Associate Director, External Communications - Americas

Job Title: Associate Director, External Communications - Americas
Duration: 8 Months
Location: Remote Comfortable with EST hours

Report into the Head of Communications, and work closely with key US/Americas leaders and stakeholders to support out media relations and external comms efforts for the business.

Key day-to-day activity includes:
" Draft press releases and key index announcements to support the business, working closely with legal and compliance counterparts
" Media monitoring and sharing of key news stories
" Crisis and issues communications support
" Play a critical role in our global day-to-day press office activity, including responding to key financial and markets reporters in timely manner
" Thought leadership and research distribution with key reporters
" Advise senior leaders and stakeholders on critical comms issues
" Support across index rebalance communications
" Educate reporters on client s index methodologies and approach
" Contribute to internal communications initiatives where appropriate

Qualifications:
" At least 8 years of communications experience, with significant focus on external communications, preferably in the financial services/markets industry
" Exceptional writer
" Strong interpersonal skills; ability to easily build relationships and inspire trust and confidence from senior leaders
" Experience working globally in a large multinational, matrixed organization or agency environment
" Creativity and willingness to try new communications formats and push the boundaries
" Eagerness to explore content creation tools
" Ability to develop KPIs to measure success and use data and insights to inform communications decisions, influence stakeholders and demonstrate results
" Effective management of priorities and level of service to our stakeholders
" Execution to the highest of standards, with strong attention to detail and deadlines
" Bachelor s or equivalent university degree