Communications Specialist (Specific Purpose maternity leave contract) - The Shannon Airport Group

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Key Areas of Responsibility

• Developing, implementing, and overseeing high-impact communications/PR campaigns and strategies, and monitoring their success.  
• Reaching out to influencers, media and beyond to raise awareness and understanding of The Shannon Airport Group.  
• Drafting press releases, media statements and answering media inquiries in a timely manner.   
• Content creation for social media including video.  
• Assisting the Head of Communications in stakeholder engagement.   
• Assisting with the provision of media advice and support to colleagues and stakeholders.  
• Keeping up to date with all issues that affect the company.   
• Participating in crisis communication preparedness activities.  
• Supporting the work of internal communications. 
• Maintaining and managing shared appointments and calendar of events for the department.  
• Updating media lists and databases on a regular basis.  
• Assisting with the day-to-day activities of the Communications Department and other such duties the company may from time to time reasonably require.  

 Qualifications, Skills and Experience 

The candidate should have: 

• A bachelor’s degree/or relevant qualification in PR/communications/media or a related field.  
• Three to five years relevant experience at a senior level in communications.  
• Exceptional writing, editing, communication, storytelling and project management skills.  
• The ability to work flexibly and to meet deadlines as part of a busy 24/7 communications department is vital.   
• Strong social media skills.  
• Excellent organisational skills.   
• Experience in designing and executing communications plans and strategies to deliver business objectives.  
• The ability to multitask and simultaneously manage multiple projects with different deadlines.  
• A solid understanding of print, online, television, and radio media outlets.  
• Proven examples of press release writing and social media efforts.  
• Experience of working as part of a team, as well as independently.  
• An established range of media contacts from across journalism.  
• Basic mobile video editing skills.  
• Flexibility, as from time to time the role can involve unsocial hours.  

The above Job Description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned from time to time.  

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