioning subject matter with the media to achieve high-impact placements.
👍 Evidence of experience in managing a comprehensive communications program to advance an organization’s mission and goals.
👍 Superior management skills, particularly when project managing events; proven ability to influence and engage people up, down, and across the organization in order to bring about change.
👍 An understanding and passion for Dyson technology, design and engineering and a sense of what makes Dyson and its people tick.
👍 Excellent storytelling ability, brilliant interpersonal skills and robust commercial understanding.
👍 Calm under pressure, resilient and with a track-record of good judgement and an ability to get things done.
👍 Curious. Unafraid to challenge, be challenged, and ask/answer difficult questions. You think differently.
👍 Resilient. Proactive problem solver who embraces change. You connect the dots, roll up your sleeves and build.
👍 Agile. Sees ambiguity and constant change as opportunity. You don’t shy away from complexity, you organize it.
👍 Used to fast pace with high energy + highly disciplined. You have a mix of creative intuition and operational grit.
👍 Confident. Assertive and collaborative with a can-do attitude. You associate feedback with growth.