Senior Communications Analyst

Overview

Milltown Partners is a global advisory firm working with influential organizations and individuals on the communications and public policy challenges that define their reputations. We are looking for a Senior Communications Analyst to join us who is early in their communications career.

THE SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS ANALYST ROL

Senior Analysts provide the research and analysis on which all our advice rests. They assess discussion of our clients' interests among media and stakeholders. All Senior Analysts produce excellent written work for a range of audiences and channels and make valuable contributions to internal and external meetings offering both their point of view and organizational skills.

• Research and analysis: finding and drawing insights from data and evidence to inform our advice using specialist tools to conduct high quality desk research and media analysis to contribute advice to clients; reading a wide breadth of industry and client news and monitoring the media landscape to understand the issues clients are facing, including the views of both their critics and supporters in insights generation;
  
  contributing to the new business process through research and drafting material.
• Strategic thinking: identifying the goal, and implications of different courses of action, to recommend the most effective approach. Taking into account the client’s overall objectives and core audiences to ensure work and recommendations are relevant and useful; participating in team discussions to develop strategic and creative thinking for clients; developing your own interest in areas relevant to our clients and sharing your insights with clients and internal colleagues (e.g. technology, policy or venture capital).
• Written and verbal communication: expressing ideas fluently and persuasively for a range of different audiences and channels. Consistently producing rigorous, accurate and detailed work; producing compelling written content and supporting the execution of significant communications moments (e.g. media briefings, frequently asked questions documents); tailoring the style and content of verbal and written communication to different audiences and channels; clearly articulating recommendations and processes to implement them.
• Project management: planning and delivering priorities to meet agreed goals, timetable and budget; organizing yourself and others to support the delivery of client or internal work in a timely fashion; taking responsibility for team administration across client and internal needs (e.g. media monitoring, agendas, scheduling calls, tracking work); effectively practicing time management to balance priorities across clients and within projects; actively communicating to keep teams informed and adapt to issues as they emerge.
• AI integration: developing AI literacy while applying tools to drive the quality of research and analysis; using AI tools proficiently moving beyond simple prompts to more sophisticated applications; mastering data sources we can feed into AI tools (e.g. Factiva, Meltwater); developing and refining prompts that produce high-quality outputs aligned with client needs and Milltown standards; contributing to the firm's AI knowledge base by sharing successful use cases, prompts, and lessons learned;
  
  staying current with AI tool capabilities and updates; applying AI tools responsibly ensuring all outputs meet quality and compliance standards.
• Contributing to a collaborative and inclusive work environment: giving and receiving regular feedback to people at all levels in the firm; actively seeking input or assistance from others and reflecting their contributions in the work; working collaboratively and showing allyship to colleagues; considering the role you can play in equitable career development to everyone in the firm.

• Fluent command of written and verbal English language
• Interest in reputation management and consultancy
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Intellectual curiosity to develop subject matter expertise in new topics
• Ability to conduct in-depth research and translate findings into insights
• Deep interest in the power of media in storytelling
• A highly motivated team member who values collaboration
• A desire to seek out feedback in order to learn and develop
• Commitment to contributing to a supportive and inclusive culture

• 1-3 years of professional experience in public relations or other relevant fields (e.g. corporate communications, editorial, policy or research)
• Curiosity and/or experience in the technology industry

• Competitive and fair base salary determined through annual industry benchmarking
• Discretionary twice-yearly bonuses
• Professional development opportunities, with access to both expert professional coaches and internal training
• 26 days of annual Paid Time Off (PTO) plus Public Holidays
• 4% match to 401k contributions
• Generous policy for new parents (for both mothers and…