Senior Communications Officer - Media (Base in Beijing)
Core
Senior leader responsible for shaping the Bank's narrative and elevating its regional and international standing through strategic media engagement.
Role type
Senior Communications Officer - Media
Builds
Strategic media engagement, institutional relationships with top-tier media, proactive media strategies, and spokesperson capacity.
Domain
Multilateral development banking, infrastructure finance, international relations
Required skills
Strategic media engagement, media strategy development, opinion article placement, crisis communications, media relationship management, media training coordination, media monitoring and analytics, press release management, external agency management, media protocol establishment
Preferred skills
Journalism background, people management experience, background in media
Technologies
Media relationship management systems, media monitoring tools
Responsibilities
Develop and execute proactive media strategies; Curate creative story angles and media packages; Lead the development and placement of opinion articles; Build and maintain institutional relationships with prominent international and regional media; Provide strategic media counsel to senior management; Coordinate and oversee media training for senior leadership; Manage media events, draft and edit news releases; Oversee media monitoring and analytics capacity; Work with external PR agencies and senior media advisors.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with people management experience