Job Description

About the Company

We are a leading global communications marketing firm helping business and organisations evolve, promote, and protect their brands and reputations. We are independent and family owned, which allows us the freedom to deliver original thinking and invest in our clients.

We have deep expertise and advise on consumer trends, research, analytics and insights, corporate reputation, health, technology, capital markets, crisis, energy, and government affairs.

About the Team

We create commercial value by delivering campaigns and advisory work for companies and brands that operate in the full glare of the public spotlight and whose reputations shape their businesses.

We have deep industry expertise and advise on integrated media strategy, digital and content production, crisis planning & response, litigation & legal affairs, employee engagement & advocacy, research & analytics, capital markets and government affairs.

We take pride in delivering exceptional work for our clients but, at our core, we are a non-hierarchical team who like to spend time together in and out of the office. We are relentlessly collaborative and supported by leadership who champion and celebrate our collective achievements.

About the Role

We are looking for an ambitious, motivated, and proactive individual to join the Edelman Corporate BFSI team. The Account Executive role requires a candidate with excellent writing, attention to detail and media handling skills, and the ability to drive forward the day to day running of one of Edelman\'s biggest clients. The ability to act as a main point of contact for the client, support junior team members and collaborate and integrate with other parts of the business will also be key.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Excellent eye for what makes a truly great story and broad knowledge of the Indian media landscape and beyond
• This will include research and vetting of executive speaking and media opportunities, development of executive briefing materials, drafting of LinkedIn content and issues and crisis management
• Playing a key role in the research, planning and execution of key business milestones
• Practical and solid understanding of the earned, owned, paid and social media space and how to incorporate these channels into client plans for holistic communications programmes
• Producing content; writing/editing press releases, social media content, briefing documents and communications plans
• It will also include supporting on new business pitches with research, slide development and media/social insights and contributing to internal marketing for the corporate team
• Handling multiple clients, have exceptional attention to detail, can operate in a fast-paced team and will need to be able to demonstrate their breadth of experience across traditional media, social and digital

Key Requirements:

• Postgrad in Communications / English / PR / similar field and minimum 1 year work experience.
• Desire to work as part of a large team in a busy, fast paced and highly motivated working environment
• Excellent verbal and written skills, ability to articulate point of view with confidence and gravitas
• Proven track record in prioritising workload as well as supporting junior team members
• Ability to balance \'quick hits\' and longer-term strategy and understanding the difference
• Ability to manage both up and down and take overall responsibility of day to day client deliverables
• Experience of integrating with different practices / teams on cross-business work, ability to work collaboratively with a variety of people to meet client expectations
• Interest in current affairs, news, international business, and consumes media in all forms
• Delivery-driven with ability to take responsibility of tasks and accounts

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Edelman is a global communications firm that partners with businesses and organizations to evolve, promote and protect their brands and reputations. Our 6,000 people in more than 60 offices deliver communications strategies that give our clients the confidence to lead and act with certainty, earning the trust of their stakeholders. Our honors include the Cannes Lions Grand Prix for PR; Advertising Age\'s 2019 A-List; the Holmes Report\'s 2018 Global Digital Agency of the Year; and, five times, Glassdoor\'s Best Places to Work. Since our founding in 1952, we have remained an independent, family-run business. Edelman owns specialty companies Edelman Data & Intelligence (DxI) and United Entertainment Group (entertainment, sports, lifestyle).

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