Job Description

ABOUT THE ROLE 
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Media Relations Lead to serve as a company spokesperson, build and manage relationships with key media, develop company news and media materials and support significant corporate news events to tell the company’s story to a range of stakeholders. 

This role will also establish the company’s media operations framework to include leading media monitoring and analysis, distributing press releases and b-roll, developing executive reports, managing media lists, shaping media strategies, and more. 

This role will also manage agency, vendors, tools, and subscriptions to ensure best-in-class corporate media operations. 

A successful candidate will provide critical business intelligence to top leaders, shape company communications strategies, and support flawless execution of key corporate communications activities. 

WHAT YOU’LL ACCOMPLISH

• Serve as a Media Spokesperson: Serve as a media spokesperson across a range of company priorities and issues, and coordinate across the business to develop company statements, positions, and responses to queries. Develop and manage relationships with journalists, bloggers, and influencers to ensure ongoing positive media engagement.
• Develop Media Materials: Draft press releases, media advisories, Q&A documents, executive briefing documents, and more to drive positive news coverage and prepare top leaders for critical engagements. Establish and disseminate company b-roll, video, and imagery to enable rich storytelling. 
• Establish Media Operations: Develop the company’s media operations approach, including establishing the most effective approach to media planning, monitoring, reporting and analysis to best support the business.
• Support Media Engagement: Support significant corporate news events and lead logistics planning for executive interviews, including for broadcast, radio and podcast engagements with complex AV needs.
• Media Coverage Analysis and Message Shaping: Provide regular reports to internal stakeholders on media coverage and campaign effectiveness. Identify key themes in media coverage and provide actionable recommendations to improve company strategy and messaging. 
• Extend Communications Reach: Support planning and execution of company announcements and media engagement, and extend the reach of company news through media list management, newswire management and distribution, email distribution, web updates, and more. 
• Collaborate across the business and function: Partner with leadership to ensure media operations deliver value to business leaders and align with company objectives. Partner across functions and disciplines to ensure stakeholder alignment with company messaging.
• Demonstrate a commitment to communicating, improving and adhering to health, safety and environmental policies in all work environments and areas. Promote a culture of safety and exhibit these behaviors.
  

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Field of Study Preferred: Communication, Public Relations, Marketing, Journalism
Required Work Experience: 4+ years of experience in communications, PR or media relations 
Travel Requirements : Up to 10% semi-regular travel is required to support brand campaigns and collaborate with regional teams

Additional Requirements:

• Successful candidates must adhere to all safety protocols and proper use of Holcim approved Personal Protection Equipment ("PPE"), including but not limited to respirators. Employees that are required to wear respirators must be clean shaven where the respirator seal meets the face in order to pass the qualitative and quantitative fit tests

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary
• Retirement Savings: Choose from 401(k) pre-tax and/or Roth after-tax savings
• Medical, Dental, Disability and Life Insurance 
• Holistic Health & Well-being programs
• Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) & Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) for health and dependent care
• Vision and other Voluntary benefits and discounts
• Paid time off & paid holidays
• Paid Parental Leave (maternity & paternity)
• Educational Assistance Program
• Dress for your day

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